Yep, Sunday is my birthday. 38 years on the planet down, hopefully at least that many to come. This last year has certainly been one of change, as I’ve gone from writing on a purely recreational level to focusing much more seriously on this secondary career. I find it interesting sometimes that after having been in a career for sixteen years now, and working in the theatre in some form for more than twenty, that now I’m finally getting back to doing what I’ve always wanted to do with my life – writing.
Knight Moves is doing well, outselling Back in Black for the moment. I’m not really surprised by that, as it is the cheaper book (at least until September 1), and it’s the book that I’m currently promoting. We’ll see what happens to everything when the price goes up next month, and when all the places that have Hard Day’s Knight listed at $.99 take it down. I’m trying valiantly to raise the price of the intro novel to $2.99, but apparently it’s still out there for $.99 somewhere and hasn’t come down yet. When it does, I’ll see how HDK does at $2.99. I hope it doesn’t take too much of the momentum away. I only need to sell 1/6 the number of copies to make the same money, but I don’t want to lose all visibility, because that would be bad for the other books. We’ll see. If it nosedives too badly, I can drop the price.
I’ve now got two short stories out at $.99 each, and will try to keep those coming. Next week I start edits on Return to Eden: Genesis, so we’ll see how that goes. Serial Character is now going to be called Copycat, and I hope to finish it up and get it out this year as well.
I had an agent take a look at HDK, and while she liked it, she didn’t think she could get it sold to the publishers, so I’m still currently agentless and self-publishing. But that could change at any time if the offers are right.
So, back to the original question – What should you give me for my birthday?
Well, I’m always a fan of cash, and there’s a donate button around here somewhere. So there’s that.
You could also buy a book, either e- or analog. That wouldn’t hurt my feelings.
Or you could go to my Amazon wish list and buy me something. I wouldn’t complain. Or you could get me something off my Comic Book wishlist!
But, really, I just wanted to take a moment as another year has gone by, to thank you for your friendship and support. It means the world to me.
Thanks
