C. Gockel's Blog, page 118
June 6, 2014
mythicarticulations:
Sleipnir, The steed of Norse God of the...
Sleipnir, The steed of Norse God of the Gods, Odin. Product shots coming in about 2 weeks. Available here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/191534054/sleipnir-skeleton-3d-print
June 5, 2014
FOR THOSE WHO ARE WAITING FOR LOKI'S RETURN IN WARRIORS
I didn’t start writing I Bring the Fire to redeem Loki. I started writing the series to redeem Chaos. I don’t believe Chaos is the same from one generation to another; hence I turned the story of Loki: Lopt, Lothur, Luthur, and Laugauz, into a story of constant death and reincarnation. Sometimes male, sometimes, female, sometimes an animal, sometimes frost giant, fire giant, or other, in I Bring the Fire Chaos is always in flux. I thought that the Chaos of our modern era is the Chaos of the mind and technology. Looking back at the Gods as portrayed in our myths and legends, I thought if Gods and humans were to meet, this age would be about the conflict between us and them… And not just their magic versus our technology, but their society versus our society.
(SPOILERS BELOW THE CUT)
There’s just one hitch: although I may not have set out to redeem Loki, to many people I did. I’m so glad I got to portray a much maligned character in a light that was sympathetic, even though I hope he was never mistaken for “good” (no matter what Prometheus said).
Some people love the new “Loki”, he is sort of Loki light. He hasn’t had a chance to become old and embittered, and he is a Loki influenced by our modern era, but still a rascal and still a creature of heart more than morals.
A lot of people miss the old Loki though. I don’t want to be misleading, so I feel I need to say, that at least in the main storyline, I don’t intend to bring him back. (Though I do have ideas for telling old stories, and alternate story lines—the quantum multiverse theory lets me do that!) I’m sorry if this is disappointing to some people. Hopefully, it isn’t most people! And for those of you still on the fence after Fates, I hope I win you over by the end of Warriors.
To everyone, thank you for supporting me this far.
June 4, 2014
The war on Amazon is Big Publishing's 1% moment. What about other writers?
Barry Eisler: More people are buying more books than ever, and more people are making a living by writing them. Why do millionaire authors want to destroy the one company that’s made this all possible?
In the comments, a lot of people, indies included, worry that Amazon will try and go back to the old days and 50% royalties for indie authors. (Right now we get 35% on ebooks between 99 cents - 1.99 and 70% on ebooks between $2.99 and $9.99). I don’t think it will happen. Why? Because although people complain about Amazon not having any real competition one reason they don’t is because Amazon is nice to authors. I send people there before any other retailer, even though I get 80% royalties at Smashwords. (Amazon offers buyers a better experience, I want people who buy my books to be happy). That said, Google Books is my second favorite retailer right now. If Amazon changed their royalties, that’s where I’d send people first. The Google format works just fine on a Kindle.
Indie authors have a much closer relationship to their readers than traditionally published authors do. If we all said, “Buy here!” it would cause problems for Amazon.
reallyreallyreallytrying:
in the olden days most diseases were cured with leeches. now a days we...
in the olden days most diseases were cured with leeches. now a days we have modern medicine but have we lost some of the “romance”.
#this is what your nostalgia almost always sounds like to me
Reblogging for the tag. Relevant to my fiction.
Huginn is judging you.
Huginn is judging you.
June 3, 2014
I FINISHED THE ROUGH DRAFT OF WARRIORS
Two of my betas are school teachers, so I won’t have edits back for rewrites probably until end of July earliest. But it might be out by the end of July.
One more book to go, and I’ll be done with the series.
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June 2, 2014
People keep asking about permafree and if it works. I still have...
People keep asking about permafree and if it works. I still have to promote my book. But the above chart shows my sales for Monsters, Part II for I Bring the Fire. June 5, 2013 is the day I went permafree. As you can see, it helped raise my sales and keep them consistent, a lot.
