Newsletter musing
I hear having a newsletter is pretty much vital for an Indie author, but I have to admit that’s something I’m failing on. I have got one, but so far it’s been going out only when there was news. IE once every six months or so.
Naturally it’s not lively.
Those of you who know me, know that I have a tendency to read too many self-help books, and recently I finished a cool book on self publishing called Write, Publish, Repeat. Among many pieces of advice that seemed to make sense to me, they suggested weekly newsletters, with bonus content.
By ‘bonus content’ I here mean ‘a weekly episode of a story written specifically for the newsletter.’ They suggest 500 words a week as a doable goal alongside writing new books, and that seems like something I could manage, particularly if I plotted out the whole thing before I started, and aimed for a total length of about 30,000 words before starting either on a sequel or a different one.
Then I thought, well, perhaps before I do that, I should offer the chance to any readers of this blog to be involved. I’m going to put these choices to you and see whether anyone would like to read a 30,000 word novella on one of these prompts, told in episodes of 500 words each.
Historical Romance choices
Victorian gentleman falls for a tattoo artist.
Celtic chieftain & Roman captive.
Fantasy choices
Arranged marriage between a warrior king and a pacifist prince.
Steampunk meets Lovecraft.
Steampunk meets Rider Haggard.
Alternative Option:
Pick a historical period
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/
Pick three words from this list
http://towriteprompts.tumblr.com/onewordprompts
combine, and I will write a story around that.
My Cunning Plan
If I get a request, I’ll plot out the story and let you all know when the plot plan is done and the episodes are about to start. If I don’t get a single request, I’ll assume nobody wants this and try to think of something else to do. It’s up to you 
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Anna wrote: "Alex wrote: "Actually, I will be happy to read about a roman captive and this reversal of roles. It didn't got through my first read that the celtic chieftan wasn't the one captive. Sounds great...."
*G* Yes, exactly! It's done quite often the other way around, but just for once in a while I'd like to see a Roman forced to admit that maybe the 'barbarian' culture had its merits after all :)
This sounds awesome. The arranged marriage scenario between a warrior and pacifist caught my eye, but it's not exactly a request, only that it sounds interesting. If you feel inspired, though,..."
Oh no! I'm so sorry - I've just posted a blog post saying 'the Roman/Celtic idea got in first, so I'm doing that.' However, I do like the idea of the arranged marriage story, so I will just put that on the list to do when the others are finished. I'm certainly going to be busy for a long time!