It's aimed at about a 10-13 year old crowd. I worked on it for ten years and finally said "fuck it - I'll just publish it on Amazon." http://www.amazon.com/Goblin-Booker-Forest-ebook/dp/B005GEZJ4M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1324396623&sr=8-1
I've got several more stories, some of which I'm publishing under a pen name because they are NOT childrens' material and I don't want them directly associated with my kid stories. Cover art is my big problem with some of them. I'm picky. My middle daughter took the photographs used to create the cover for Goblin.
So far I've made almost two dollars. They won't send you money until you hit ten dollars and then it could take up to two months. Whatever. At least it is out there. I've had the domain "BookerForest.com" since about the time I started the story. I just need to take the time to do something with it. I listed the book for $1.00 with no DRM restrictions just to get it out there. It's about a 90 minute read and I'm rather happy with it. Writing for younger audiences is particularly challenging, but fortunately my wife has a BS in Elem. Ed/Early Childhood and a masters in Elem. Ed. That helps.
The next one I'm going to put up is somewhat dark (pen name Paul C. Brickner) and will be called "The Rape of Kyra Collins". There are two more books in the series that I'm working on but they aren't even close to ready.
I've tried going through agents. It is a rough market and print material seems to be dying. I'm not sure Amazon is the best place to ePublish, but it is at least there and they've got free reader software for most major platforms (not Linux, unfortunately).
Basically, if you've got something you think is good, go ahead and publish it - what's the worst that can happen? Actually, the worst is that it will languish on your hard drive and be forgotten when you pass on.
I'm willing to review your work if you want - convert it to RTF and e-mail me a copy - tom@thomaspshultz.com
Tom
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