The First Time I Kissed A Woman

This is the title of my first book, well a novella really, which I released this week on Amazon as part of the Kindle Direct Publishing program and also chose for it to be included in Prime so that readers can use their Prime subscription to borrow my work!

It was very exciting honestly to get it done and out there in the world! So far the sales have be about what I expected, but the people who have read it and left reviews seem to really love it! That's the best part for me. I just wanted people to enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Here's the book blurb from Amazon:
This coming of age story tells the tale of Ryan, a conservative young guy on a mission to get to his mother's giant birthday bash on time. As he navigates the slippery slope of a typical crush on a girl, he finds himself in an adventure that helps him to see how immediate circumstances can help change his perception of the world and his place in it. This post-modern story, set mostly at a bar and eventually a hotel room, reminds the reader of the rite of passage a boy makes when he becomes a man.

I can't wait to see how other readers respond. Here are a few samples from the reviews so far:

"An endearing coming-of-age tale from a male's perspective as he navigates the oftentimes daunting world of girls and women. The author's writing style shows great movement; offering the reader easy, yet descriptive prose. I couldn't put it down!"

"I thoroughly enjoyed reading this novella. It was a fun and easy read that I definitely could not put down. It kept me entertained and I am looking forward to many more novels and/or novellas from Orion."

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Setting A Goal To Stay Motivated

I find I tend to get lazy, not write as much as I would like or am capable of. I finally figured out a way to cure this. I made a goal and am going to reward my self with a wonderful treat if I am amble to meet the goal. Most people are aware of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) where participants write a novel in a month (50k words). Well I feel like this could be too easy and I really wanted to challenge myself.

Enter NaNoWriMo X13. I'm attempting to not only do 13 months in a row (Aug 1, 2012-Aug 312013) of NaNoWriMo, but I'm stipulating that every one of the 650k words not only has to be written by the end date, but also published. It's a ridiculously crazy goal. I feel like I'm out of my mind considering I'm entering my last year of college and time will be tight. I'm going to keep my progress updated via Twitter as each book hits the digital realm, so feel free to follow along. @EnzoGaudio

Here goes nothing. The first ~22k words are in the process of final edits and will be up shortly...only 628k to go.