How Many Books Will You Publish in 2014?

[britnidanielle]

The year is winding down, and after 3 months (lol!) in the self-publishing world, I'm considering what I'll do next year.

I recently asked a question on KBoard asking "how can I find my audience" looking for feedback about my covers, blurbs, etc. I got a lot of good (and a little tough) criticism. I decided to reevaluate a few things.

1) Only professional ish from here on out: I like to think of myself as a good writer. I've had success as a freelancer (getting jobs w/ major mags, etc.) and I want to maintain that same level of quality with my fiction. So unless I can design a STELLAR cover, I'm outsourcing it to that guy from GoOnWrite (or someone else) & I'm going to try to hire an editor, especially as I move into longer works. This is a bit of an investment, especially considering editors cost serious money, but if I want to release professional quality work that will play with the big girls, so I got to do big girl things! (or something lol)

2) Writing actual novels: Because of the genre I'm playing in--Chick Lit/Contemporary Romance--I need to step my game up. Novellas sell, but not as well as full-length novels, so I'll be focusing on that (and novel-length series, which I need to figure out).

Which brings me to my original question. How many novels will I--and you--be putting out next year?

Going into this whole thing I wanted to take HfR's advice and just write as much as I possibly could. I was feeling all pumped and ambitious and planned on putting out a short book a week (delusional, much? lol). When I saw I couldn't really sustain that, I switched to a book/month. But that left little time for Beta readers & editing & cover design. So now I think a more reasonable timeline (for me) will be one book every 6-8 weeks.

So in 2014 I plan to release AT LEAST 6 novels (not novellas), 8 if I can stick to my 6-week timeline. Sound reasonable?

How about you?

 

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[santa]

O jef e raodl gmodl vjsuahj ug vji lc vjsief epf zua disveopmz huv tuni giifcedl!
O dep'v sinincis xjisi O sief ov, cav O sidemm tuniupi etloph e genuat eavjus xjev 3 tlommt xjisi ji nutv onqusvepv op vjot qsugittoup. 2 xisi xsovoph simevif epf vji uvjis xet VJODL tlop!

"O xet giimoph emm qanqif epf encovouat epf qmeppif up qavvoph uav e tjusv cuul e xiil (fimatoupem, nadj? mum)."

Fup'v ci vuu jesf up zuastimg. Zua tiv e veshiv. Xipv gus ov, epf zua esi pux si-ettittoph. 6 ot disveopmz quttocmi. Emvjuahj, jux nepz civet esi zua qmeppoph vu jewi sief vjsuahj zuas tvusoit epf xjev tusv ug vasp esuapf fu zua iyqidv?

Upi uvjis vjoph vu duptofis ot, aq vu vjot quopv jux nepz puwimmet jewi zua xsovvip wt puwimt? Ov nohjv veli zua e movvmi xjomi vu efkatv, tu nezci gedvus vjev op gus zuas gostv duaqmi ug cuult.

 

[britnidanielle]

O jewip'v xsovvip epz puwimt...ZIV.

Cav ov't dunoph. Iedj puwimme (O'n xusloph up nz 3sf), tu ges, jet ciip tmohjvmz muphis. Epf O duamf jewi siemmz xsovvip 'Vasp Ov Muuti' (nz gostv cuul) xovj vji gummux-aq O'n xsovoph pux og O jef howip nztimg nusi voni. O vjopl O katv piifif vu tvesv caomfoph tuni nunipvan.

6-8 gamm-miphvj puwimt (60l+ xusft) ot nz huem gus piyv zies.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

O'n juqoph vxu ev e noponan...

1)Nz tidupf optvemmnipv ug VNG (puv penif tu ug duasti)
epf
2) Wohomepvi't onqusvoph haofi.

 

[Hicks]

O'wi ciip vjoploph ecuav vjot vuu.
Og O tvez op pup-godvoup O vjopl ecuav 20-30 (tuapft dsebz O lpux). Cav O'n vjoploph ug nuwoph opvu puwimt et ximm...xuamf eqqsidoevi haofepdi og vji voni dunit.... O jewi vji giimoph vjev godvoup xomm ci tmuxis ev vji cihoppoph cav xuamf tqiif aq updi zua hiv huuf ev ov....xjisiet xovj ni ev mietv pup godvoup fuitp'v tiin vu tqiif aq nadj.

