With only a couple of strings attached!

From 1999-2004 I was busy trying to make a living as a children's writer. I had a few things published including a chocolate timeline in Focus on the Family Clubhouse, a writing article in the Writer, and several other odds and ends here and there. But making a living at it wasn't happening for me and so I decided to try book writing. I wrote three non-fiction books and actually had a very highly thought of agent in New York contact me about one of them. But then he found out the publisher had recently acquired a similar manuscript and that was it.

I got tired of spending mountains of time only to get rejected. I knew the work was good, but competition is stiff and I needed to find something more lucrative to do. So I packed up my writing and turned to other things. Then this past summer, I pulled those three book manuscripts out again and took the one I liked the best (Life of a Komodo Dragon) and decided to turn it into an ebook and see if I could sell it.  I reformatted the story, added photos from photographers around the world (all of whom gave me permission of use) and added links to other internet sites.  But like anything, you need some word of mouth to get the word out there.

Amber has read my book and she has published a review of it. You can find that at her site.  And now I am going to give five of my Komodo ebooks away to the first five people that follow these directions:

1. Go read Amber's review so you will know that someone besides me thinks it is a good book. Leave a comment.

2.  Come back here and leave a comment .

3.  I would very much appreciate it if you would then write a review of the book after you have perused it (be the review good or bad). I would then like to be able to link to review at my Ebay store and on my blog and maybe use a comment or two from your review if that is okay. People don't want to buy something from some unknown person, but reviews help.

If I can get some response on this, then I have a Hummingbird and Bison manuscript that I can start working on. So thanks again and good luck!

Contest update! Due to the overwhelming response, I have decided to offer five more copies of my ebook for free! And anyone who does a review will be allowed to give away one free copy of the ebook in a contest of their own! Thanks for helping me get the word out about my book!