Gearing up for Book 2
Well, now that February is over, it's time to buckle down and start getting ready to release book number two in the Southern Sins Series.
First off, I wanted to thank everyone who purchased and read New Love last month. I actually reached my sales goal, which is amazing! I can't wait to get book two out, and hopefully keep the momentum going.
Right now I am in the early process of getting cover art together, rewriting and editing yet again - I think I'm on draft four or five by now, and just making lists to get all my ducks lined up in a row.
Releasing a book is a lot of work. I always thought writing was the big part; the part that took all of the time and energy. I was wrong. Finding reliable cover artists is a serious challenge. Actually, finding affordable, reliable cover artists is difficult. It's the one part of this whole process I cannot do myself, and it's infuriating. Every time I get to this point, I'm almost willing to shell out some serious cash, take a class, and learn how to do this stuff myself. I'm on option six for the cover, and am still not happy with the results. At least this time I left myself plenty of time to get it all together without, hopefully, stressing too much.
The edits seem to be never ending. I just had my first beta read of book two. While they liked it and said they'd recommend it, its was more typos, formatting issues, and I even used the wrong name for a character at one point! oops! But that is why we beta read. This is why we do our best to cover all our bases, and hope that we can get our books the best they can be before release.
Formatting was a nightmare for New Love, but now that I've gone through it all, I'm hoping it'll go a bit smoother this time around. I learned some new tricks, and fingers crossed I remember all of them.
I also learned from several mistakes I made during my last release. I will know how to mark down the book for presale. I will know the proper way to make it work for me instead of against me. I am also trying to learn with the cover, since I got negative feedback on my first one. I personally liked it, but I see what others were saying.
Live and learn.
Do better next time.
Take all that you were taught and be better.
That's the goal.
So here I go, charging down the field again.
Let's see if I can do an even better job this time, and sell even more books, and get even more readers!
Because isn't that the ultimate goal? Having someone read your book and enjoy it?
It is for me.
First off, I wanted to thank everyone who purchased and read New Love last month. I actually reached my sales goal, which is amazing! I can't wait to get book two out, and hopefully keep the momentum going.
Right now I am in the early process of getting cover art together, rewriting and editing yet again - I think I'm on draft four or five by now, and just making lists to get all my ducks lined up in a row.
Releasing a book is a lot of work. I always thought writing was the big part; the part that took all of the time and energy. I was wrong. Finding reliable cover artists is a serious challenge. Actually, finding affordable, reliable cover artists is difficult. It's the one part of this whole process I cannot do myself, and it's infuriating. Every time I get to this point, I'm almost willing to shell out some serious cash, take a class, and learn how to do this stuff myself. I'm on option six for the cover, and am still not happy with the results. At least this time I left myself plenty of time to get it all together without, hopefully, stressing too much.
The edits seem to be never ending. I just had my first beta read of book two. While they liked it and said they'd recommend it, its was more typos, formatting issues, and I even used the wrong name for a character at one point! oops! But that is why we beta read. This is why we do our best to cover all our bases, and hope that we can get our books the best they can be before release.
Formatting was a nightmare for New Love, but now that I've gone through it all, I'm hoping it'll go a bit smoother this time around. I learned some new tricks, and fingers crossed I remember all of them.
I also learned from several mistakes I made during my last release. I will know how to mark down the book for presale. I will know the proper way to make it work for me instead of against me. I am also trying to learn with the cover, since I got negative feedback on my first one. I personally liked it, but I see what others were saying.
Live and learn.
Do better next time.
Take all that you were taught and be better.
That's the goal.
So here I go, charging down the field again.
Let's see if I can do an even better job this time, and sell even more books, and get even more readers!
Because isn't that the ultimate goal? Having someone read your book and enjoy it?
It is for me.
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