On a more businessy note, I managed to sell (for money this time) 40 more copies of LI on Amazon! Yay! It's number 45 on Ghost Fiction, which is awesome. Thanks to everyone.
Talk to you later...I'm about to fly down that first hill...
TH
Friday, February 10, 2012
Book Two
As I start up the big hill on the roller coaster of writing a first draft, I am filled with that initial excitement (it's my favorite part of the process) but also have a sense of trepidation about what I've come across as an idea. Will it be good? It's what I'm sure anyone in a creative situation faces, but for me it's probably a little more so, because I prefer to start with an idea and develop it as I go. In the NaNoWriMo world, someone who writes this way is called a "pantser": one who writes by the seat of their pants. I will, as I did for Latent Image, come out the other end much like you might on that final approach to the station on that coaster...exhilarated, heart pumping, a little bumped around, and glad you didn't die along the way.
On a more businessy note, I managed to sell (for money this time) 40 more copies of LI on Amazon! Yay! It's number 45 on Ghost Fiction, which is awesome. Thanks to everyone.
Talk to you later...I'm about to fly down that first hill...
TH
On a more businessy note, I managed to sell (for money this time) 40 more copies of LI on Amazon! Yay! It's number 45 on Ghost Fiction, which is awesome. Thanks to everyone.
Talk to you later...I'm about to fly down that first hill...
TH
Sunday, February 5, 2012
314
As of this moment, I have "sold" three hundred and fourteen copies of the novel. Two hundred and sixty-six here in the U.S., forty-four in the U.K, and four in Germany. The free weekend promotion of my book, in my mind, has been a success. Will this translate into actual sales? That remains to be seen. But I see it merely as one more step closer to what I want to achieve. And that isn't necessarily the point.
You see, what it really means is that people will read what I've written. And that, at this point, is more reward than any royalties. Being able to share what I have done with other people, even strangers--especially strangers--is the ultimate reward. Will all three hundred and fourteen people read it? Maybe. Maybe not. Some may have simply downloaded it purely because it was free and in a free best-seller category (it moved up to #6 and #21 in Ghost Fiction and Contemporary Fantasy, respectively) and may never even look at it. Some may start it and never finish. And that's okay.
Because some people, however few, will read it. And out of those, some will not like it. And that's okay too. I may not be their cup of tea.
But out of those people, say a hundred--maybe more, maybe less (probably less)--will read it and like it. Maybe even love it.
Yes, that's the reward that satisfies me. Do I want to sell a million copies? Sure. But a million readers satisfied with what I've created, well...that's worth more than all the royalties in the world.
TH
You see, what it really means is that people will read what I've written. And that, at this point, is more reward than any royalties. Being able to share what I have done with other people, even strangers--especially strangers--is the ultimate reward. Will all three hundred and fourteen people read it? Maybe. Maybe not. Some may have simply downloaded it purely because it was free and in a free best-seller category (it moved up to #6 and #21 in Ghost Fiction and Contemporary Fantasy, respectively) and may never even look at it. Some may start it and never finish. And that's okay.
Because some people, however few, will read it. And out of those, some will not like it. And that's okay too. I may not be their cup of tea.
But out of those people, say a hundred--maybe more, maybe less (probably less)--will read it and like it. Maybe even love it.
Yes, that's the reward that satisfies me. Do I want to sell a million copies? Sure. But a million readers satisfied with what I've created, well...that's worth more than all the royalties in the world.
TH
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