tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080978988911278585.post2016885829194238727..comments2023-04-03T04:13:58.371-05:00Comments on Ranunculus Turtle: I Don't Read FantasyRobynn Tolberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15141254504443757066noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080978988911278585.post-76079268323488343702009-11-18T15:55:38.315-06:002009-11-18T15:55:38.315-06:00And that's what it sounds like when your elder...And that's what it sounds like when your elder brother tells you not to be a whiny butt. Hehe!Robynn Tolberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141254504443757066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3080978988911278585.post-87006779757751008972009-11-18T14:16:08.151-06:002009-11-18T14:16:08.151-06:00MLS is probably not the place for your book. Looki...MLS is probably not the place for your book. Looking at all the entries the ones that seem the most popular seem to be actually connected to Heaven and Hell, Jesus coming back, crisis of Faith, what does it look like after the world ends, etc...<br /><br />Your book is actual fantasy - that's a good thing because it means it will appeal to a wider audience than the "Christian Crowd". MLS seems like a nice place for a soft, cushy intro to people who are like you - bah humbug. Put on your Dragonskin armour and go back and beat down Tor's door and publishing houses that publish fantasy and science fiction. Hit the fan based sci fi and fantasy web sites. Go where the fans are - put an e-chapter on your website and sell the rest of it as a e-book for $4 or $5.00. Have Kinko's print up 10 copies in softcover and take it to a fan convention, visit the local book stores and see if they'll take a couple of copies on consignment and put them by the front door. Get it out to the public (Tribes - it's where it's going, get with the program ...) and let the people like it. Try different covers and see what sells better. Go over to the library and see if they will let you talk about writing a book and sell some from a table in the back of the room. No one is going to come over to your house begging for a copy of your book - at least not at first. Get enough out there to develop a fan base and you'll eventually be able to publish your laundry list (thank you Stephen King)! <br /><br />You've written books, that makes you an author so that part is done - now you have to learn marketing and sales to make you a published author. Less time sighing and more time doing - generate activity, even if it's the wrong activity try it and discard it, you can cross it off your list as what doesn't work and try something else. If you don't like "the story of my life" then get off the proverbial duff and change the story.<br /><br />Love, <br /><br />Your BroEricnoreply@blogger.com