A Musing
I'm sort of piqued by RELICT being my best-selling book. A sea monster novella that first came out in 2013, that one has been the most-consistent of my books in terms of reader engagement...
RELICT
What amuses me I suppose is that people like killer cephalopods, I guess.
Because THE DAY OF THE NIGHTFISH (2020), another sea monster novella, hasn't had nearly the appreciation RELICT got, even though it's at least as good as its bigger sibling...
THE DAY OF THE NIGHTFISH
Just curious to me. Not all sea monsters are created equal, I guess. Killer octopus good, murderous fishmen bad?
There are a thousand variables with every book out there, what sells, what doesn't. The people who enjoyed NIGHTFISH really dug it, but they were less numerous than the RELICT fans.
Of course, RELICT has been around seven years longer than NIGHTFISH, so maybe it's had the time to establish itself? No idea.
From my writerly perspective, they're both sea monster novellas, so while the setting and the monster is different, there's just something about RELICT that compels readers to give it a go.
I have a third sea monster book to write (actually, I've drafted it years ago, when I was in that sea monster zone), but it'll need a complete rewrite or two before it can properly live, and it's going to have to wait its turn.
It might eventually end up in a three-novella collection under one title one day. We'll see. As I said, I'm working on a lot of stuff.
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RELICT
What amuses me I suppose is that people like killer cephalopods, I guess.
Because THE DAY OF THE NIGHTFISH (2020), another sea monster novella, hasn't had nearly the appreciation RELICT got, even though it's at least as good as its bigger sibling...
THE DAY OF THE NIGHTFISH
Just curious to me. Not all sea monsters are created equal, I guess. Killer octopus good, murderous fishmen bad?
There are a thousand variables with every book out there, what sells, what doesn't. The people who enjoyed NIGHTFISH really dug it, but they were less numerous than the RELICT fans.
Of course, RELICT has been around seven years longer than NIGHTFISH, so maybe it's had the time to establish itself? No idea.
From my writerly perspective, they're both sea monster novellas, so while the setting and the monster is different, there's just something about RELICT that compels readers to give it a go.
I have a third sea monster book to write (actually, I've drafted it years ago, when I was in that sea monster zone), but it'll need a complete rewrite or two before it can properly live, and it's going to have to wait its turn.
It might eventually end up in a three-novella collection under one title one day. We'll see. As I said, I'm working on a lot of stuff.
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