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- Sun Sep 20, 2015 5:07 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
- Replies: 4296
- Views: 1187974
Re: Success!
I hit the USA Today bestseller list just about two weeks ago. That was kind of awesome :)
- Thu Aug 13, 2015 11:06 am
- Forum: Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Topic: WorldCon Roll Call
- Replies: 79
- Views: 38349
Re: WorldCon Roll Call
I'll be there.
- Mon Aug 03, 2015 1:39 am
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Indie Author vs. Self Published
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6088
Re: Indie Author vs. Self Published
doesn't really matter to me. Most people use the terms interchangeably.
- Tue Jun 09, 2015 10:39 am
- Forum: Interviews: Entrants, Judges, Past Winners
- Topic: Annie Bellet Interview
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4612
Re: Annie Bellet Interview
I was interviewed again, this time about marketing SF and Fantasy, mainly Urban Fantasy-
http://www.marketingsff.com/selling-ton ... ie-bellet/
http://www.marketingsff.com/selling-ton ... ie-bellet/
- Tue May 05, 2015 7:39 am
- Forum: Interviews: Entrants, Judges, Past Winners
- Topic: Annie Bellet Interview
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4612
Re: Annie Bellet Interview
Haha, thanks. They call you crazy right up until you prove you aren't, I guess. ;)
Next step, the Forbes List!
Next step, the Forbes List!

- Sat May 02, 2015 12:52 am
- Forum: Interviews: Entrants, Judges, Past Winners
- Topic: Annie Bellet Interview
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4612
Re: Annie Bellet Interview
Mike Resnick wrote:100,000 sales is damned impressive. I congratulate you.
-- Mike Resnick
Thanks, Mike. I believe it was only a couple years ago when you were telling me I was kind of crazy to think I could make 6 figures a year with just self-publishing, haha. Told you I would do it!

