I Self-Published My Book!

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Susie Klein - Writer - bsusieklein@gmail.com

On February 3 2016 my first book, WALKING BUTTERFLY, was released on Amazon and I could not be more pleased and thrilled with this crazy journey. I self-published my nonfiction Christian book through Create Space, a branch of Amazon. I chose paperback for now, may release in digital form in the future but still learning the process.

I had a great deal of help from friends who know what they are doing and I clung to savvy advice from new friends found on a Facebook Group designed for Indie Writers. When I got stuck I could post a question or study the archive files and learn all I needed to know to make my dream come true! Yay for the generosity of the writing community!

With such up-to-the-minute assistance I was able to navigate this quickly changing world of publishing. My sales are not huge, mostly family and friends…

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A Summer Read — Walking Butterfly…the Book!

A stunning surprise post by my friend Delana!! Wow!!

 

Happy Blogiversary!  It’s been four years since I started journaling my metamorphosis. Due to the hurts of life, I had walled myself off in a cocoon of self-protection.  I can now, delightfully pro…

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I Broke 100!

My book, WALKING BUTTERFLY has been out since February 2016 and today I finally moved beyond the 100 mark in sales. Nope, not exactly a mega bestseller to say the least…and that’s okay. I have a million reason or excuses for the low sales. But the message is still a good one and this very first book of mine is one that I am proud to have published!

I am pleased that my paperback is in homes and purses and being carried around in tote bags. I hope the pages are being bent over and that sections are being highlighted. I pray that there are scribbles in the margins with the date to remind the reader of a brand new insight. At the end of each chapter I asked God to give me words to speak directly to each reader and help them apply what they are reading. The sections are titled “Your Turn” and I am hoping beyond hope that my new and old friends feel like we are sitting face to face talking about how to believe we are loved by God.

If this little orange book is tucked away on a bookshelf in a bedroom or home library, that is awesome. What I love about paper and ink books is that they will endure. Walking Butterfly is a timeless true story that will be a blessing even if it is ignored for a few years. Someone somewhere is meant to stumble across its message and sense a huge life-change. Maybe you will find it in a used bookstore someday. I just hope it looks well used and well loved. Coffee cup stains on the cover? Love it!

I am proud that my book about God’s ridiculous love is out of my journal and laptop and that it has moved beyond my blog (Recovering Church Lady.) I am thrilled that this scattered collection of stories and God-conversations found some order and is now gathered together in a beautifully designed book that I never get tired of seeing on my book shelf.

Today there are exactly one hundred and one copies out there making lives sweeter and truer and deeper. Each reader will walk with me on my slow journey from a strict and nervous duty-driven Christian to a free flying and happy believer who has finally accepted that her God is crazy about her…me. He adores me…and YOU!

I am convinced that every single reader will close the last page MORE loved than when they opened the first page.

WALKING BUTTERFLY is only available at amazon.com.

Susie

 

 

How Do Butterflies Walk?

I Self-Published My Book!

On February 3 2016 my first book, WALKING BUTTERFLY, was released on Amazon and I could not be more pleased and thrilled with this crazy journey. I self-published my nonfiction Christian book through Create Space, a branch of Amazon. I chose paperback for now, may release in digital form in the future but still learning the process.

I had a great deal of help from friends who know what they are doing and I clung to savvy advice from new friends found on a Facebook Group designed for Indie Writers. When I got stuck I could post a question or study the archive files and learn all I needed to know to make my dream come true! Yay for the generosity of the writing community!

With such up-to-the-minute assistance I was able to navigate this quickly changing world of publishing. My sales are not huge, mostly family and friends right now. But I am hoping that once they read the books that have arrived in their mail boxes this last week, they will tell others about it and the next layer of sales will begin to grow.

I was home alone the day my first paperback  copy arrived in my mail box and it had me literally hyper-ventilating as I danced around the house in excitement! This was also the first time I understood why people in movies often will refuse to open and important letter because it is just TOO important. It was the weirdest thing!

I brought the package in and set it on my kitchen counter and then instead of ripping it open, I danced and walked around my whole house at least 4 times. My poor dog Layla, was so confused! Then I opened the packaged and took another couple of laps before opening the book itself!

But when I did, I was IN LOVE! My cover and interior designer did an amazing job. It is a beautiful book inside and out. She added a faded background of a butterfly behind the title page of each chapter that I am crazy about.

February is the perfect month for my book to go out into the world because it is about the biggest love story in the world. The love story between God and me and you. Each chapter in this book begins with a true encounter between God and me. Some are serious, some are funny and some are just plain odd, but they all were intentional tactics of God to convince me that He loves me. It took A LOT of convincing.

But I believe Him now and my hope is that this little beautiful book will convince you of His big gorgeous love for you too.  Go find it on amazon, WALKING BUTTERFLY by Susie Klein.

Thanks!