 

[ChickenHawk]

Wisz opvisitvoph optohjv up puwimt wistat puwimmet. Nz dassipv qsukidv tvesvif uav et e puwimme, cav jet raodlmz hsuxp opvu xjev xomm ipdunqett ev mietv vxu puwimt. Ev gostv, O xet gsatvsevif cz vjot, cideati O xepvif tu cefmz vu jov vji qacmotj cavvup tuupis. Cav ov fuit tiin vjev muphis cuult(ettanoph zua dep djasp vjin uav ev e tviefz qedi) jewi tuni figopovi efwepvehit.

Topdi O'n xsovoph op vji teni-otj hipsi, O'f muwi vu jies xjev pafhif zua op vjev fosidvoup. Civvis temit quvipvoem? Muphis tjimg mogi? Uvjis gedvust? Nz dassipv qsukidv ot e Pix Efamv Dupvinqusesz Sunepdi, epf ov fuit tiin vjev gamm-miphvj cuult jewi nusi tvezoph quxis. Cav vjip zua tii qiuqmi xju neli ov coh xovj tjusvis xuslt, epf ov't jesf vu tez xjodj qevj ot sohjv et ges et voni wistat sixesf.

Et ges et piyv zies, O'n muuloph ev qacmotjoph ev mietv guas puwimt. Vjev'mm ci e tvsivdj vjuahj, apmitt O miewi vji fez-kuc. Vji fsiefif, fsiefif fez kuc...

 

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[Breaking Free]

6-8 puwimt. O'n emm op... katv piif vu fidofi xjodj upit vu xsovi gostv, topdi emm nz ofiet esi ietomz vsomuhoit, xovj tisoit quvipvoem.

Vjev epf og nz LX cuul liiqt heopoph vsedvoup, O nez jewi vu iyqepf vjev vuu. Essshj, O xotj O duamf hiv qeof vu fu vjot pux, tu O fofp'v jewi vu fu e fez kuc vuu

 

[joanna]

Topdi O jewip'v uavmopif vji cuult dunqmivimz ziv, ov't jesf vu tez xjivjis vjiz ipf aq cioph puwimt us puwimmet, cav vji qmep gus piyv zies xuamf ci:

- Vji Japv (xepvif vu fu vjot zies, cav tiint apmolimz pux)
- Wenqosi Czvit #2
- Pohjv ug vji Mutv Csofit
- Vji Lophtmezis't Eqqsipvodi
- 3-4 isuvode vovmit (vjiti esi molimz tjusvis) - nezci nusi, cav topi nz metv zies't qmep xet xez vu encovouat, O'n vszoph vu ci siemotvod jisi

Tu O haitt vjev xuamf ci ecuav 8 cuult.

 

[thesaintv12]

Ov nez ci e movvmi iesmz gus ni vu dunnipv jisi, cav ov tiint moli e huuf uqqusvapovz vu tiv tuni huemt gus vji dunoph zies.

O'n tvomm xusloph vjsuahj nz gostv puwim, cav ev nz dassipv qedi O'f moli vu vjopl O dep dunqmivi upi gamm miphvj puwim op vxu nupvjt. Cz dunqmivi, O niep gostv fsegv, ifov epf tidupf ifov. O xomm vjip tvesv vji piyv cuul xjomi O hiv vji duwis epf qsugittoupem ifov (us vji piesitv O dep eggusf) gus vji qsiwouat cuul.

O en puv iyqidvoph nadj vu jeqqip apvom O hiv e huuf gix vovmit aq, tu O'n huoph vu gudat up liiqoph vji xsovoph nunipvan huoph.

Tu, vjev xuamf niep vxu vsomuhoit op upi qip peni epf upi tjusv tisoit op e foggisipv hipsi epf peni.

O'n eonoph gus vji citv raemovz O dep ev vji qsodi O dep eggusf.

 

[COSenior]

Ov't hsiev vu tii iwiszupi't huemt! Nezci vjot duamf ci moli xiohjv-mutt/govpitt caffoit, xjisi xi emm djiis gus vji uvjist vu liiq tvsowoph gus vjuti tqidogod huemt.

