tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post5685151040572029134..comments2023-07-14T06:17:49.677-04:00Comments on The Daring Novelist: Day 1 Update - and What Would I Do Differently?The Daring Novelisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-29673787993253241892011-01-25T01:12:40.385-05:002011-01-25T01:12:40.385-05:00If they have 99 cents, I'll take them!If they have 99 cents, I'll take them!ModWitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06026833488444170404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-51277915512226903562011-01-23T16:49:13.782-05:002011-01-23T16:49:13.782-05:00So is this going to sell well among adolescents fi...So is this going to sell well among adolescents fishies?<br /><br />:-)The Daring Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-38409099906178304842011-01-23T15:49:18.098-05:002011-01-23T15:49:18.098-05:00What a lovely thought. I am a total beginner as f...What a lovely thought. I am a total beginner as far as fiction writing goes - but yeah, I've got plenty of life to draw on. I need to learn to say it well, but my first books are full of odd little pieces from my life. Just finished a really fun novella that worked in everything I know about guppy sex. Sometimes what you studied in school really can be useful :).ModWitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06026833488444170404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-76630965651107358362011-01-19T12:50:51.282-05:002011-01-19T12:50:51.282-05:00Yeah, you don't strike me as a real beginner. ...Yeah, you don't strike me as a real beginner. When you're twenty, you've got time, and frankly, you need more life experience. As you get older, you have experience to draw on, but you don't have as much time.<br /><br />I think that's another thing that the publishing world (indie and traditional) doesn't always recognize how many different ways you gain experience. We see someone succeed who seems to come out of nowhere with nothing, but really, they very often have something to leverage that's invisible to us. They have vast experience with a certain demographic which turns out to be their main audience, for instance. Marketing background, contacts, a great artist or accountant for a spouse. You never know.The Daring Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-50751562456267457372011-01-19T12:09:34.012-05:002011-01-19T12:09:34.012-05:00Okay, so I didn't take all the advice to heart...Okay, so I didn't take all the advice to heart :). The part that spoke most to me is waiting to hit the marketing heavily until I have multiple things written. I don't think it will do harm to publish them, so long as I don't get distracted by marketing.<br /><br />I don't have any interest in querying trad publishers/agents, but I think taking time to learn to write well is advice well taken.<br /><br />That's the advantage of starting when you're 40 - you can take the pieces that work for you, and be crotchety about the rest :).ModWitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06026833488444170404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-80649697858971335572011-01-19T01:10:58.686-05:002011-01-19T01:10:58.686-05:00Actually, what I was trying to say if I were start...Actually, what I was trying to say if I were starting as a complete beginner, I would hold back. I would not publish books as they were finished, but market to traditional publishers for the experience while I finished writing my first batch. Then I'd go for it as an indie when I felt the iron was hot.<br /><br />But that is just one way to go. You have to look at ideas like this and take what works for you. There isn't any harm in publishing as you go. I would just want to hold back, knowing the difficulty of building an audience with one single book.<br /><br />In the end, do what makes you get up in the morning, eager to work on your next novel. That's one thing that indie publishing can do -- just having stuff out there gives you energy.The Daring Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-26016268578318230182011-01-19T00:29:58.718-05:002011-01-19T00:29:58.718-05:00I'm actually taking this advice very much to h...I'm actually taking this advice very much to heart. I've put up some basic web pages and things, but I finished book 1 (first draft), and I'm writing a novella while I let the first one percolate. <br /><br />I will pub as the books are finished, and do a little, carefully chosen marketing. But I think I'll mostly focus on writing until I have at least 3 or 4 books done. I have a decent background in marketing. I assume if the books are any good, they will eventually sell. First I need to learn how to write, and I'm not sure that process can really be sped up a whole lot.ModWitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06026833488444170404noreply@blogger.com