New Year… Time Flies!
1/6/2025
Hey there,
Well, it’s a new year and I can not believe it. I have been at this project officially for a year now. That seems insane to me. While this is not my day job by any means, it has been amazing to see this project grow from a simple concept on how you write a book and release it to this creative project that I have spent so much time working on. When I look back over the year so much has happened.
I started this whole project right after the new year last year. It started with opening a bank account for this project, purchasing a domain name to build out the concept and have a place for updates and blogs to be housed, and playing around with ideas for the story.
I wrote VEHO: A BACKSTORY the short story that can be downloaded about a crew of space miners that come across something terrible.
I created a simple website for the project (shamonwrites.com).
I set up a mailing list to start building an audience for this project.
I set up an Amazon Author account to put VEHO on Amazon Kindle.
I researched the hell out of Facebook Ads in order to start building a mailing list. This also led me to create the ads and get them going.
I started to research and write the book that will become the first book in the series. DEAD STATION
I wrote the book, this was insane in itself.
I started researching self-editing books.
I edited VEHO: A BACKSTORY and released it to get a feel of how the editing process works.
I started editing the book.
I continue to edit the book.
I continue to keep you up to date with my progress on this whole project.
When I hit October I was pretty down on myself for not having this whole thing done. I was at a low point with the project because I always envisioned myself releasing it around November, but I was a bit naive and foolish to think that.
I have a lot to do this year in order to release this book.
Research book launching campaigns and marketing
Finish editing the book
Type set the book
Upload the book to Kindle Direct Publishing
Create a marketing plan for the book
Create ads to sell the book
Migrate the ads I currently run for list building to now sell a book
Release this beast into the world!
Review what worked and didn’t work in this project.
Start the second book and implement improvements to the process.
My goal, and I know I should not even say this… is to release sometime this summer. Ugh, saying it was probably a huge mistake. Don’t hold me to that…
All in all it was a very productive year for this project and I have so much enjoyed the whole thing. This next year will see that come to conclusion.
I will be releasing the preamble portion of the book as a lead magnet in the very near future. This will be something I share with you first since you have stuck with me for so long.
Shamon