Authorship and Publicity

Much of this year's spare time was spent in final re-writing, editing, publication, and publicity for "The Masque and the Dagger", a fantasy novel written under the pseudonym Benjamin Truant. It was taxing, tolling, and tiresome, but it was great to see the book in actual print in September. The pictures included here are of the novel's cover, two "publicity" photos for a book signing, and a "map" created for website publicity. Publicity, in all its forms, is an alien concept, so while working on a website has been enjoyable, the various rewards and value of this kind of work is elusive to me. The writing itself is significantly superior...