Lately I’ve received quite a bit of interest in having the free reads I release made available for download on Nook or Kindle. I thought this would be a good opportunity to share with you all why at this time it’s not possible. Currently ‘self-published’ authors like myself have the opportunity to list our books on both Nook and Kindle. But there are restrictions on how they can be priced.

Because I am not what they they consider an ‘established’ publisher I am unable to list any book of mine as free. The minimum I can release a book for on Amazon or B&N is .99 cents. That is why you find ‘On The Wings of Love’ listed for .99 cents on both. Does that mean that you can’t take a free read of mine offered elsewhere and import them into your Nook or Kindle?
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I read once that most writers are introverts, shy, and withdrawn. That the creative process is such a personal journey for an author each book penned (good, bad, ugly) is an extension of them. Criticize their work and it’s like you cut off an arm, a leg, some core piece of them. Think of your favorite doll as a child or toy truck. Think of how you loved and adored it with all your heart. Remember the fantasies you created for it, the world you escape into when you held it or ran it across the carpet. Then think of a person, a stranger, coming in with an axe or hammer and smashing it to pieces in front of you. Can you feel where I’m coming from?

That’s why it comes as no surprise that I still cringe when I get the ‘hated it!’ review.

I’ve been published since 2008, but I started writing free stories in 2005. One would think that at this point I would have teflon skin. I wish. I’ve not had a lot of scathing reviews, and I freely admit that some of the unfavorable ones I received over the years shared insight into my stories that I was too close to see. But through it all, my golden rule is to sit back and read reviews in small doses as they trickle in but never engage. Nope, I can cry to my friends, and carry on.
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I just completed a project with a fellow author pal of mine Madame Z. It’s called “Was My Girl”. A story centered on the life of a young man who struggles with obsessive, destructive tendencies that cause his life to implode and forces him to mature to find true love. The story (written in third person) is uniquely told 100% from the hero’s point of view. A first for me!

It’s funny, intriguing, sad, complicated, messy, sexy, troubling, and ultimately one of my top faves. I guess because I did this jointly with another author, I had time to really dissect who the character was and who he ultimately needed to be. The reward, however, was I got to understand the Beta guy who can rival any Alpha. The guy that doesn’t always get the girl, that is actually the second choice, but after you delve into who he is, you discover he’s actually the better choice. I’m not a lover of Beta’s when writing my heroes. There’s a certain dynamic that I have to have between my hero and heroine, that drives my creative writing process.
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