Working on the new and improved (and easier on me) 2022 schedule…

Everything in this post is subject to change if I mention a book order or so on. Mostly, I want to talk about reader expectations versus writer obligations.

The only thing a reader ever owes a writer is the price tag of their novel. In my case, $5.99 for a full-length novel, $6.99 or $7.99 if the length is utterly ridiculous, $2.99-$4.99 if they’re shorter works, and $9.99 for collections.

I base the price on the word count, and the lowest I’ll go is typically around 20,000 words. I prefer...