Not many people know that I have published several books. Publishing is easy, but getting sales is hard. Although I have published 7 books, sales have been in the low two digits. Very low. (Although the “Physics Jokes” books have made it to the mid-two digits sales level.) Part of that is because I suck at marketing. I tell people that publishing is not like Kevin Costner’s ball field – just because you publish a book doesn’t mean that you get automatic sales. Getting sales requires marketing, and that’s not something I do well. But writing a story and holding a printed copy in your hands is quite satisfying. Even if there aren’t any sales to speak of.

But, I persevere.

I’ve been working on a new series of books in the ‘thriller’ genre. The series is planned to be three books to start with – conventional wisdom is that a series of books are more appealing than just one. (Assuming you can market them. See above.)

I’ve completed the first two books. They need some minor final editing, which I have been working on. And I have started the third book. I have a general idea of how the book starts and progresses. Although that changes somewhat as I write it. So far, only about 1500 words into the third book.

I’ve also figured out some possible covers, and the book series names, along with the first two titles. And, because I am a web geek (and use website programming to procrastinate doing book writing), have done a very preliminary design for a website for the book. Even got the domain name which matches the book series registered. The current site is just a single page with a teaser image and blurb. It will need some more work. Ideas for content are in progress. Site ideas and book plots sometimes need to swirl around in my head before I put them on the screen.

In the meantime, I sit in my recliner in my front room, with a view of the Strait out the window. Blue skies today, some clouds off in the distance, and I can almost see Mt Walker on the other side of Whidbey Island. Some Classic Rock streaming on the Sirius channel playing.

And cogitating on where book three will take me.