Indie Authorship and the Student life.
I write because I love writing, and will continue to write, even if only for myself. The thing is, now that I've published my book, I find myself increasingly obsessed with numbers. Over three hundred downloads have been made of The Forsaken Ones since it appeared in the kindle store. And it was only a couple of days back I noticed some major flaws in my work, namely that my one woman editing skills were not up to scratch, and there were some serious typing issues.
Whilst my first thought was to find the nearest hole to climb into and thence live out my life as a hermit, I have decided to take another path. I have corrected the mistakes, and updated my book, so new potential customers will not encounter such errors.
It has been a difficult week, juggling one woman book promotion and full time education. I found myself informing my creative writing seminar group today of my recent publishing endeavor and refreshing my Reports page on my phone.
I shall try not to babble too much about The Forsaken Ones in my blog from here onwards, so I will just say one more thing I'm dying to tell the world about my little project, and then I will find something else to attempt to entertain you with. whilst my book is currently free to download until Sunday, I really want to reach a wider audience who are willing to pay for it, not purely for my own profit, but because I am hoping to donate some of the money I may make from this to a charity that is important to me. I e-mailed them this week, though they have not replied (I am a little frustrated about this) but since the work they do is important to me, I am going to continue to attempt to show my support. The charity in question is Mind, they are UK based and are trying to raise awareness of mental illness, to promote better understanding, and help those affected. This is something I feel needs more support, and so I shall be pledging to donate £5.00 for every £20.00 I receive in royalties from the kindle store. The problem is of course convincing people that The Forsaken Ones is worth the £1.91. So if you're in the UK, or not, if you think that Mind is a charity that needs some support then help me out here.
Has anyone here read The Forsaken Ones? If so I would love to hear your thoughts. I am currently pondering the request of a fan of mine that I make a follow up. I originally had no intentions of writing any such thing, but the suggestion has given me ideas, and I feel the temptation nudging me towards a shiny new notepad. It may have to wait a little while longer though, since I have another writing project up my sleeve. What now? You may ask? All I will say about it is: Witches.
Thats all from me today. The Forsaken Ones
Whilst my first thought was to find the nearest hole to climb into and thence live out my life as a hermit, I have decided to take another path. I have corrected the mistakes, and updated my book, so new potential customers will not encounter such errors.
It has been a difficult week, juggling one woman book promotion and full time education. I found myself informing my creative writing seminar group today of my recent publishing endeavor and refreshing my Reports page on my phone.
I shall try not to babble too much about The Forsaken Ones in my blog from here onwards, so I will just say one more thing I'm dying to tell the world about my little project, and then I will find something else to attempt to entertain you with. whilst my book is currently free to download until Sunday, I really want to reach a wider audience who are willing to pay for it, not purely for my own profit, but because I am hoping to donate some of the money I may make from this to a charity that is important to me. I e-mailed them this week, though they have not replied (I am a little frustrated about this) but since the work they do is important to me, I am going to continue to attempt to show my support. The charity in question is Mind, they are UK based and are trying to raise awareness of mental illness, to promote better understanding, and help those affected. This is something I feel needs more support, and so I shall be pledging to donate £5.00 for every £20.00 I receive in royalties from the kindle store. The problem is of course convincing people that The Forsaken Ones is worth the £1.91. So if you're in the UK, or not, if you think that Mind is a charity that needs some support then help me out here.
Has anyone here read The Forsaken Ones? If so I would love to hear your thoughts. I am currently pondering the request of a fan of mine that I make a follow up. I originally had no intentions of writing any such thing, but the suggestion has given me ideas, and I feel the temptation nudging me towards a shiny new notepad. It may have to wait a little while longer though, since I have another writing project up my sleeve. What now? You may ask? All I will say about it is: Witches.
Thats all from me today. The Forsaken Ones
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Oct 05, 2013 01:41AM
Congrats on your new book. I have just got it from Amazon as it sounded great. I love the idea of you donating some money to the charity Mind. It is little known unless you know a a sufferer of mental health problems. Things to do with mental health just get swept under the carpet as it is still taboo to most people. Also, I would happily buy a sequal of The Forsaken Ones if you decide to write one. All the best with the book, love Kellie xxx
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Thank you Kellie, I hope you enjoy it, and do let me know what you thought of it when you're done :) So far I have sold 5 paid for copies, so thats £6.68, sadly going to need to sell quite a few more for there to be a check in the post, but I will try to keep my blog updated as to how close I am to my target.
