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Subj: Re: Well, the villains are rotters. Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 at 09:08:07 am EST (Viewed 803 times) | Reply Subj: Re: Well, the villains are rotters. Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 at 06:23:59 am EST (Viewed 1 times) | ||||||
Quote: First rule of being a writer: write. Often. Every day if possible.Great idea, not always practical. Sometimes I spend several days rushing to finish stuff for work both AT work and at home. Quote: Second rule of being a writer: self evaluate. Kill your babies.I do. Often. The outside world probably only sees half to three-quarters of what I actually write. Quote: There's even a button on the Kindle uploading site now that you can push to get Amazon's "suggested price".I believe that's based on word count or page count, but not sure. Quote: Marketing is every waiting-to-break-through writer's weak point. If there was a certain route it would have been found by now. It almost definitely isn't those companies that charge an upfront fee to "promote" your book.Not just with books, with software, too. I'm stuck in that hole where I look up how to market my software, and apparently it's done with raising money via kickstarter etc and spending it all on a huge advertising budget. Except to raise money via kickstarter, you need to do promotion and marketing. Which takes money for a huge advertising budget. Grrr... Quote: A lot of publishers are really cagey about sales figures. Royalty statements don't usually come with any explanation for the total, not even to say which book or books they are for. I've had to really push to get an idea of what actual sales they represent.I'm not looking for it to be a primary source of income or anything. I worked on Merdeces Lackey's web site, and realized the huge volume of work it takes to be self-supporting, and I'm nowhere near fast enough yet. A little extra would be nice, though. Quote: My advice then, is to write at least three chapters/12,000 words then go back and revise chapter one before posting. In long-form prose you will inevitably have a better grasp of your style and story a bit further in and it will demand changes to your opening.I have something like 7 chapters done already. Not happy with them all yet, but they're there. Quote: People ask that about comic book series too. Then again, how many places can Wolverine be in at the same time?True, but they have an excuse - each writer generally writes completely independent of the others. | |||||||