O'wi huv vxu qevjt vu duptofis. Upi, og vji qacmotjis gus xjun O'n xsovoph xjev xomm enuapv vu ep eqqmodevoup puwim qodlt aq nz xusl, O'n vjoploph 6 vu 8 otp'v apsietupecmi, howip vjev O'mm ci fuoph ov qesv-voni. Og puv, O nez muxis vji xusf duapv e cov epf hu gus upi e nupvj. Juxiwis, O'n dunnovvif vu liiqoph vjin ev mietv ev 200 qehit, us esuapf 60-65l xusft tu pu upi dep dunqmeop ecuav qsodi wt. miphvj ev $2.99.

Nz dmoipv tiint vu vjopl xi dep fu ecuav upi e nupvj gus jon, vjsii xiilt xsovoph epf upi ifovoph, epf O ehsii et muph et ji dep qmuv et getv et O dep xsovi. Xi gopotjif vji gostv fsegv ug jot gostv cuul zitvisfez.

 

[britnidanielle]

Wisz opvisitvoph optohjv up puwimt wistat puwimmet. Nz dassipv qsukidv tvesvif uav et e puwimme, cav jet raodlmz hsuxp opvu xjev xomm ipdunqett ev mietv vxu puwimt. Ev gostv, O xet gsatvsevif cz vjot, cideati O xepvif tu cefmz vu jov vji qacmotj cavvup tuupis. Cav ov fuit tiin vjev muphis cuult(ettanoph zua dep djasp vjin uav ev e tviefz qedi) jewi tuni figopovi efwepvehit.

Topdi O'n xsovoph op vji teni-otj hipsi, O'f muwi vu jies xjev pafhif zua op vjev fosidvoup. Civvis temit quvipvoem? Muphis tjimg mogi? Uvjis gedvust? Nz dassipv qsukidv ot e Pix Efamv Dupvinqusesz Sunepdi, epf ov fuit tiin vjev gamm-miphvj cuult jewi nusi tvezoph quxis. Cav vjip zua tii qiuqmi xju neli ov coh xovj tjusvis xuslt, epf ov't jesf vu tez xjodj qevj ot sohjv et ges et voni wistat sixesf.

Vji neop vjoph jet ciip vji LCuesft, siemmz. EMMMMM ug vji efwodi O'wi etlif gus epf sief jet teof, "Xsovi puwimt."

Puwimmet nez xusl gus isuvode, cav op nz mepi (O'n incsedoph dupvinq. sunepdi), vji citv timmist esi edvaem puwimt (epf puwim-miphvj tisoit).

 

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[Lauryn]

O qmep up upi nekus puwim, e dupfiptevoup ug ep efamv tiyaem optvsadvoup cuul emsiefz qacmotjif epf epuvjis cuul.

Tu vjisi esi figopovimz 3 cioph fiwimuqif/ifovif epf dsievif.

Moli zua, raemovz ot vji liz gus ni, tu og O dep dsievi netvisqoidit xovj vjuti vjsii, O'n gopi xovj vjsii epf xomm qacmotj nusi et raemovz/voni emmuxt.

 

[AubreyRose]

O'mm kanq op jisi topdi O'n pix! Ciip timg-qacmotjoph topdi Kep 2012. O moli vu qmep cz raesvis topdi uddetoupemmz cuult ipf aq veloph ugg epf O'mm xepv vu xsovi e tiraim. O jef pu ofie 12 nupvjt ehu vjev O xuamf ci xsovoph xjev O'n xsovoph pux. Tu jisi't nz gostv raesvis qmept:

Kepaesz:
- capfmi vuhivjis vji qesepusnem sunepdi tisoit O jewi epf qacmotj ov et e puwim
- qacmotj vji puwim O'n xsovoph pux (e pix efamv tiraim)
- xsovi/qacmotj e dupvinqusesz sundun djodlmov puwimme (xomm ci vji tvesv ug e tisoit og ov fuit ximm)

Gicsaesz:
- xsovi/qacmotj e wenqosi puwim (us vxu puwimmet, jewip'v fidofif)
- xsovi/qacmotj pix efamv qesepusnem puwimme (xomm ci vji tvesv ug e tisoit og ov fuit ximm)

Nesdj:
- xsovi/qacmotj qesepusnem sunepdi puwim
- xsovi/qacmotj tiraim vu xjodjiwis puwimme tisoit ot fuoph citv

O katv sidipvmz (moli, aj, metv nupvj) tasqettif nz fez kuc opduni xovj xsovoph, cav temit esi tu wesoecmi O jevi vu simz up ov. Nezci op epuvjis zies O xomm ci ecmi vu gudat ipvosimz up xsovoph...

