I’ve done a lot of writing, but never a blog entry.  Until now, that is.  I’ve decided to use my first entry to explain how creative-books.com came to be.

I got into writing several years ago when I decided to start putting my ideas down on paper.  Once I got going, I found that I loved it.  I finished a rather lengthy novel and then moved on to a second one, then a third.  None of this work was ever published.  I shared a couple of my stories with some close friends and received positive feedback.

I went back to the first one and saw how far I had come writing wise and had to fix up the earlier stuff.  I’ve now got several stories written but they are in various forms of completion, meaning proofreading, editing, revisions, etc.

I started looking to see what the next step would be in order to bring these stories to others to read.  Should I try and get an agent or self-publish?

Regardless of what I choose, it appears that the best advice is to start a web presence, even if your material isn’t out there yet.  More advice.  Don’t use your name to establish the brand.  Go with a company name and put your name under that. That was a good idea, I think, because if someday I have another author join me or I decide to write under a pseudonym, I’m covered.

I had a ton of names in mind, but one quickly realizes when doing domain searches that the good ones are taken.  I chose creative-books because I felt that I don’t fit into any one single neat genre.  I tend to write primarily fantasy but also science fiction.  I also like action, suspense, mystery, thrillers, romance, humor, etc.  In the end, I felt like creative best fit what might be coming down the pipeline in the future.  The hyphen was used to make the two words more legible.

So there you have it.