Some days are better than others...

When I refer to myself as an author or a writer, I feel as though I'm delusional or just telling lies. But having published a total of six books. Five are novels and one is a memoir, and having sold almost four thousand copies of said books, I have to believe I am a writer.

Now, when I say four thousand copies, I hasten to explain—my books are available as e-books, paperbacks, hardcovers and audio. Of these, I have sold (at the time of writing this) almost fifteen hundred. Amazon offers a subscription library, Kindle Unlimited. Books enrolled in this offering result in the author being paid per page read—that is a fraction of a penny per page read. My total page reads across all of my books is over half a million (again, at the time of writing this). A rough calculation of total pages read divided by the average page count per book, results in two thousand four hundred books read. That's always assuming it wasn't several million people reading just one page.

Of course, these sales most definitely do not qualify my books as best sellers, but I'm happy that people are reading them. Even happier that some of those readers are writing reviews and  awarding some stars. At the time of writing, my novels are averaging 4.5 stars. 

So, what is a normal day like for me? As I say, some are better than others. I do write every day. Some days more than others, because life does tend to take over. Doctor visits, dentist visits , grocery shopping, etc; take up time. And when I say 'I write', some days I sit in front of my computer thinking and plotting and doing very little actual writing—but I believe that counts; it is all part of the author process. 

As I edit, revise and polish each book, preparing to publish it, I'm gripped by a fear that I might not have another book to write—then what do I do with my days? So far, that hasn't happened. But now, once again, as I'm about to send my seventh book, the sixth in the Escape Route series, to my beta readers, I have to face that fear again. Do I dream up another book in the series and start outlining that? Do I come up with something completely different? The answer is I don't know yet. I will sit in front of my computer and hope that inspiration hits me once again.

You can find my books on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.ca - and for those of  you in Ireland, if you want the physical book, try Amazon.de—they do offer an English language version of the web site.