A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
--Byron
This quote from Lord Byron's Don Juan has long been pinned to my bulletin board. Byron was famous for his satiric sense of humor, and I believe I put it up after the first of many unsuccessful tries at getting published years ago, wanting to ease the bite of continued failure by way of the poet's sardonic wit.
But it's finally happened, though in the end I had to get it done myself, employing the good folks at CreateSpace to publish my book, Murder and Redemption at a Benedictine Abbey, in paperback format. Self-publication was never my first choice for the book and a couple of years ago it looked like Paulist Press was going to publish it in the traditional manner. But bad timing (the recession of 2008), and my own need to do some last-minute revisions on the manuscript led to the cancellation of my contract. After stewing about narrowly-missed opportunities for a time, I decided to put it out on Kindle--and now, in paperback.
The link here will take you to the Amazon page for the paperback version. You may notice that the cover image has changed from the original version for the Kindle. I decided to make both editions consistent with the new cover design from CreateSpace, which is a more contemporary photograph of the Conception Abbey basilica and pretty impressive, I think.
You might also want to check out my website, designed by Sean Callahan of AVX Media.
Anyway, I hope you'll read the book and let me know what you think.
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