Dave Birchbauer's Blog: Alec's Dream - Posts Tagged "cheesy-space-opera"
Dear Diary
Well, I may as well use this blog as a diary... I've found out that if you want to keep your writing a secret, start a blog.
I've just finished another feeble attempt at promoting Alec's Dream. I've come to the conclusion that the best way to promote a book is to finish my next, then start another... I need to build a library. Heck, who knows, maybe I'll get one of these future books picked up by a real publisher one day.
Funny, a little over a half a year ago I bought a Nook Color for my birthday. The name of the first book I downloaded (a freebee) is... well, I won't tell it here because with my luck the only one reading this will be the author. But, needless to say, it wasn't very good. There was no focus, point of view, point of reference, no... I call it texture, tone or 'feel'. It was difficult to read, the story was one dimensional (built around a single plot twist) with a weak ending. I didn't think much of it. For some odd reason I just came across it and saw it had dozens of reviews (from mediocre to bad). What the heck! How can this lousy read get that many readers... and with a collection of lousy reviews?
It got my blood flowing. Alec's Dream is buried and I need to get it out in the open.... so I made it a free read for goodreads... and now I created a coupon for Smashwords (XR62J - because it allows for other formats... goodreads provides epub OR pdf only). Kind of funny, but the cover I got with my Nook has a quote from Samual Johnson that reads "A writer begins a book. A reader finishes it." how true.
In case your wondering. My next book is the beginning of a new genre.... Cheesy Space Opera. I can't give many details because I've heard that ideas can get borrowed (not that anyone would actually read this blog), but I may as well keep it to myself until I get it copyrighted (I've got two brother-in-laws that are lawyers that won't let me get away without it). Cheesy Space Opera... It's not as bad as you think. I want to write (and read) something fun. Lots of action, good pace, characters with attitude. Not a big book, but a group of smaller ones (about 65,000 words apiece). Right now I've got about 4-5 books floating around in my head (I really need to write these ideas down).
I'm about a quarter the way through my first draft of "The Continuing Adventures of xxxx xxxxx: The Seed". Now that I've got all this promotional stuff out of the way, its time to go back to writing. So, so long for now. Also, now that I have this cool diary, I'll be updating this a lot more.
Alec's Dream by Dave Birchbauer
I've just finished another feeble attempt at promoting Alec's Dream. I've come to the conclusion that the best way to promote a book is to finish my next, then start another... I need to build a library. Heck, who knows, maybe I'll get one of these future books picked up by a real publisher one day.
Funny, a little over a half a year ago I bought a Nook Color for my birthday. The name of the first book I downloaded (a freebee) is... well, I won't tell it here because with my luck the only one reading this will be the author. But, needless to say, it wasn't very good. There was no focus, point of view, point of reference, no... I call it texture, tone or 'feel'. It was difficult to read, the story was one dimensional (built around a single plot twist) with a weak ending. I didn't think much of it. For some odd reason I just came across it and saw it had dozens of reviews (from mediocre to bad). What the heck! How can this lousy read get that many readers... and with a collection of lousy reviews?
It got my blood flowing. Alec's Dream is buried and I need to get it out in the open.... so I made it a free read for goodreads... and now I created a coupon for Smashwords (XR62J - because it allows for other formats... goodreads provides epub OR pdf only). Kind of funny, but the cover I got with my Nook has a quote from Samual Johnson that reads "A writer begins a book. A reader finishes it." how true.
In case your wondering. My next book is the beginning of a new genre.... Cheesy Space Opera. I can't give many details because I've heard that ideas can get borrowed (not that anyone would actually read this blog), but I may as well keep it to myself until I get it copyrighted (I've got two brother-in-laws that are lawyers that won't let me get away without it). Cheesy Space Opera... It's not as bad as you think. I want to write (and read) something fun. Lots of action, good pace, characters with attitude. Not a big book, but a group of smaller ones (about 65,000 words apiece). Right now I've got about 4-5 books floating around in my head (I really need to write these ideas down).
I'm about a quarter the way through my first draft of "The Continuing Adventures of xxxx xxxxx: The Seed". Now that I've got all this promotional stuff out of the way, its time to go back to writing. So, so long for now. Also, now that I have this cool diary, I'll be updating this a lot more.
Alec's Dream by Dave Birchbauer
