Kobo Writing Life, Self-Publishing, and Agent Hunts
Kobo Writing Life
I signed up a few weeks ago to be notified when Kobo Writing Life becomes live and I got a notification yesterday. I decided to opt out of Kobo on my Smashwords account and give KWL a whirl.
Easiest. Self-publishing platform. Ever.
It took ten minutes to publish both my books. Seriously. AND they will pay me in Canadian dollars. AND they will pay me direct deposit. AND their stats page is awesome. And on and on. Love it. Word of advice though...upload .epub versions of your books. If you published with Smashwords, you already have these. Any other version looks wonky on their preview thingie.
So without further ado, Just You and Someone Else are now available HERE and HERE.
Self-Publishing
It's been about two and a half weeks since I self-published my books and let me tell you, it's been an experience. My sales have been modest but steady. I've gotten some amazing reviews/ratings and some "meh" ones. But the "meh" doesn't bother me. Not everyone is going to like my books and writing. They're not for everyone. Such is life. My skin is as thick as that steel-cut oatmeal my husband forces down sometimes.
Anyway, things are definitely going in the right direction with my self-pub experiment.
The Great Agent Hunt
*sigh*
A month ago, a particular agent or two contacted me, very interested in Out of Nowhere and all ready and willing to work together. I know it's summer, and I know agents are busy, but basically I've been getting the brush off in this area. Anyway, yesterday I got tired of waiting and queried some agents. Thirteen, to be exact. Add that to two other agents I queried in June and it makes 15 all together (it's so impressive when I manage to do math). This morning, I woke up to a rejection. That was quick. Add that to the rejection I got on Friday and that makes two. So...
Queries sent: 15
Rejections: 2
This is fun! You all can count and keep track with me!
I'll keep you updated on all of the above.
I signed up a few weeks ago to be notified when Kobo Writing Life becomes live and I got a notification yesterday. I decided to opt out of Kobo on my Smashwords account and give KWL a whirl.
Easiest. Self-publishing platform. Ever.
It took ten minutes to publish both my books. Seriously. AND they will pay me in Canadian dollars. AND they will pay me direct deposit. AND their stats page is awesome. And on and on. Love it. Word of advice though...upload .epub versions of your books. If you published with Smashwords, you already have these. Any other version looks wonky on their preview thingie.
So without further ado, Just You and Someone Else are now available HERE and HERE.
Self-Publishing
It's been about two and a half weeks since I self-published my books and let me tell you, it's been an experience. My sales have been modest but steady. I've gotten some amazing reviews/ratings and some "meh" ones. But the "meh" doesn't bother me. Not everyone is going to like my books and writing. They're not for everyone. Such is life. My skin is as thick as that steel-cut oatmeal my husband forces down sometimes.
Anyway, things are definitely going in the right direction with my self-pub experiment.
The Great Agent Hunt
*sigh*
A month ago, a particular agent or two contacted me, very interested in Out of Nowhere and all ready and willing to work together. I know it's summer, and I know agents are busy, but basically I've been getting the brush off in this area. Anyway, yesterday I got tired of waiting and queried some agents. Thirteen, to be exact. Add that to two other agents I queried in June and it makes 15 all together (it's so impressive when I manage to do math). This morning, I woke up to a rejection. That was quick. Add that to the rejection I got on Friday and that makes two. So...
Queries sent: 15
Rejections: 2
This is fun! You all can count and keep track with me!
I'll keep you updated on all of the above.
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