Comments | jeriendhal: Fic: Arc, Part somethingorother

jeriendhal

Fic: Arc, Part somethingorother

Aug 26, 2009 18:05

Really, I should post these in bigger chunks, but then you'd get one post a month at my current rate of progress.

( Marty has a plan. Not a SANE plan... )

writing, marty, arc, fic, terinu

Comments 8

aynne_witch August 27 2009, 05:30:59 UTC

Marty, sane and plan should usually Not be combined in a sentence or paragraph - story - ah - well - It just shouldn't be done.

mjkj August 27 2009, 08:13:17 UTC

Go Marty! Free them all!

Looking forward to that stunt =D

mjkj

secoh August 27 2009, 10:46:33 UTC

it's a million to one chance...

but as Mr Pratchett tells us, million to one chances crop up nine times out of ten....

On a side note, how have you found Lulu? Does it generate any income for you?

jeriendhal August 27 2009, 22:07:29 UTC

If by "income" you mean "Barely covers the cost of buying copies for myself and collaborators" then yes. I think I've sold 10 copies of my stuff, at a five dollar profit for each of them. Of course I fail at self-promotion, which is part of the problem. I don't publish on Lulu so much to make a profit than as a means of self-actualization

A better person to ask would be chaypeta since she had enough success publishing her Terinu Calendar to do it two more times.

chaypeta August 27 2009, 23:37:51 UTC

Well, you certainly aren't going to retire on the profits. The profits from my sales all go into my "play money to buy stuff from oversea's want using paypal" account... which currently has just under $300 in it despite not publishing anything through Lulu for the last two years or so. It really depends on how much advertising you do as to how many copies you sell. You can't expect buyers to just stumble across your book on Lulu. I've got a little advantage with the calenders that I already have built up a fan base so there was an instant market for them.

On the plus side it costs you nothing to upload and publish on Lulu and you don't have boxes of unsold copies cluttering up your garage. So it's great for doing it for the fun of it, or even just being able to purchase a nicely bound book of your all your hard work.

jeriendhal August 28 2009, 07:56:22 UTC

BTW I still need to get your copy to you. I've held off since the first three I bought were filled with grammar and formatting errors. I'll buy a new one and get it out to you soon, I promise.

chaypeta August 27 2009, 23:39:25 UTC

never let sanity get in the way of a good plan. (Of course it helps when you have a goddess on your side.)

jeriendhal August 28 2009, 00:25:24 UTC

Oh yeah. There's going to be a hefty bit of divine intervention in the finale. :)