Thursday, August 23, 2012

Maybe...


Maybe i will slow back a little. One thing that disappointed me was that Confessions  felt rushed. I know I tried to sync my work with Warren Sapp's release. I need to step back and put good work out. I can do this. I need to concentrate less on quantity and involve more quality into the process. Plus potential customers may feel they are getting more for there dime with a 20000 word novella against a 7500 short story. Remember, some authors are selling their novels for $.99. I've said it b4. I'll say it here now, I'm not going to do that. I'll do the free trail, but putting a novel together and selling it for that price is something I refuse to do.

Anyway back to this novella idea. Four stories a year is plenty. It's enough to place on the website and to feel that I'm utilizing my talents. It is also enough to feel that I'm doing something other than working the JOB and working this. I need to bring back quality as I've said.   

learning as i go

I find it interesting that I can be both mildly surprised and very disappointed at the same time, but here i am. First the good news. I'm surprised that Waiting is still being downloaded after already being showcased for free a little over a month ago. With last month's downloads I'm nearing 200 total. Again, that might not mean much in the grand scheme of things, and mean nothing at all in sales but interest is interest. I'll give myself credit for a nice blurb and good stuff in my preview. Back to this a bit...

Confessions hasn't done ANYTHING. After some reflection I think I know why. Again, I know this but I've refused to give into this notion, YOU MUST CATER TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN if you're going to sale anything. Confessions doesn't do that. I'm limiting my audience with this subject matter.

Back to Waiting. IF I DO WHAT IS NECESSARY, and use female protagonist, and slide away from SF I may be able to draw readership, perhaps even some PAYING readership. Or at the least, I'm going to get a better judgement to where my storytelling skills are,

more in a bit...  

Apology

I downloaded Confessions this morning, and apologize for the chart glitched toward the end of the article. After this free period, I will go in and try to line those things up better.