Last week I sold one copy–thanks, Kristen! This week I also sold one copy–thanks, Mark! Hope you both enjoy the book!<\/p>\n
War Mage<\/em> still<\/em>\u00a0is\u00a0not finished editing. I have one month until RI Comicon, and it takes about a week to get the proofs ready, another week to ship it to me. That leaves two weeks for editing on my part, which I was hoping to have. Unfortunately, this month, I can’t take any extra days off because it’s our crunch time\u00a0at work.<\/p>\n Needless to say, I’m getting worried. \u00a0Our editor is under a lot of pressure, I get that. But this is time sensitive, and I need copies of a promised\u00a0book in a month.<\/p>\n Just another thing to add to my anxiety plate.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Grimaulkin<\/em> is up to 32K words. I am getting to the end of the mini-story (you’ll see what I mean when you read it; and you will read it, right?) and I still have about 20K words to go. I had hoped to do 55K for this book. Although I might go long on this one and introduce another mini-story\/mystery in addition to having Mike finally go out with Scott, and Mike finally meet his parents at the wedding. If this is a stand-alone, then I can do that. I’ll have to see how it sells. How many people would want to read about a gay mage just out of prison? That reminds me, I have to come up with a hook for him.<\/p>\n This one guy at the Scituate Art Festival yesterday sold a book to nearly everyone he came in contact with. He was amazing. I noticed that he engaged people, first asking “What do you like to read?” and then going into his book. His book is a mixture of genres, he said. He also talked about reviews. I have to point out to people that my book\u00a0has a 5 star review on Audible. He was an excellent salesman. I wish I had that much engagement when I present my book. It’s something to learn from.<\/p>\n So, I’m going back to Grimaulkin<\/em> and try to figure out what other mystery he can get himself into with Bennett, how he asks Scott for a date, and other filler until I hit 55-60K. Any ideas, let me know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last week I sold one copy–thanks, Kristen! This week I also sold one copy–thanks, Mark! Hope you both enjoy the book! War Mage still\u00a0is\u00a0not finished editing. I have one month until RI Comicon, and it takes about a week to … Continue reading