The Tears and Triumphs of a New Author Chapter 24

Chapter 24



After the first of the year, things slowed down. The Christmas Craft Fairs were over and book signing events slowed to a trickle.

We sold lots of books at these events, but it was quite apparent that if Lady Justice was to be a best seller, it would take more than a booth at a high school gymnasium.

It was encouraging, however, that those who had purchased Lady Justice, loved it!

Authorhouse had produced a fine book and it was available nearly everywhere online, but, as a self-published book, it was not going to be in the brick and mortar stores.

I dug out my dusty copy of Writer's Guide and started all over again.

I went to the websites of every legitimate publisher that would accept unsolicited submissions and sent query letters again.

"If at first you don't succeed ----"

With nothing else to do but wait for a response --- that would probably never come, I continued writing the sequel to Lady Justice Takes A C.R.A.P..

The title of the new book was Lady Justice And The Lost Tapes.

All of the characters from the first novel, Walt, Maggie, Willie, Mary and the Professor, were all there.

Again, reminded of the old axiom, "write about what you know", poor old Walt was drafted into going undercover as an Elvis impersonator. Just for fun, I had been doing Elvis impersonations for fifteen years, so it wasn't difficult to put myself in Walt's shoes.

As before, once I started writing, it just kept coming.

The cold winter days wore on and Lady Justice And The Lost Tapes was finally finished.

Now, the question was, "what should I do with it?"

I wasn't real excited about publishing another book with Authorhouse. I didn't need another book that would not be getting into the bookstores.

Then, one morning, I opened my email, and the answer was there!