10/13/2023 0 Comments Dead space 3 art bookMarketing requires taking the part of my brain that loves to create and forcing it to do something it really doesn’t want to do. Marketing requires making inroads with other podcasters and content creators to help get the word out. Okay, it’s not that bad, but it’s close when I compare my skills to folks like Scott Pond. I don’t have much of an attention span for all of that, my sense of graphic design is terrible, I have the artistic inclinations of a five year old on speed, and roughly the same skillset. ![]() Really suck.Īnd to be honest, I’m not surprised. In other words, I suck at the business part of being an indie. Those two series with Severed Press earned more money than all my indie works combined which kind of points to a massive failure in marketing and visibility on my part for my own books, or that their genres just don’t sell. They also took the chance on The Derelict Sagaand I can’t thank them enough for that. Severed got me on the map by publishing The Black and the two paraquels Arrival and Outbreak. During that time I’ve published eight indie works, and seven through Severed Press, an indie small press. has been releasing my work in podcast form for over 13 years. ![]() Are you going to submit it to a publisher? If so, small or big? If not, and you’re going indie, what’s the cover art need to look like? What’s the layout need to look like? What does the marketing plan need to look like? And how the fuck will you pay for it all? Although it’s one I sometimes forget to abide by, it’s how I survive.īut there comes a point where you actually have to start thinking about what the hell you’re going to do with this book you’re about to finish. Write it now and worry about selling it later has been my mantra for a long time.
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