People looked down upon self-published authors and were quite vocal about everything they were doing wrong: bad covers, no editing, horrible plots with holes you could drive a truck through. I thought it meant that my book wasn’t good enough. My husband and my critique partner urged me to consider self-publishing.
This realization, however, didn’t make the rejections any less heartbreaking. In hindsight, I was probably naïve in thinking that anyone would take a chance on a debut novel that didn’t fit neatly into a single genre and had, quite frankly, a somewhat risky storyline. I sent out the first batch of queries and rejections started rolling in an hour later. I drafted my query letter and polished it to a high sheen. When I completed On the Island a year ago, all I wanted was to obtain agent representation. Read more stories from successful authors in self-publishing on how they did it, including Theresa Ragan and Karen McQuestion. No marketing campaign in the world can compete with the power of a large number of positive, word-of-mouth recommendations. As romantic as One Day and The Time Traveller's Wife, On the Island is the utterly compelling, scorching summer read that will whisk you away.One of the questions I’m asked the most is, “How did you sell 365,000 copies of your self-published debut novel On the Island?” There’s no short answer, but if I had to sum up my success I’d say that I owe it to the readers who embraced my story and shared their recommendations with friends, family members and, sometimes, total strangers. As the days turn to weeks then months and finally years, Anna begins to wonder if the biggest challenge of all might be living with a boy who is gradually becoming a man.
work together to obtain water, food, fire and shelter. Marooned on an uninhabited island, Anna and T.J. jet off to join his family, the pilot of their seaplane suffers a fatal heart attack and crash-lands in the Indian Ocean.
Almost seventeen and finally cancer free, he'd much rather spend the summer with his friends. Callahan at his family's holiday home in the Maldives, she immediately accepts. I felt as though I was right there with them' 5***** Reader Review 'I'd give this more than 5 stars if I could! Will stay with me for a very long time' 5***** Reader Review _ When thirty-year-old English teacher Anna Emerson is offered a summer job tutoring T.J. THE EMOTIONALLY GRIPPING AND ADDICTIVE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'I cannot put into words the love I have for Anna and T.J. T J has no desire to leave town, not that anyone asked him. When thirty-year-old English teacher Anna Emerson is offered a summer job tutoring T J Callahan at his family's holiday home in the Maldives, she accepts without hesitation: a tropical island beats the library any day.
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