The finish line! I concluded my serial

[C.A.]

It's been a long run, but I finally finished my serial, "The Watchmage of Old New York." I'm exhausted.

I love writing Watchmage though, so I'm moving on to novels. I don't have a publisher lined up yet (I won't self published novels), but I'm looking.

My first novel was published by Damnation Books, but they are a horror publishing house, and fantasy would be more appropriate.

I kinda went off on a tangent. Here's the link to my serial. https://www.jukepopserials.com/home/r...

[Amber]

Cool. Congratulations! ^_^

[Tommy]

Congrats on finishing your serial, now you gotta drink the milk...

[C.A.]

There are a couple of reasons why I don't want to self-publish:

1) It's complex, and I am not particularly good with computers
2) A novel needs to be properly vetted, and that can only come from publishing companies. If a book was able to get a publishing contract, it tells the reader that it's at least half-way good.
3) There are a lot of moving pieces in a novel. A novel requires professional proofers, editors, layout artists, cover artists, marketers, etc. I could get these on my own, but to get it done right, I either need to shell out a lot of money, which I don't have, or find a publisher.
4) I teach Creative Writing, and professors have to publish or perish. There is gravitas in publishing houses, none in self publishing. It looks much better on a resume.
5) I'm old school. It's always been my dream to belong to a publishing house. Self publishing does not fulfill that dream for me.

This doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with self-publishing. I just won't do it for novels. I would, however, do it for short stories, as publishing houses usually don't take those. Right now I am formatting my late girlfriend's short story anthology, and it's very difficult (emotionally and practically). She was also a professor, and short stories were her specialty, possibly the best I've ever read.

[S.G.]

craig - would you ever consider going with one of the Amazon publishing houses like 47North? They function like trad-pub except they're not. The one downside is that they don't have much good will from booksellers... but just curious about this as I do think they're open to submissions.

[C.A.]

Possibly. I would have to do some more research into them.

[S.]

Congrats on completing your serial. I have that one on my bookshelf. :) JukePop is such a great site, but I understand you wanting to move on to the next project. Please keep us posted on the anthology.

[C.A.]

I'm glad that you enjoyed it. It means a lot to me. I'm currently in negotiations regarding the novelized first story arc. Hopefully a book will be out by the end of 2015. I'm working on the second novel now, and I have a ton of ideas for the future.

--Craig