Finished NaNo last week. I think the story is solid to actually do something with. Maybe I’ll fix it up and send it out, but I’m not in a hurry to do so.<\/p>\n
So what I’ve been doing since then is working again on Brothers of the Zodiac. I finally put together a timeline for each of the Brothers and their lives, I also found a Hymn to Ishtar and I’m using that instead of the Descent of Inanna to the Underworld ad the introductory pieces. I’m still using astrological terms for their story titles.<\/p>\n
I have to work on a platform, getting together a mailing list for when Homecoming<\/em> comes out, and also when the next book comes out. I’m writing under a pseudonym, Jake Logan, because guys have a better chance of actually getting books sold than girls. Maybe if I write a boy\/girl romance or some such, I’ll use my real name, but for the sci-fi\/fantasy stories it’s better if I pretend to be a guy. However, if it takes off, I’m screwed.<\/p>\n Not to complain about that!<\/p>\n My audience is male, mostly gay male. I plan on using Jake Logan as an m\/m erotica\/romance writer too. I know that some women read m\/m romance, but I shouldn’t put my name on it because then I’m not “authentic”. Heck, I’m not authentic with a pseudonym, either, now that I think about it.<\/p>\n But the object here is to sell books, and I’m trying to think of the best way to market them. If it means I need to be a man, then so be it. (Should I be a transgendered male?)<\/p>\n I’m going to be setting up a website for Jake and a mailing list and blog for him. Hopefully the book comes out and I get tons of readers! I doubt it, but it’s good to dream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Finished NaNo last week. I think the story is solid to actually do something with. Maybe I’ll fix it up and send it out, but I’m not in a hurry to do so. So what I’ve been doing since then … Continue reading