- Thu Apr 09, 2015 11:07 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Hugo Award Nominees
- Replies: 66
- Views: 24635
Re: Hugo Award Nominees
Here is GRRM talking about why No Award as a policy is a terrible idea: http://grrm.livejournal.com/418643.html
- Thu Feb 19, 2015 4:56 pm
- Forum: Interviews: Entrants, Judges, Past Winners
- Topic: Annie Bellet Interview
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4612
Annie Bellet Interview
I got interviewed on my first podcast appearance (and maybe after people hear it, my ONLY one, haha). http://rockingselfpublishing.com/episode-87/
Also crossed the 100,000 sales mark on my urban fantasy series.
Maybe I can steal that "writer with no future" title from KJA, eh?
Also crossed the 100,000 sales mark on my urban fantasy series.
Maybe I can steal that "writer with no future" title from KJA, eh?
- Sat Feb 07, 2015 3:52 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
- Replies: 601
- Views: 307692
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
I thought I would add to this discussion since I seem to be in the same place as Ishmael, including having a cover made for a novel. I don't know his sales(mine are lousy) or how many stories he(you) have put out, but I could have written almost what he did. Except that I'm not sure what you mean b...
- Wed Feb 04, 2015 5:47 am
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: How much do short stories help to build a career?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10991
Re: How much do short stories help to build a career?
Just throwing in my two cents worth about earning more than two cents. When you put out a novella (say less than 60 pages single spaced) or even a novel what do you typically charge for readers to view the story? I have a few friends who suggested .99c is the best price, they jump onto those priced...
- Wed Dec 31, 2014 1:17 pm
- Forum: Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Topic: WorldCon Roll Call
- Replies: 79
- Views: 38349
Re: WorldCon Roll Call
I'll be there. Got my hotel booked and everything.
- Tue Dec 30, 2014 2:29 am
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
- Replies: 4296
- Views: 1187974
Re: Success!
I believe Mike Resnick told me to come talk to him again when I'd put my plan in action and earned six figures in a year from my fiction. (He said this on this forum back in 2012ish I think? And I said by 2016 was my goal). So, hi Mike, and everyone else. I did it this year and I'm on track to blow ...
- Mon Oct 20, 2014 1:29 am
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: How much do short stories help to build a career?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10991
Re: How much do short stories help to build a career?
I already put in my two cents when you asked elsewhere, but I'll point it out again here. I've never seen crossover from short story sales to my self-published work (somewhere around 30 short story sales now, I guess, I kind of lost track after I hit two dozen). I think short stories are valuable to...
- Mon Sep 29, 2014 3:05 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
- Replies: 4296
- Views: 1187974
Re: Success!
Thanks, guys :) Yeah, Martin, this year was a doozy, for sure. Still not even close to 100%, but writing like crazy anyway. Actually having thousands of people awaiting your next book is powerfully motivating! And Remy will be written. Someday. Current series doing well is Urban Fantasy, so I will t...
- Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:44 am
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
- Replies: 4296
- Views: 1187974
Re: Success!
Hey, I don't know if anyone remembers me, but I'm here saying hi :) So... if anyone remembers me, don't give up. My latest series has sold over 25,000 copies in less than 2 months (over 2 books, book 3 will come out in October). It took a lot of mistakes and work to get to this point, but even a nob...
- Mon Dec 09, 2013 5:18 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
- Replies: 4296
- Views: 1187974
Re: Success!
My story "Invictus" will be in the Shattered Shields anthology, coming out through Baen, and edited by the awesome duo Jennifer Brozek and Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
In other words, I'm in an anthology with Elizabeth Moon and Glen Cook. Squeeeeeeee!
In other words, I'm in an anthology with Elizabeth Moon and Glen Cook. Squeeeeeeee!
- Fri Nov 08, 2013 1:21 am
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Short story markets
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4689
Re: Short story markets
I would rank the markets more like Clarkesworld (10 cents a word and lots of award noms), Lightspeed (5 cents a word, lots of award noms), Asimov's (6-7 cents a word, lots of award noms), Analog (same as Asimov's), etc. Personally, I send out based on pay, so for me it is Clarkesworld, Daily Science...
- Sat Sep 14, 2013 2:59 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Good Places to Submit Stories
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5545
Re: Good Places to Submit Stories
Asimov's
Clarkesworld
Daily Science Fiction
Strange Horizons
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Intergalactic Medicine Show
Apex
Shimmer
These are the ones I can think of that pay at least 5 cents a word and take e-subs. All are professional and reliable to my knowledge.
Clarkesworld
Daily Science Fiction
Strange Horizons
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Intergalactic Medicine Show
Apex
Shimmer
These are the ones I can think of that pay at least 5 cents a word and take e-subs. All are professional and reliable to my knowledge.
- Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:55 am
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
- Replies: 601
- Views: 307692
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
The key, btw, to higher pricing is that your stories have to look like they are worth it. That means being basically indistinguishable from trad published books and collections. Pro-looking covers, excellent description, copy-edited, and properly formatted.
- Thu Sep 05, 2013 11:33 am
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
- Replies: 601
- Views: 307692
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
My pricing, which brings me in anywhere from 200-1200 a month, is this: Shorts under 6k words- 1.49 Shorts between 7k and 20k- 2.99 Novellas (20k-40k)- 4.99 Novels (over 40k)- 5.99-7.99 (5.99 for first in series, 7.99 for new works in series) Short story collections- 7.99 (I have some older ones at ...
- Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:52 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
- Replies: 601
- Views: 307692
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
Why is it 2.65? That's a really strange price. For seven stories, I'd price at least 4.99. Also, pricing ending in .99 has a long history and lots of research backing it up. Why buck the trend and look strange?
Second, that cover doesn't say fantasy to me. Or anything else. Sorry.
Second, that cover doesn't say fantasy to me. Or anything else. Sorry.
- Fri Aug 02, 2013 5:29 pm
- Forum: Art & Illustration
- Topic: Digital Art - When is it something "new"
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8615
Re: Digital Art - When is it something "new"
I AM NOT A LAWYER! :) If you use photos, keep ALL information in a file somewhere just in case, so you can prove later that you had the right to use them, no matter how obscure you are making them in the final product. No matter how much you are manipulating a photo or series of photos into art, you...
- Tue Jul 30, 2013 12:47 pm
- Forum: Art & Illustration
- Topic: Thoughts on $5 Covers?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7870
Re: Thoughts on $5 Covers?
That's better :) No more clown face. Whew.
- Mon Jul 29, 2013 6:07 pm
- Forum: Art & Illustration
- Topic: Thoughts on $5 Covers?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7870
Re: Thoughts on $5 Covers?
Now I can't unsee the clown face. Great. 

- Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:49 pm
- Forum: Art & Illustration
- Topic: Thoughts on $5 Covers?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7870
Re: Thoughts on $5 Covers?
They both look really good (especially for 5 bucks!) but I prefer the second one. It's crisper to me and more appealing in small size/less busy.
- Sat Jul 27, 2013 6:27 am
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Analog Submissions
- Replies: 507
- Views: 152181
Re: Analog Submissions
Except Tor.com isn't a truly open market. They pretty much only publish people who are related to Tor in some way or have an "in". I don't think I've seen a single story published there that came blind out of the slush with no history between Tor or Tor.com and the author.
- Fri Jul 26, 2013 11:05 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
- Replies: 601
- Views: 307692
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
It's possible to do your own, I just don't think you are quite there yet. I understand just starting out and not having much of a budget. Another alternative is to find a premade cover. You can often get them for 30-50 bucks and they look as good as a custom one. Here's a few I found that might work...
- Fri Jul 26, 2013 9:07 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
- Replies: 601
- Views: 307692
Re: Tout your Kindle and E-Publishing!
Here is my totally unsolicited opinion: That cover is kinda terrible. The planet looks stretched and weird. The text is unreadable. It looks very home made and not professional at all. The blurb still needs work. Don't put word count into the blurb. Readers generally don't have a clue what word coun...
- Thu Jul 04, 2013 6:05 pm
- Forum: Art & Illustration
- Topic: Please help me pick a cover :)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7181
Re: Please help me pick a cover :)
I like the image of Contact better but the fonts on Sector better. Does that help? :)
- Mon Jul 01, 2013 12:13 am
- Forum: Interviews: Entrants, Judges, Past Winners
- Topic: Hunger Games
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2563
Re: Hunger Games
Does that make those of us who pro'd out the rebels from the lost district? Hmm...