I'm getting quite creative in trying to attract the attention of publishers, and so I came up with an idea that just might work.

When my first book came out in 2012, the publisher had me work with a PR company and I ended up writing some columns in newspapers and had stories all over the place. As a result, I got to know one of the head PR people at the company.

Now, for my 2nd book - the one the publisher didn't promote as the imprint it owned was closing - I had no contact with this person, and had forgotten about them completely. But today, I decided to take a chance.

I contacted this person at the PR company directly, instead of going through the publisher, and asked if they remembered me.Fortunately they did, and after I explained that I was taking a chance venturing out on my own (no use saying bad things about a publisher, even if justified, as it's a small world, and unpleasant words ultimately hurt those hurling them) and they were very happy to read my latest work, and happy to see what they can do to help me out.

They are doing this at no cost. These people are pretty busy, so to take the time to read my work is not done on a whim.

So, let's see what happens.

But who knows, by the time they get back to me, things might be flying along here on inkshares just fine.