My goal this year is to firm up my existing roster of books, as well as continue to write original content. I have a career worth of books I've written in the last couple of years -- if I can actually finish them.
Two of the books are more or less ready to be published, and either need to be finished editing and/or formatted. Blood of Gold is being edited right now. Led to the Slaughter needs a cover.
I'd say a third of the remaining books are within one re-write of being published. The rest are going to need extensive re-working (What I'd call an overhaul, instead of re-write.) Some of the books that are almost ready are sequels to books that need more work, so that is a bit of a roadblock.
Over the course of this year, I'm hoping to mix a little re-writing -- with a little re-working -- with the writing of new material.
I'm also thinking of these books as a roster, which kind of makes me a publisher. So I've been thinking that I need to look at these as a publisher, as well as a writer.
Sagewind Publishing.
I'd really like to create professional caliber books -- not only in the writing, but also in the presentation. As well as a professional distribution system -- a nice webpage, and an ability to sell to bookstores and distributors.
Not so much as a self-published writer, but as a publisher. Between Linda and me, we have enough content to be considered a publisher. To be a publisher, I'd need an art director, a office manager, an editor, a tech person, and a publicist.
Most likely me, but with some help from others -- people not so much on the payroll but on a retainer. I know some artists, I have a tech guy, I have an editor. Linda and me can be the office managers. The biggest challenge would be an effective promotions person.
Promotions: This is the necessary skill set that I just don't have. Not only don't I have it, but I've avoided it for all the years of business. I concentrated on creating content -- and because I was on a busy street, the content was enough.
In effect, I have to find the busy street in publishing. To extend that analogy, right now I'm not only not in a busy street downtown, I'm not even in the city, I'm somewhere east of John Day. Something like that.
It is an incredibly crowded field, and I've got to find a way to plop myself down on the internet equivalent of a busy street.
Anyway, all that is in the future for now. I'm going to concentrate on the actual writing and re-writing over the coming year, and continue to think about and research how to publish mine and Linda's books.
Two of the books are more or less ready to be published, and either need to be finished editing and/or formatted. Blood of Gold is being edited right now. Led to the Slaughter needs a cover.
I'd say a third of the remaining books are within one re-write of being published. The rest are going to need extensive re-working (What I'd call an overhaul, instead of re-write.) Some of the books that are almost ready are sequels to books that need more work, so that is a bit of a roadblock.
Over the course of this year, I'm hoping to mix a little re-writing -- with a little re-working -- with the writing of new material.
I'm also thinking of these books as a roster, which kind of makes me a publisher. So I've been thinking that I need to look at these as a publisher, as well as a writer.
Sagewind Publishing.
I'd really like to create professional caliber books -- not only in the writing, but also in the presentation. As well as a professional distribution system -- a nice webpage, and an ability to sell to bookstores and distributors.
Not so much as a self-published writer, but as a publisher. Between Linda and me, we have enough content to be considered a publisher. To be a publisher, I'd need an art director, a office manager, an editor, a tech person, and a publicist.
Most likely me, but with some help from others -- people not so much on the payroll but on a retainer. I know some artists, I have a tech guy, I have an editor. Linda and me can be the office managers. The biggest challenge would be an effective promotions person.
Promotions: This is the necessary skill set that I just don't have. Not only don't I have it, but I've avoided it for all the years of business. I concentrated on creating content -- and because I was on a busy street, the content was enough.
In effect, I have to find the busy street in publishing. To extend that analogy, right now I'm not only not in a busy street downtown, I'm not even in the city, I'm somewhere east of John Day. Something like that.
It is an incredibly crowded field, and I've got to find a way to plop myself down on the internet equivalent of a busy street.
Anyway, all that is in the future for now. I'm going to concentrate on the actual writing and re-writing over the coming year, and continue to think about and research how to publish mine and Linda's books.