Regrouping part two

[brendandetzner]

So picking up where we left off, I've released four books since I first decided to start taking self-publishing seriously. In order of their release:

Beasts, my second short story collection, released in print and in e-book.

Millersville, my standalone social technically-science-fiction-but-not-robots-and-jetpacks novel set in a maximum security

Comments

[der_m]

I'm nearly done with WRS, and I'd be reluctant to call it horror. It has those elements, but I think it more of a magical thriller? (I'm not a big fiction reader.)

What holds my attention is the Charade-like suspense. The magic/fantasy, though compelling and well written, is not really the centerpiece. It's wondering who's behind what and what our protagonist(s) will do.

At the risk of sounding like a wet blanket, do you have enough sales in total to begin asking these kinds of questions? You rather note that these are all different genres... are you marketing differently for each genre market? (Is that done differently?) Some are e-book only while others are both... that could be a thing?

I plan to write a review of WRS on Amazon when I'm done.

[brendandetzner]

I'm really glad you're finding it interesting- I'm looking forward to that review! As far as the number of reviews and the difference made by genres and formats, it's all messy and complicated and ambiguous and I'll be trying to break it down next installment.

One big thing in line with your comments though is that everyone that's read WRS seems to put it in a different genre and describe the "important parts" of the plot a little differently. That makes me very happy from a creative point of view but I'm quickly learning that it can be bad news commercially. At least for a small fry like me.