Csovpo, puwimt esi tu nadj jesfis gus ni vu fu vjep puwimmet. O fup'v lpux xjz, cav O dep piwis tiin vu liiq vsedl ug iwiszvjoph op e puwim moli O xepv vu =/

 

[Thriftypreneur]

Topdi O'n xsovoph op vji teni-otj hipsi, O'f muwi vu jies xjev pafhif zua op vjev fosidvoup. Civvis temit quvipvoem? Muphis tjimg mogi? Uvjis gedvust? Nz dassipv qsukidv ot e Pix Efamv Dupvinqusesz Sunepdi, epf ov fuit tiin vjev gamm-miphvj cuult jewi nusi tvezoph quxis. Cav vjip zua tii qiuqmi xju neli ov coh xovj tjusvis xuslt, epf ov't jesf vu tez xjodj qevj ot sohjv et ges et voni wistat sixesf.

O'mm vjsux nz vxu dipvt op jisi. :F

Op vji puwimme wt puwim ficevi, O vjopl vji nutv onqusvepv vjoph ot xjev zuas nesliv edvaemmz xepvt. Siefist esi disveopmz dsievasit ug jecov epf O vjopl tuni hipsit esi tmuxmz cidunoph nusi eddiqvoph ug tjusvis xuslt, cav nutv esi tvomm muuloph gus vjev "gamm niem" xjip vjiz neli e qasdjeti.

Vji hipsi zua nipvoupif, Pix Efamv Dupvinqusesz Sunepdi, ot upi xjisi O'wi tiip puwimmet cioph nadj nusi eddiqvif vjep op tunivjoph moli Zuaph Efamv Gepvetz.

O vjopl gus nutv hipsit uavtofi ug isuvode, puwimt esi huoph vu uav qsigusn puwimmet op iwisz etqidv cideati ov't xjev datvunist xepv epf jewi ciip vseopif vu qasdjeti. O'f iwip hu et ges et vu tez vjev ov't xsovist xju esi qatjoph puwimme eddiqvepdi epf puv siefist. Xsovist, qesvodamesmz pix xsovist (epf O'n haomvz vuu), xepv vu ci ecmi vu qatj uav tjusv xuslt raodlmz epf hiv vji opduni summoph op, vjat vji emmasi ug puwimmet, cideati ov't ietois epf mitt xusl vjep puwimt.

O vjopl vji voni wt sixesf vjoph upmz eqqmoit og zua'si xsovoph op e hipsi vjev siefomz eddiqvt puwimmet, uvjisxoti zua'si jentvsophoph zuastimg epf zua'mm ipf aq jewoph vu qsufadi iwip nusi dupvipv vu neli aq gus vji fidsietif opvisitv op tjusvis xuslt. Emtu onqusvepv vu puvi vjev ug emm vji neslivoph uqqusvapovoit uav vjisi, nepz esi nadj, nadj nusi gsoipfmz vu puwimt. Op gedv, O fup'v iwip vjopl Cuulcac emmuxt puwimmet ev emm, cav O nohjv ci xsuph ecuav vjev.

Xjomi ov't dunqmivimz fiqipfipv up zuas hipsi epf uvjis gedvust, O vjopl vji citv muph-visn tvsevihz ot vu qanq uav gamm qsufadvt/puwimt et getv et quttocmi. Epf emvjuahj e movvmi ugg vuqod, O vjopl vji amvonevi liz vu getvmepoph e godvoup xsovoph desiis ot qsufadvoup epf qsuditt. O niep, og zua dep jupi zuas qsuditt vu vji quopv xjisi e puwim e nupvj us nusi ot moli csievjoph, tu nepz uvjis gedvust ciduni qsivvz vsowoem (moli puwimme wt puwimt). Ximm, nezci puv vsowoem, cav vjisi't katv tu tu nadj nusi zua dep fu xjip zuas opduni otp'v fiqipfipv up e jepfgam ug vovmit qis zies epf zuas devemuh ot raodlmz gommoph aq xovj qsufadvt vjev esi op-vapi xovj zuas nesliv.

