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Nebs Writes
Aug. 20th, 2013 08:54 am~As a writer it behooves me to acknowledge the one and twenty third birthday of H.P. Lovecraft and the passing of Elmore Leonard. That the latter died upon the former's birthday is a matter I'll leave to the ages.
I on the other hand am still alive and still writing. And I am the most important person in my life after all. A seemingly harsh and egotistical observation, but then the truth usually ain't pretty.
Anyway, the photo below got me thinking again about using my writing to escape from SSI.
German infantry under cover of a StuG III while fighting at Stalingrad in November, 1942.
Looking at that Sturmgeschütz triggering my fetish with designing armored vehicles, which in turn had me replaying a scene from my projected Second Great Global War series in my The Anglo-American Imperium universe. That series would run to around ten volumes.
In addition, here is my Tales of the Vēkkan Cults series, which is also good for many volumes. And I have bits and bobs floating around as well, including the novel that is 'shadowing' my Colonial Union fanfic novel. That puppy is the first of a trilogy which is already outlined.
The point here is this. I have been reading up on self publishing for a while and though there are many different approaches, one thing seems to be crucial: the on-line author needs a large number of titles available. It works like this. Someone reads something of yours and likes it. If you have many tiles, they'll most likely go ahead and buy one of those. If they like that - which is probable - they'll repeat the process. And that's how sales multiple.
Sure, this will take years. But it's not like I have anything better to do...and my Muse seems to have returned and I have embraced Her fully.
And so it is....
I on the other hand am still alive and still writing. And I am the most important person in my life after all. A seemingly harsh and egotistical observation, but then the truth usually ain't pretty.
Anyway, the photo below got me thinking again about using my writing to escape from SSI.
German infantry under cover of a StuG III while fighting at Stalingrad in November, 1942.
Looking at that Sturmgeschütz triggering my fetish with designing armored vehicles, which in turn had me replaying a scene from my projected Second Great Global War series in my The Anglo-American Imperium universe. That series would run to around ten volumes.
In addition, here is my Tales of the Vēkkan Cults series, which is also good for many volumes. And I have bits and bobs floating around as well, including the novel that is 'shadowing' my Colonial Union fanfic novel. That puppy is the first of a trilogy which is already outlined.
The point here is this. I have been reading up on self publishing for a while and though there are many different approaches, one thing seems to be crucial: the on-line author needs a large number of titles available. It works like this. Someone reads something of yours and likes it. If you have many tiles, they'll most likely go ahead and buy one of those. If they like that - which is probable - they'll repeat the process. And that's how sales multiple.
Sure, this will take years. But it's not like I have anything better to do...and my Muse seems to have returned and I have embraced Her fully.
And so it is....
