I’d like to thank everyone who bought Her Sweet Alpha. I’ve been
very pleased with its reception. It’s the first shifter book I’ve written and I
wasn’t sure if it was something readers would embrace.
I do read reviews in the first week or so following a release. I
can’t help myself. I want to know what people think. And I appreciate that
someone took time out of their day to share their thoughts.
Sometimes this is a good thing. I want to know what readers
enjoyed because it lets me know when I’m on the right track. Of course, no
matter what, the next book can’t be exactly the same. We’d all be bored if that
was the case. Even when someone hated a book, if their review is constructive,
I feel I can learn something from it and it challenges me to do better next
time.
Sometimes, of course, reading reviews isn’t a good thing. When I
get bad reviews that don’t explain why they didn’t like a book, there’s nothing
I can do with that. And, yeah, it bums me out. It’s like someone tossing a
rotten tomato at your baby and then running off.
After days of pouring over not just reviews of my books but also
critical reviews of books that I’ve loved, I’ve come to the trite conclusion
that you can’t please everyone. Trite but true and soothing. All I can do is
write stories that interest and please me and hope that someone else out there
will enjoy those stories as well.
As summer draws to a close, I’m working on a book that I started
many years ago. I’m hopeful that it will be complete by the end of the year. I’ll
reveal more about that in the future.
In October, I plan to re-release my short story Chatting with a
Vampire. It was included in the Just Vamps Anthology. It is the only vampire
story I’ve ever written. I’ve edited it and extended it a bit, but it’s still a
short story so it will be $0.99 and it will be available on Kindle Unlimited. I’ll
be more specific about release dates on it soon.
