I’m using MORGAN BAROD as the test bed for them; it’s self-contained, reasonably conventional, and I haven’t done a Kindle deal in a year for it. I’m not really convinced that I’ll end up making money on the original advertising, but I think that generally I can get people to keep reading me once they start reading me. Besides, I can claim advertising as a business expense on my taxes.
That sale is scheduled for July 1st. We’ll see how it goes.
#commissionearned
No rain, and below eighty degrees. I can work with that. The real question is, will I die from embarrassment and shame at how neo-SCAdian MORGAN BAROD is? I mean, it’s much more Eastrealm* than Atlantian**, but surely somebody will notice…
On the other hand, my wife and I are mostly just taking a day together in the fresh air; hanging out, seeing people, and hopefully clearing out some of our spare gear and stuff. I’m not scheduled to do anything, and that suits me just fine. I gotta do a working event later in the year, so let everybody else run around tomorrow for a change.
*Basically, the Mid-Atlantic Coast from Delaware to New England.
**Basically, the Mid-Atlantic Coast from Maryland to Georgia.
My wife and I have an SCA event, and Lord knows MORGAN BAROD is exceptionally SCA-friendly. So much so, I’m mildly surprised nobody I know personally has ever called me on it. I put a lot of people’s grandkids in that book. My wife’s just going to sell some of her jewelry, to make room in the house so that she can make more jewelry. It should be a thing.
Anyway: I hope it doesn’t rain this time!
#commissionearned
That’s Celtic Weekend, so I should probably pack the green Sharpie. I’ll be primarily selling MORGAN BAROD, because I figure that post-apocalyptic sword and sorcery is a better fit for a Renn Faire than post-apocalyptic high urban fantasy pulp detective, but I probably will have a few of those along as well. Anyway, I’ll be signing at Page After Page (at the Maryland Renn Faire) on September 10th, so stop on by! And if you can’t make it… well, there’s always Amazon.
Come, I will conceal nothing from you: the week I’ve had, I’ve been expecting this printing on canvas by Spoonflower to get screwed up, somehow. The proportions would be off, or it’d actually only be three inches long, or they’d only do one corner of the picture. But the printing arrived today, and it looks exactly like what I wanted to get:
(Book: MORGAN BAROD)
Continue reading @spoonflower did a good job, here.My wife’s suggestion: we’re looking at doing some outdoor venues, and she thought this would be an arresting image for a hanging display. I agreed. I even had the Photoshop project handy…
Obviously, this is from MORGAN BAROD. Post-apocalyptic sword and sorcery in the wilds of New Jersey! Check it out today!
#commissionearned
I know that this seems like a weird sort of goal, but there’s a point to it. See, the goal for 2023 will be to break four figures a year from my writing; and while my Patreon will be invaluable in that regard (and conventions will help a lot), Amazon is where I need to be selling. So, buy my books! They make excellent Christmas gifts, I’m morally certain of it.
Continue reading $70 to go to $500/year!What? I see no particular reason to beat around the bush. If you think MORGAN BAROD or TINSEL RAIN is worth a DragonCon nomination, feel free to click this link and vote for one of them under the Fantasy category. If you don’t think they’re worth nominations, then click on the link anyway and nominate the books you’d prefer. This isn’t a zero-sum game; I don’t need to drag anyone else down in order for me to rise higher.
#commissionearned
I was waiting on something to announce this with, but it hasn’t dropped yet. So…
MORGAN BAROD! Follow the neo-barbarian adventures of Morgan Barod as he awakens from a coma in a world gone magically mad! Thrill as he fights the terrifying beasts that didn’t sensibly run away from humans! Marvel at the sights of post-apocalyptic New Jersey! Wonder at the author’s lack of shame! Prepare to be Amazed!
Now on sale for a mere 99 cents!
#commissionearned
MY LOSS IS YOUR GAIN! I should have put more intermediate steps in my Black Friday sale! You can still get my novels for extra-cheap!
