In the meantime I've begun Book III, and Book IV? Well, it's on deck. My thoughts, as should be expected of a true writer, are productive and in the process of piecing th
cvyou know your story well, and there’s no time like the present to get started.)
With all of the tripe out there that's being self-published it's more difficult to get noticed than ever before—and it was NEVER easy to get noticed by the public in the first place. With everyone and their mother believing they can be a writer, not realizing there are certain techniques, to say nothing of individual style *ahem*, this hurts us all, traditionally published and talented Indie's alike, so it's important for those of us who have been appraised by the big boys or the public to get our books out there ASAP (without sacrificing quality that is) so we can get our backlist built and have our fans continue to buy more and more of our literature while at the same time doing our best to bury the veritable hacks. I believe in the free market, but I have to admit it's frantically frustrating to see flimsy people out there who believe they are "author's". It's quite maddening, and I believe, again, that us traditionally published and talented Indies must agree.
It's tough enough fighting for our work, which I'm more than happy to do--the right way. What's the wrong way? Having to push down the expected walls and other various barriers while treading through the muck and mire that keeps your feet stuck to the ground. That muck and mire is there, courtesy, of our friends, the non-writers who believe they are in fact firmly "writers".
