So I haven't really written much lately. I blame the end of the semester and a slight desire to NOT be on the computer after work in rebellion. But at the prompting of several people at LTUE and a neighbor or two, I'm compiling my book of poetry. I've decided that a big book of poetry could be overkill (and self-publishing makes it expensive). The biggest problem with that is I have to pick and choose what to include. Trying to make a 50-ish page poetry book when you have roughly 129 poems and you can only fit one per page in most cases is tough. What to put in? Poetry comes from the soul and in many cases (for me) it holds a personal memory or instance with it. Which memories do I share? Which shouldn't I share?
I see the attraction to fiction. Truth is veiled in a story accepted as not true. A lot of my poetry is truth colored as I felt it. Rejecting my story is one thing, but having your soul and life rejected.... well I better start working on that thick skin the LTUE authors recommended. At my current pace, it will be eBook ready in about a week.
This is the Novel Mage saying *POOF*
Showing posts with label fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fiction. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Write a textbook to support your fiction habit
The organizer of our writing club shared a stat with me once that 80% of what publishers put out there is non-fiction. This was backed up by a comment by one of the authors at LTUE who said she is the only fantasy/sci-fi author that Covenant has published.
I've been going to college for three years now and textbooks are horrifically expensive. But why? Because they know they have a fixed audience. They know how many books they are going to sell (roughly). AND college kids EXPECT to pay a lot for textbooks! Sure we grumble about it! But when I have a textbook that costs less than $50 I'm shocked. We don't want to let those college kids down. So my philosophy is this: If you like writing fiction, that's where your love is, write a textbook to make you money (and you can say you are published) while you write fiction to feed your soul.
Or get a day job. :)
This is the Novel Mage saying *POOF*
I've been going to college for three years now and textbooks are horrifically expensive. But why? Because they know they have a fixed audience. They know how many books they are going to sell (roughly). AND college kids EXPECT to pay a lot for textbooks! Sure we grumble about it! But when I have a textbook that costs less than $50 I'm shocked. We don't want to let those college kids down. So my philosophy is this: If you like writing fiction, that's where your love is, write a textbook to make you money (and you can say you are published) while you write fiction to feed your soul.
Or get a day job. :)
This is the Novel Mage saying *POOF*
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