Recently I was urged to tell you all about this series of books chronicling our “family adventures” (although I really don’t know how much help Lonnie and Bernie were). In a rather unconvincing, saccharine fashion I was then told it was important to get this information out because my family was funny and delightful, and people would love to read these stories. (It was of course the latter comments that got my parents on board, ignoring the simple fact that by presenting these horrors we experienced to the public we would likely be painted as a tad...eccentric.)
I’m going to be honest, these books were culled from my diary entries and made more “readable” by author BMB Johnson. I never intended these to be printed, and personally would rather they be kept private -- at least until I’m out of high school. I only wrote these thoughts down to keep my sanity and prove to myself I wasn’t dreaming.
Dear New Readers...
The publishing world, or at least the world in which we enjoy reading (or consuming -- gross!) new content is forever changing. More often then not people want free content, or at least free to try. I have attempted to gain readership with this first book 4 free model, as well. This has been successful to a certain extent: a LOT of people downloaded the book, but I don't think that necessarily translated into LOTS of people reading the book. Since everyone else in the writing world is also giving their first books away 4 free (the last I checked, there were about 10 MILLION NEW WRITERS out there using the self-publishing model), this has led to a lot of competition a short amount of time.
To that end, I have moved away from the FREE first ebook model, to the first book free on the web, and I have changed the ebook price back to a paid model. Think of it as a convenience fee for reading the book on your device for those who like that option.
If, once you've read Melody Jackson v. The Woman and White, and you'd like to move on to the other books in the series, check out the series page here for more information.
Thanks everybody, and I hope to your comments. Please email me any thoughts that pop into your head
