Just thought I should mention something here. I’ve started mapping out the next book in the series! It’s weird because I’ve got a lot of the big character moments and arcs figure out already, but I’m struggling with how to get there. I’ve got a pretty good handle on the big moments, I’m struggling with… Continue reading Sequel Update!

I decided to stick a few copies of the book in the little libraries around the area, thought it would be a fun way to get people to read it. And I stuck a little note inside all of them. I wanted to stick it here for posterity. Hello, neighbor! This is my first book.… Continue reading Letter to my little library

Long story short: the global distribution process is painfully slow. Once you click publish, your book has to be reviewed, which takes months. Then you can resubmit and start the process over again. But it’s coming! I’ve got a support ticket open with Lulu (my publisher) to try to get a timeline. But it’s going… Continue reading Amazon and other sellers

All the versions are up now and you can find the links to them at https://readbenswords.com/buy-my-book/! This is oddly terrifying! Something I spent years on is now for public consumption. I’ve got no idea what I was thinking but it’s too late now!

I shot an arrow into the air It fell to earth, I know not where -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I always liked that poem. I loved the imagery. And isn’t that what I’m doing? Writing a book for people to read. I did my best, I aimed as well as I could, but eventually, you just… Continue reading I shot an arrow into the air

The hardcover version, anyway! Working on getting it into amazon and other retailers and I also need to finish the other formats but it can be bought! It exists! You can buy it here! I need to go update my store page now,.

Huzzah! The links go where I want them, I’ve got a fancy little navigation menu over on the left, and I’ll be able to populate the book links once I’ve, you know, published a damn book. Three cheers for progress!

Not crazy about the navigation within the blog posts, but who is honestly going to care? And even if they do I can claim that fixing it is beneath me as an artist or something like that. I’ll have to get a beret to pull that off.

Lets see if this publishes the way I want.

Well, lets launch this thing and see what’s working and what isn’t. I’m sure I forgot something.