MERRY CHRISTMAS!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! AND ALL THAT JAZZ!
I love to write.
I will never stop. As the New Year approaches I want to make it clear to all
the readers who have enjoyed my work. I have my reasons for sticking to a
profession that is fickle, rewarding and costly for writers. I have had a
laundry list of bad experiences since I decided to self publish my first book.
I am not in the big leagues. I do everything myself. I write the books. I
market the books. I promote my brand. I have made every single book cover with
the exception of the last one that was done as a birthday gift.
Sometimes my
sales would make a sane person cry tears. Yet I still continue to write. Sometimes
reviews are brutal. Yet I still write. Sometimes reviews are nonexistent. Yet I
still write. I love it too much to ever stop. I’ve been writing since I was
ten. I wrote my first feature length screenplay in high school. It was typed on
a regular old-fashioned typewriter. The pages are yellow after all these years
of wear and tear. I still have it in the binder that had been passed around to
all my friends in high school. Even boys read it, if you can believe that.
I have stories
coming out of every orifice. I’m new to this genre because I didn’t even know
it existed. I’ve been writing Interracial and Multicultural books for years but
I didn’t actually know it was a sub genre. Basically I was naive and didn’t
know there was a separation of races within novel genres. My books were in the
wrong category when I first started out.
After 2 ½ years
published and 1 ½ years published in Interracial Erotic Romance, I don’t feel like
a vet but I definitely don’t feel like a rookie. I have made a few mistakes.
One was I didn’t know readers were into Happily Ever Afters. I learned that
pretty quickly. My first novel, BIRTH (A First Blood Novel) was typed and
printed on copy paper from my Inkjet printer. I three-hole punched it and it
made the rounds at my job. It was very similar to my screenplay back in high
school. It was passed from person to person.
The life of a
writer is very frustrating. I wish I could do it full-time but I have children
and this profession has zero security and zero health benefits. Yet I continue
to write and enjoy it. Recent changes to Amazon, Smashwords and other online
book retailers have made it virtually impossible to reach readers who are
unaware of your work. I want to thank all the folks who got the word out about
the Balls To The Walls Series. You were integral in motivating me to writing
more Balls To The Walls books. I planned on going back to writing Zombie and
Vampire books but then I started getting a lot of inspiring IM’s on
Facebook.
I look forward
to a new year and new challenges in this genre. I just hope you join me for a
happy, healthy and fulfilling new year in Interracial Romance. Merry Christmas!
Happy Holidays! And all that jazz!
XOXOXO Lolah
Lace
