Getting it up and Published

Finding and agent/publisher wasn't a concern, at first.

I had this fantasy in my head that when I uploaded my book to the kindle or nook network, I'd be rolling in money within a few days. I mean quite literally rolling in it. That my monitor would open and vomit forth the answer to all fiscal problems. I was a tad off...

Okay, I don't need to bitch or moan, but I do need to get some traction here. I've never been down this road before, and no one is being all too upfront with just what works. Every blogger/advice column says to submit your manuscript to a publisher/agent, which is both obvious and straightforward. However, what do you do when submissions aren't being accepted? Or when you're too flat broke to get your manuscript in print? If money makes the world go round, then my blue planet is most definitely standing still. How do I get over this?

SO, that in mind, I've been hunting for ways to promote the crap out of my already eBook published novel.

Idea 1. Post it here! - My book is titled "Crossroads."

kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009OVDR1K
nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/crossroads-andrew-slac/1113375513?ean=2940015569285

Set in the 1930's, the story follows Tom Valentine, a young man who'd never had a dream in his life, until he had a horrifying nightmare that belonged to someone else. Tom travels to New Orleans to celebrate his mother's birthday around Mardi Gras. During the festival Tom is knocked out, awaking some time later without any senses, save for the slight ability to hear. When Tom's sight returns, he catches his reflection to find that he is no longer a man, but a creature more resembling a voodoo doll, than a man. Tom must learn to survive in his new form and discover a way to return to his real body, all the while searching for who had done this to him and why.

Excerpt from Tom's personal Journal:

My name is Tomas Valentine. I was born October 18th, 1912. I died February 14th, 1934. How am I telling you this story? Because I didn't stay dead. Of course, there is a price to pay for a second chance. My body was taken from me and I was stripped of all my senses. I was no longer a man, but something that straddled the line between life and death. I would spend the next few months searching for a way to return to the life I once knew. I would encounter things that people only see in their nightmares, wrought by a man wrapped in shadows. Whoever he was, he'd made me this way, and he had all the answers. But if I knew then what I know now, I never would have asked the questions.

Idea 2. Reviewers - I put it out there to the community at large that "daddy's looking for reviews for free." I had to include "for free," because it turns out that you have to pay a large chunk of professional reviewers to take a gander at your material. I get it, it makes sense, but goddammit is it frustrating. No money, no pro review...yet.

Idea 3. Have sex with agents/anyone who might know an agent/anyone who might buy the book - Pretty self-explanatory.

Idea 4. Get a backer - I know people with money. Maybe they might help me out with a few bills for printing. The real of my situation is that I need cash to get my books printed, either my own, a backers or a publishers. Always accepting donations to help my dreams come true.

I'll find a way to make this happen. I'll keep looking for an in/more bodies that will accept a PDF format (turns out that many say they will, and then report back to you later stating: we prefer a physical copy. Yup. Fuck you, buddy.) But, I'll focus on raising that cash to get my book printed while finding said agent/pub/industry in etc.

Until then...lunch?

Andrew