Angela Nicole Parker

I've recently decided to self publish my first novel Tethered after years of wringing my hands and wondering if not being able to sell my books to the Publishing Gods of old meant that I somehow was a failure at this writing thing. Publishing is a hard, cruel business and it wrecks havoc on your self esteem, but I realized that I didn't write Tethered for my own amusement, although I love it, but I wrote it because I wanted others to love my characters as much as I did and to get as much enjoyment from reading each page as I got from writing them.

Still, it was hard to give up that idea of walking into the Traditional Publishing House Promise Land. A fellow writer asked me what I thought defined success. Well, truth be told I've always dreamed of having a book on the New York Time's Bestseller List that would be turned into a blockbuster movie, followed by a recreation of scenes from said megabook in a well attended amusement park (Hi JK Rowlings) but after serious consideration, I realized that I defined my success by people buying, reading and liking my books, be it 5 people or 5 million people, although you can guess which number I prefer.

Now that I've done the publishing thing the hard part awaits me --- marketing. I have to admit, I'm not good at tooting my own horn, but I know that nobody will know I'm here if I don't. So, now I'm faced with the ultimate dilemia, If I write it, will they come? I guess I'll see, but I pray the answer is yes.

So here goes --- Tethered by Angela Nicole Parker ON SALE NOW at amazon.com.