Hollywood Car Wash: a novel, an adventure, a marketing experiment.
In case I’ve never told you this story, here’s a 30-second version of how I self-published my first novel, and it sold so many copies, Simon & Schuster bought it and re-released it. It’s true– it happened!
The original version came out in 2007 and I used MySpace to promote it. Yep, MySpace! Since then, it’s gotten even easier to publish work yourself and get it out there using websites and social media.
My second novel, a YA title called “The Dirt,” was released in November of 2011!
Here’s the description: Lucy Whitley cannot wait to get out of Palm Desert. It’s not a place for a frizzy-haired science nerd, particularly when her fashion-obsessed older sister Sloane is the head of a clique of pretty girls who rule the school — and practically the whole town. Fortunately, life is about to change forever. Lucy’s dad is getting re-married, and then she can transfer to a boarding school in Connecticut, escaping all the mean girls and the endless whispers about the Whitley family scandal. Everything is going to be perfect — as long as the wedding goes smoothly.
