Concerns of a Self-Published Writer
An article I found online - I'm a trifle saddened that, to some, me posting my poetry and the like on my blog counts as "published" - mostly because some periodicals don't like second hand work - if you'll call it that - and therefore makes me a bit incapable of sharing already written work. Self-publishing, essentially micromanaging the publishing and distributing of your book at your own hands, is a very good way of keeping profits, but it's hard work and it's slow work. And if you've already had something self-published, it's hard to republish it through a big company later. I'm kind of uninclined to go that route anyway, but it is true that more people will read it. But I'm rather content to slowly work my way into the public's conscience - maybe by putting my book in the hands of influential people and letting the fanbase creep upwards. >.> Not working terribly well for me so far with C4, but I imagine I can give it a revival when I have the money and following to do it.
^-^ Yes, I fully intend to become crazy famous and successful one day. >.> I'm not yet twenty, and yet, I have quite a few connections. With Facebook, I've acquired quite a few helpful connections. Folks who go to cons and the like that, if I asked very nicely, might help get the word out for me. Voltaire and Robert Brown come to mind first. One day, not too far away, I shall be quite successful. :P I just have to finish my first novel. Not too hard to do - I'm seriously considering rewriting My Life as a novel and seeing how it goes, because I have crazy amounts of potential for it. :P I just have to finish the damn thing! A week left, and I'm only halfway done! I told myself I'd write today - I also told myself I'd clean my room, and that's going a bit poorly - by which I mean I haven't done anything recogniseable to any but myself XD. And tomorrow I shall be with Chris, and tonight I have a shindig at church. I'm a horrible procrastinator. Have I mentioned that? I think I have a tag for it - if I don't, I'll make one. >.> And yet, I'm sitting here geeking away the afternoon. What is the deal?!?!
Frustrated, yet also determined!
~Lady K
^-^ Yes, I fully intend to become crazy famous and successful one day. >.> I'm not yet twenty, and yet, I have quite a few connections. With Facebook, I've acquired quite a few helpful connections. Folks who go to cons and the like that, if I asked very nicely, might help get the word out for me. Voltaire and Robert Brown come to mind first. One day, not too far away, I shall be quite successful. :P I just have to finish my first novel. Not too hard to do - I'm seriously considering rewriting My Life as a novel and seeing how it goes, because I have crazy amounts of potential for it. :P I just have to finish the damn thing! A week left, and I'm only halfway done! I told myself I'd write today - I also told myself I'd clean my room, and that's going a bit poorly - by which I mean I haven't done anything recogniseable to any but myself XD. And tomorrow I shall be with Chris, and tonight I have a shindig at church. I'm a horrible procrastinator. Have I mentioned that? I think I have a tag for it - if I don't, I'll make one. >.> And yet, I'm sitting here geeking away the afternoon. What is the deal?!?!
Frustrated, yet also determined!
~Lady K