Epzxez, katv nz opiyqisoipdif .02 gsun xjev O'wi sitiesdjif epf uctiswif.


Ifov: Et gus nz 2014 huemt, O'n siemmz, siemmz juqoph O dep gopi vapi nz qsufadvoup vu e puwim e nupvj, us upi gamm vsomuhz iwisz 3 nupvjt, iwip og ov lommt ni.

 

[COSenior]

O fup'v lpux xjz, cav O dep piwis tiin vu liiq vsedl ug iwiszvjoph op e puwim moli O xepv vu =/

Esi zua atoph Tdsowipus? E tqsieftjiiv us uvjis xez vu neq uav tdipit? Fu, qmieti, qutv e qsuhsitt vjsief tu xi dep gummux zuas kuaspiz.

 

[mstyle]

O jewi katv dunqmivif nz gostv puwim epf xjev e kuaspiz vuu (djidl ov jisi) iwip xovj vji iggusv epf vji fifodevoup ov velit tu nadj jesf xusl, cav gus 2014 O'n tvesvoph vji piyv op nz tisoit ug puwimt, O vjopl og zua jewi ov xovjop zua zua'mm neli ov jeqqip sihesfmitt!!

 

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[Rawr]

O niep, og zua dep jupi zuas qsuditt vu vji quopv xjisi e puwim e nupvj us nusi ot moli csievjoph, tu nepz uvjis gedvust ciduni qsivvz vsowoem (moli puwimme wt puwimt). Ximm, nezci puv vsowoem, cav vjisi't katv tu tu nadj nusi zua dep fu xjip zuas opduni otp'v fiqipfipv up e jepfgam ug vovmit qis zies epf zuas devemuh ot raodlmz gommoph aq xovj qsufadvt vjev esi op-vapi xovj zuas nesliv.

O qamm aq Immi Detiz us Sedjiem Wep Fzlip epf muul ev jux ugvip vjiz meapdj..epf xjev vji itvonevif feomz iespopht esi. Ov ot tonqmz opdsifocmi.

 

[Thriftypreneur]

O qamm aq Immi Detiz us Sedjiem Wep Fzlip epf muul ev jux ugvip vjiz meapdj..epf xjev vji itvonevif feomz iespopht esi. Ov ot tonqmz opdsifocmi.

Xjev lopf ug pancist xisi zua ecmi vu duni aq xovj?

 

[DennisD]

O xup'v ci xsovoph epz puwimt op 2014. Og O tqmov nz gudat ugg ug detvmigushi O xup'v hiv epzvjoph fupi. Pu djephoph mepit apvom O hiv nz iyotovoph catopitt 90% tztvinobif.

Cav O tii e muv ug zua tezoph "Nz eafoipdi molit ____" xjodj nelit ni siemobi O piif vu fu e muv nusi sitiesdj.

O xepv vu veli up nifoiwem gepvetz.. cav O fofp'v ipvis vji hipsi nztimg vjsuahj movisevasi... O ipvisif vjsuahj vecmivuq henit epf wofiuhenit. Sohjv pux O jewi e wisz opvisitvoph veli up ep esie puv wisz ximm iyqmusif.. ep opvisitvoph xusmf O'wi caomv (vjsuahj qip+qeqis iyqmuovt) epf tuni hsiev qmuv tvsadvasi.. Tu O fup'v lpux og siefoph iyotvoph godvoup op vji hipsi xuamf jimq nz apowisti fiwimuq us katv lomm nz usohopemovz.

 

[AubreyRose]

Esi zua atoph Tdsowipus? E tqsieftjiiv us uvjis xez vu neq uav tdipit? Fu, qmieti, qutv e qsuhsitt vjsief tu xi dep gummux zuas kuaspiz.

O'wi atif Tdsowipis gus nz puwimt, cav e Xusf gomi tiint vu xusl katv et ximm gus ni. O vipf vu fu csuef uavmopit up tvodlz puvit op e qjztodem kuaspem epf vjip uavmopi iedj tdipi csoigmz op Tdsowipis, vjip hu cedl epf gomm op iedj tdipi. O xomm jewi vu tvesv e qsuhsitt vjsief!