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Musings from Nancy:

As anyone who has followed our blog knows, lately we have been extremely erratic with the frequency of our posts. Why? Well, that’s a good question with a multitude of answers.

First and foremost, I believe, is the erosion of our enthusiasm for the whole business of writing and publishing. We started out all starry-eyed and ready to conquer the world. Even though we have humble aspirations, we do need some sort of feedback and atta-boys, much like the preschooler who needs a constant stream of assurances to let them know they are doing well.  Money would be nice, too.

Yes, we are grown adults and not toddlers, but we started off our self-publishing endeavor with great fanfare, lots of sales, and great reviews. Then Amazon changed the game about a year after we went live with our first books and we became lost in the crowd. We still get the occasional sale from someone who happened to chance on one of our books, but even with KDP sales and giveaways, we are buried in the search lists. (We’ve written seven and have several more in the works.)

Second and nearly as important is the insidious creep of personal commitments. It’s become just too easy to make the decision to put our writing second or third in the line of things that we need to take care of in our daily lives, usually with only a modicum of urgency. In other words, we are lacking in commitment.

But, in spite of all this, we still have not given up. Writing and collaborating with each other is still our goal. The Litzos have grit and are not easily dissuaded so, we will still attempt to regroup and carry on. Hopefully, we will soon be able to report progress with writing and editing. Thank you all for not giving up on us. We shall try to not disappoint.

Kind regards,

Nancy, Anne, and Eric