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Trying again to be an author whose work sells

 I am not sure if my opinion on my one and only Amazon novel is just too high or the overcrowded marked suffocates it to the point of no existence, probably both, but since my poor blog has people visiting it, I want to try a little self-marketing again.

My novel:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PLQHQKB

is still online, and probably drowned in the sea of billions of other books on Amazon. I know that, since English is not my native language, and I wrote this one in Englilsh, it's not the best written novel ever (to put it lightly) but I hope that story and characters are captivating since I invested a lot in developing complex story with many layers and characters which I really hope are believable as people, and that people can relate to them.

The idea of the story is, if you coud choose between safe annd comfortable, but boring, predictable and kind of suffocating and fully controled life, and unsafe, dangerous, completely ridiculous and unpredictable but kind of free and exciting life, which one would you choose? This is not just to be taken in one context, it could be applied to many life situations, this is a situation we meet more often than not. Choices that can determine how we will live from that point on.

Of course, there are many other life-situations in my novel (look how I am praising myself, haha! Well, no one else will...) that could be interpretted in various ways and various real life situations. I love to integrate many life situations into deep layers of sf, fantasy or horror story.

I got two reviews, one is quite positive, which I appreciate a lot, and the other says that it's obvious that author's first language isn't English, which is very true, but they liked the story, and I appreciate that a lot. Sadly, the professional translation or editing is not something I can afford right now, but hopefully one day.. who knows?

Here is one scene from the novel, I drew that myself, what do you think?



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