Dog Days at the Weir Farm has finally been unleashed upon the world. After some attempts at traditional publication methods (a.k.a. collecting rejection letters from literary agents), I thought the timing may be good to try this new e-book publishing gambit. The idea of self-publication is losing much of the stigma that used to be associated with "vanity presses" as more and more authors are publishing their work directly and cutting out the middleman.

I did some research and decided upon Lulu.com as my e-publisher. The interface was very intuitive, and the time involved to upload and get the e-book available for sale was an hour or two max. In full disclosure, I must admit that I spent many hours in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign making the book look nice, but this was all part of my graphic design education,  and I used my book design as my final projects for those classes. There is great satisfaction in having created the book entirely on my own, from conception, to typing, to editing, to layout, to cover design, to uploading and now marketing. I am at last able to breathe the big sigh of relief and say I DID IT!

Thanks much to my fabulous writing group, The Desperadoes, whose motto is: "Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent desperation."


I can't wait to see where the future of publishing goes. We live in exciting and fast-moving times. This can be good or bad, depending on your point of view. Personally, I am looking forward to discovering a whole world of creativity that otherwise would not have been made available to the world.

Woo hoo!