Introduction: Joyce Sully

[freshbakedlady]

Hi, everyone! I'm Joyce and I just joined the community after seeing the September Creative Jam post mentioned by ysabetwordsmith. I'm a full-time writer, but that doesn't mean I'm doing so well with making sales. I'd like to change that.

I independently published my first little flash fiction collection this summer. (For anyone interested, it is called Robot

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Welcome!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I'm Joyce and I just joined the community after seeing the September Creative Jam post mentioned by ysabetwordsmith. <<

I'm happy to hear that!

>>Plus, I write sufficiently unconventional stories, including an abundance of queer characters, that traditional publishing would present too many unhappy compromises for me.<<

Two thoughts on this:

1) Crowdfunding is a pretty diversity-friendly place. Audiences at my projects, and several others I know of, are interested in queer characters.

2) Keep an eye out for small presses. Some of them actively seek diversity in characters, and it can be a useful adjunct to crowdfunding.

>>I would like to have as much direct contact with those people as I can. The authors I like best are doing the same kind of thing, though I'm not as financially able to support them as I would like right now.<<

You can use community tags and memories to find the how-to stuff posted here. I also have an archive of crowdfunding materials. See especially:
"How to Boost Your Audience"
"Non-Cash Support