I just barely got the engine to turn over and it’s already
the most incredible ride I’ve ever even conceived. I think it would be safe to
assume that anyone who gets a piece of work published has the words “best
seller” dancing about in the head bone. But for it to really happen? That’s for
the S. Kings of the world.
I’ve been living in the stratosphere of the publishing world
for well over a month now and ranking results seem to get better each day. In
addition to the two books leading the pack, my other westerns are getting a
good look as well and their rankings are climbing daily.
It is Jack Slater, Orphan Train to Cattle Baron that got
this big eight-wheeler steaming down the tracks. It climbed into the bestseller
ranks as a YA novel and within days was accepted in the general western
categories for adults and YA. My wife has a wonderful way of keeping me halfway
grounded.
“Hey you,” she hollers from the back porch. “Yes, you,
internationally acclaimed best selling author, it’s time to muck out the corrals.
Get to it, cowboy.” With a square nose muck stick and a wheel barrow I know my
place in the world. She’s my love for the rest of our lives. She even lets me
wash the dishes. Often.
One month after Jack Slater hit the stacks and the best
seller lists, Wolfpack Publishing released Ezekiel’s Journey, and within days
it was in the bestseller lists at Amazon.
I was all set to put some magnetic signs on the old flatbed
and drive around proclaiming this wonderful status I’m coming to enjoy when I
got a little note, in cursive, thank you. Patty left it on my half-empty coffee
cup. “Better get that tractor warmed up and get the corn patch ready, buster.
Quit burnin’ daylight, cowboy.”
Until next time, read good books and stay regular
Johnny Gunn
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