Did an event yesterday. I sold one book, and I’m very happy for that. (Thanks, Jennifer!) I called my dad and told him, and he said, “You sit all day and sell one book. Is it even worth it?”<\/p>\n
I immediately said, “Yes.” And here’s why.<\/p>\n
It’s not the book selling that I’m there for. I’m there to learn how other authors are doing things. I’m there to see what works, and what doesn’t. I happened to sit next to someone who was involved in sales, and she showed me a few tricks of the trade. I noticed, too, that it takes me a couple of hours to get warmed up enough to get people’s attention and engage them.<\/p>\n
Plus, the four people I sat next to were a blast. We were the loudest group in the room.<\/p>\n
I’m also there to meet people. I passed out business cards, put myself out there. I passed people to other authors that could help them or that would have books of their interest. I told them about my publisher and gave out a couple of brochures.<\/p>\n
People asked a lot about audio books. By the way, the narrator of Water<\/em> is going to narrate the Grimaulkin<\/em> series and I could not be more happy–he’s absolutely terrific. Even if you don’t like gay erotica, go buy one of the Water<\/em> booklets and just listen to the guy. Grimaulkin’s<\/em> audiobooks are coming out (hopefully) by August. I was handing out the Grimaulkin<\/em> business cards left and right to get people to remember to either buy the ebook or the audiobook when it comes out. Homecoming<\/em>, I didn’t push as much (mostly because I didn’t have the room), but I told them that the audiobook was good for a Boston trip. A lot of people seemed interested in Homecoming<\/em>, too…which means I need to get my ass in gear and write War Mage.<\/em><\/p>\n Grimaulkin Redeemed<\/em> is slowed down to 37.5K words right now because I’m doing stuff for personal reasons. I am entering a short story in the Association of Rhode Island Author’s anthology for this year. It’s depressing, but I think it’s pretty good. It’s a rewrite of my first chapter of the second draft of Grimaulkin. By the way, Grimaulkin<\/em>, as he’s published now, is my fifth draft, Grimaulkin Tempted<\/em> my first draft, and Redeemed<\/em> is my first as well. Me and my editor are getting better at this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Did an event yesterday. I sold one book, and I’m very happy for that. (Thanks, Jennifer!) I called my dad and told him, and he said, “You sit all day and sell one book. Is it even worth it?” I … Continue reading