They say every ending is a new beginning and I believe this to be true. Let me share a little history with you before I expound on this. If you're the impatient-type free free to just skip to the Announcement section below.
Alarm Clock Dawn
As many of you who followed me from the beginning on Steemit know, launching my debut novel, Alarm Clock Dawn in installments was my first foray into book publishing on the blockchain in 2016. The novel was originally published in 2013 but sales floundered because I found it difficult to get the message out as an indie author with a limited budget. Up until 2016 my life was like a masterclass in trial and error, with an emphasis on "error". Thanks to the support of this community my fortune changed after I serialized the book on the blockchain.
The Perfect Pause
That first experience went so well that I decided to use my next book, The Perfect Pause as an experiment to showcase of the power of decentralized crypto-backed social media for indie authors. This time, I decided to approach the launch in a very unconventional way. The final chapters were individually published on the blockchain in 2017 before the actual book was published (click on link directly above to read more). Logic would tell you this approach would cannibalize sales of the published book but it didn’t.
My intention with The Perfect Pause was to create a self-sustaining project (requiring zero out-of-pocket expenses) and to use the launch of the book to illustrate the power of blockchain-based social media for indie authors. It worked! The revenue from the posts financed the book design and marketing.
With that project it seemed the stars were in alignment. Leon Logothetis, host of the Netflix series The Kindness Diaries, was generous enough to endorse the book with a cover blurb. In the end, the project exceeded my wildest expectations. The sales continue chugging along, albeit ever more slowly, three years later.
Announcement!
Now for the exciting part. The draft of my next book is done! Over the last year I’ve been taking my time and creating new posts in my Mindful Moments series (see links below) as new ideas organically arose. I wanted to create a companion book for the Perfect Pause but go a step beyond and present easy and practical ways to enhance your life through the mindfulness that meditation sparked. These ten Mindful Moments blog posts will serve as the foundation of my next book.
The creation of the first draft is only the initial step in the arduous journey of creating a book. Over the next few months I’ll be re-reading all of the post comments, enhancing the posts, and crafting them into the final chapters. When these chapters are complete I’ll have an open call for beta-readers on Hive to read the manuscript and offer feedback. After this, the final chapters will be posted individually prior to the book being published.
The Hive community is valuable beyond measure. Now more than ever it's important to use all of the creative thinking at your disposal to design our own life plan and thrive. All we need to do is think outside of the box to discover the multitude of ways in which we can utilize the power of this community to enhance our own life plan and to help others achieve their own. Each time someone takes necessary steps towards perfecting themselves and pursuing their dreams I believe this world becomes a little bit better because of it. I couldn't be more excited about our collective future.
The real question is...Why aren't more authors doing this? The question itself shines a spotlight on a huge opportunity for Hive.
What's your life plan? The clock is ticking.
As always, I appreciate your tremendous support!
Here are links to the Mindful Moments series in its entirety:
1 - Two Week Media Fast;
2 - Worry and Fear;
3 - Setting Boundaries, ;
4 - Self Care.;
5 - Listening To Understand;
6 - How You Do Anything Is How You Do Everything;
7 - You Are What You Think;
8 - Law of Attraction;
9 - Stop Giving Your Power Away; and
10 - Negativity, A Roadmap To Self-Improvement;
With Gratitude,
~ Eric Vance Walton ~
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*I am an American novelist, poet, traveler, and crypto-enthusiast. If you’ve enjoyed my work please sign up for my author newsletter at my website. Newsletter subscribers will receive exclusive updates and special offers and your information will never be sold or shared.
Alarm Clock Dawn, one of the first full length novels published on the blockchain, and the book that started it all for me can be found HERE. Or Click Here to read it for free on the Steemit blockchain
My meditation book, The Perfect Pause, is priced at $12.99 (paperback) and $4.99 (eBook). Buy the paperback and receive the eBook for free!
