Once upon a time: My attempt at my first children's book.

03/13/2105

     Hi folks!  It has been a dream of mine for many years to write a children's book.  I guess maybe because I am a big kid deep down inside.  I work in the corporate world, but I truly hate.  I sit at my desk every day and inside my inner child screams: "I wanna go outside and play!"  I decided to start a blog to log what I hope to be an exciting new journey for me. I know I have much to learn, because writing is just a small part of the children's book market.

     I have always enjoyed writing.  I actually started writing my first children's book several months ago.  I would say it is about 90% finished.  It just needs some tweaking and fine tuning.  I just need to focus on finishing it.  My first book is called Doran's Doorway Adventures.  The first in what I hope to be a series.  An adventure book geared towards children aged 8-12.  

     As I recently started to work on finishing my first Doran book, I realized that instead of trying to market the book to a publishing company, that I wanted to try self-publishing the book as an ebook.  I have read that the traditional method of trying to sell a book to a publishing company can be very frustrating.  And I guess at the ripe old age of 52, I am not ready to face months of potential rejection letters.  I want this to be a positive experience.  I began reading about marketing on Amazon in the children's book category.  I read several articles and realized I have a lot to learn before I jump in and try to self-publish my Doran's Doorway Adventures series. I read an article about a guy who is making as much as $10,000 a month selling short silly kids books on Amazon.  I decided to wait on marketing Doran and get my feet wet by trying to publish a short and silly children's humor book on Amazon.  This way I can learn the ropes, what to do and not do before I publish the Doran book. And hey, if I can make a few bucks along the way, all the better.

    So, that brings us to now.  I will be sharing my self-publishing journey and hope you will follow along. I hope the journey will be both informational and enjoyable.  I welcome feedback from any and all children's book authors, as well as parents and children alike. BTW, I decided to publish my works under the pen name Sir Wolf.

Until the next page...

Sir Wolf