Writing Goals for the New Year
First, I
want to finish the second book of my new series, Taxyon Space, Rishalt. It is
about 48,000 words at present. Also, I plan to write or adapt a short story as
a reader magnet for this series. My short story, Lonely Hearts on Mars, could
fit since it is set in our solar system a few years prior to the events of Book
1, Europa.
Second, I
plan to write the fifth book in the Grand Masters’ Galaxy, my longest series.
These SciFi Fantasy stories are fun to create. They are vivid with the aural
colors of the Grand Masters and almost anything can happen.
Third, I would
like to extend one of my shorter series. Atrapako on Eden has only two books,
and Secret Supers has three. I might run a reader poll to help decide which
series, or else estimate read-through rates.
Strategic Goals
At
present, two of my series are in Amazon Kindle Unlimited (Select) and two are
available at other retailers. I plan to publish my two-book series, Atrapako on
Eden, at non-Amazon sites.
I expect
to continue to increase my newsletter subscribers, and to run cross-promotions
with other authors. These two activities have proved effective in selling my
books, and worked better than paid promotions in my experience.
After 14
rejections of my books, my boxset, Grand Master’s Trilogy, was accepted for an
international BookBub promotion at 99c on 12/27/2017. It paid for itself in a
couple of days, and I’m hoping readers will buy Cosmic Rift, Book 4 in the
series. Look out for a blog post on my experience. In future, I’ll keep
submitting books to BookBub.
Congrats on your persistence in getting a BookBub.
ReplyDeleteThanks. It took almost a year of trying.
DeleteAdmirable goals, Aurora. Wishing you much success.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteBest wishes for your 2018!