We are quickly approaching the one-year anniversary of JaxBookNook. One year ago, I got word that Solstice Publishing had decided to publish my book Beer Run. I needed to promote it, and other than getting really involved in social media for the first time in my life, I decided to start this blog.

By the way, please buy Beer Run. Please. Pretty please. I’ll think you’re a really special person. And I’ll write you a recommendation for a job interview. I’ll even pretend to work for the CIA and say you were our best secret agent. Here’s a link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLSVRZN5

Here’s a link to Solstice Publishing, by the way: Solstice Empire Home.

In any event, I have decided to provide a recap of this year. Here we go:

1. I have currently sold 500,000 copies of Beer Run and been awarded a Pulitzer. All for a 32000-word story about aliens making beer and socially awkward androids.
2. I have gotten my magnum opus Christmas in Pandemonium published after three years of struggling to get people to take my little story seriously. A big five publisher is planning to release it just before the holiday season.
3. I successfully ran a 10k on three different continents, raising money for war orphans in Ukraine. Thankfully, I can concentrate on charitable endeavors and my writing now that I have made millions playing the stock market in my spare time.
4. I opened Michelin star restaurants in London, New York, and Paris.
5. I successfully established diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel, paving the path for a Palestinian state.
6. I have become a terrible liar.

So as anyone can tell you, being a writer is difficult. I think my last monthly report showed that I earned less than a dollar in July. I got nothing in March. You hope and pray that somehow you break through. I’ve gotten lots of Twitter followers (Just hit 4,000!), but that doesn’t always translate into readers. I’m glad this ain’t my day job, otherwise I would be living on my parents’ couch, hoping one day I might be able to afford a Happy Meal.

But writing is a passion, not a job. I have a job. I don’t need two. My Twitter profile calls me an amateur writer for a reason. I got published, which makes me more successful than 80 percent of the people who try their hand at this, so I’m happy. Let’s hear it for another year.