For the past five weeks, I have been posting the prologue and the first four chapters of my novel, Justice For Lindsey. When I began, I said that I would post the first ten chapters. However, the feedback has been phenomenal. Because of it, I pressed forward to get it edited. I am happy to say, as of today, the novel, Justice For Lindsey, by Christina Siwik, is available as an e-book for Kindle on Amazon.com. For those of you who want to know how the mystery progresses and finally comes to an end, you will have to read the book.
For those of you who have not read any or all of the posts, here is the premise for the story: “Carron Maitland and Jake Brennan would have never met in another time and another place. Carron had it all. The heiress to a fortune had built her own successful business from the ground up. Soon, her world comes crashing down and secrets from the past threaten her very life. Jake, a former policeman turned successful mystery author, sets out to write a true-crime novel and in the process, try to solve a twenty-five-year-old murder. Now, Jake and Carron are brought together and combine their talents and resources to bring closure to the past.”
The question is-Will there be justice for Lindsey?
I have to thank many people for this. I especially want to thank my author sister, Ruth Kyser. She has given me so much advice and both moral support and technical assistance. I also want to thank all the members of my blog support group. They, as well as others, gave me feedback on whether my story was interesting enough to publish. Through their encouragement, I gained the confidence to JUST DO IT!
I think it only fitting, that this novel is available on what would have been my brother’s 84th birthday. Sadly, he was taken from us 55 years ago. He was a writer of poetry. Some days, when I am having a bad day, I get his book out and read one of his poems. They always give me faith and encouragement to keep moving forward.
I have found it a bit surreal reading my own manuscript on my personal Kindle. It has also been a bit eye-opening. I felt like I edited the manuscript a hundred times, yet as I read it “live” I keep seeing all these things that need fixing (I am a perfectionist). That, however, is not a problem. Self-publishing through Kindle Direct lets me go in and resubmit my manuscript anytime I want. I will be fixing the areas that bother me today, and resubmitting tomorrow. They aren’t anything extreme; just some syntax things that really bother me. So if you purchase the e-book now and notice anything, rest assured, I am fixing it.
Is there something you want to try or some talent you have but are afraid to share it with others? You will never know if you just don’t try. I dedicated this first novel to my long departed mother. She too was a writer of short stories, but never got them published. One of the first things she ever taught all of us was that the word CAN’T did not exist. Her comment was always, “How do you know if you never try.” Don’t be afraid to put yourself out there. You will never know unless you try.
One advantage of publishing an e-book on Amazon, is that you can set up an author page. Here is the link to my page: https://www.amazon.com/author/christinasiwik. If you click on it, you will automatically be able to purchase my e-book. Check it out.
I am in the process of formatting my book for it to come out in paperback. As soon as the back cover art is available, I will be able to publish that via Amazon as well. Keep an eye out for that. I will more than likely post its availability via my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/yogaherbalteaandme/. You can also search in Facebook for Chris’s Inspirations.
In case you are wondering where I obtained such great cover art, I used the website recommended to me by my sister. I want to give credit for the cover design to SelfPubBookCovers.com/LaLimaDesign.
You can follow this link and go directly to Amazon to purchase Justice For Lindsey.https://www.amazon.com/dp/b08b43cxjz/fef=cm_sw_r_em_api_i_c_trs5ebnd5erj6
Once you have read the entire novel, be sure to leave a review on Amazon. I want to hear from you. It will help me in knowing what my readers like. I am currently working on another novel. I hope it doesn’t take as long to complete as this one. It will be an anthology of shorter mysteries that I am writing. Each story will have recurring characters. If you read Justice For Lindsey, you may recognize their names as well as the story titles. I hope I can have this book completed by the first of next year. I am certainly going to try.
Until next time, “Don’t Save Today for Tomorrow.”
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So exciting. What a proud accomplishment!
Congratulations! This is so exciting!
Love this and that you are able to use Amazon and make things happen!
Congratulations! How exciting for you!!
Great job!
So exciting! Best of luck!
That’s so cool that you can do corrections and re-submissions on the kindle publishing platform!
Great job! So exciting! I couldn’t imagine publishing my own book.
Congratulations on this amazing accomplishment! Everyone should take your advice and aim for the stars!
Congratulations! My son wants to publish an ebook on Amazon. Looking forward to checking out your author’s page to see how it’s done.
Congrats!!
Congrats! As soon as I saw it was published on a Facebook post I went ahead and bought it. I’m looking forward to some vacation time next week to read the rest. Excited to know there will be more stories. You are an awesome writer!
Thank you so much for your kind words. I hope you enjoy the book. Don’t hesitate leaving a review.
I started over and between work and blogging I haven’t gotten too far. I’ll let you know what I finished.
Fantastic! This is so exciting!
Amazing….congratulations! What a great accomplishment!
Such an inspiration to me as I too, wanted to write a book!! Congratulations!!!
Congratulations!! Keep reaching for your goals! 🙂
That’s so awesome! Congrats!
Congrats on publishing your novel! I’m so excited to be able to purchase it and read the whole thing!
What a wonderful accomplishment! The book sounds very interesting, and I will be ordering it soon! Wishing you huge success!!!
What a thrilling time for you! That’s awesome! I’m so curious about it all now.
Yay! I am so happy for you. I know you have put a lot of work into this. I hope it’s a great success for you.
Congrats!
Congratulations! That’s so exciting and I bet feels so good and surreal. I didn’t know that about self-publish with Kindle Direct, but that makes sense and is a definite benefit of modern fast technology.
This is amazing and I am so glad I saw this post! I just started considering writing a book myself and had no idea where to even start. You have given me inspiration. Thank you!
Wow, awesome! Congratulations! Covid has enabled many of us to finalize all sorts of projects. Best wishes for the book!
Thats amazing! Congratulations!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! How exciting to see your thoughts in print!!! Would you be able to share your process and details? I have some items I’d like to publish (education related), but am not sure how to go about this. The last thing I published was my dissertation. Thanks for sharing!!
I used Kindle Direct Publishing through Amazon.
Congratulations! Such an amazing accomplishment!
Congratulations! That is such a great accomplishment!
That’s so exciting, congratulations! From the little bit I’ve read, it’s a great story!!
Congratulations on a major achievement! A very inspiring post.
Way to go! I actually have one coloring book published and will publish my second one next month!
Congrats on the book and your new journey!
I am so proud of you for doing this!!!
This is so cool! I will have too get it on kindle.
Congratulations, that is awesome that it is published!
Congratulations. I look forward to finding out how the story ends!
Congratulations, that is super exciting! My son is a writer of poetry, hoping he takes the leap to publish someday. I will check out your book!
Love the Bitmoji!! Congratulations on your novel being published.
Congratulations on becoming publshed. That is so exciting. I love your Bitmoji at the top!
Congratulations so excited for you!!