So, I was thinking about the different models of work and how an author can subsist. And one of the thoughts that struck me was the different methods authors (mainly) generate their incomes depending on the way they structured their business.
Either are looking to subsist on their backlist (i.e. books already published which generate income) or forwardlist (books that aren't published yet...
2020-10-01 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI've just realized we haven't done this for The Second Expedition!
Feel free to discuss your thoughts about the book here. Theories, favorite moments, questions that bug you, etc. Nothing counts as spoiler here ;)
The e-book is currently going live on Amazon as each timezone reaches midnight, so I'm going to delete the chapters from here and the bookfunnel link will expire very soon...
2020-09-30 14:35:22 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, quick poll time since everyone wants a short. This is for next month (October). Vote quick please people.
These are ideas that bounced out to me or that made me grin, so... let's see what happens.
Also, I should have new artwork for people to peruse soon.
2020-09-29 02:47:47 +0000 UTC View PostSo, I realised you all are super excited about the idea of voting upon giving me ideas for the System Apocalypse Classes.
There's a ton of great ideas, just ones that don't fit into the specific scene / set of scenes I'm writing.
On the other hand, I think they're pretty cool. And I'm sure there'd be a lot of other things I could do to write about, touching upon those Classes or Tit...
2020-09-26 17:15:40 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, since a bunch of people wanted to know about this. Here's the business side of writing shorts.
Added material for fans
I first started writing shorts as added material for fans. That's what the Kapoosh and Lana story shorts are for. Neither one are 'traditional' shorts, in that they are more slice of life. They are great for fans to read, and wha...
2020-09-24 02:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostSo, I need a list of some truly 'Earth only' kind of Classes that would be cool. It could be because of culture (Mikito's Samurai comes to mind) or because of technology / weird circumstances, etc.
Hello,
Kate here.
The last chapter for the Second Expedition was released to Master class & above on Saturday. For the rest of the tiers, I'll update using the established schedule (Tue-Thu-Sat), which means Advanced Prestige Class should be able to read the last chapter on 24th, while Advanced class will reach the end on 26th.
Now, about<...
2020-09-21 16:09:31 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, last example of the way you can use the information within to develop a marketing strategy.
We have Xiu Li, a traditionally published young adult author who managed to be signed by a traditional publisher, but the publisher subsequently dropped her due to low (for them) sales. She managed to sell just over 3000 copies, which unfortunately wasn't sufficient for her publisher...
2020-09-16 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHi guys;
So, after taking last week off to get the co-authored work going (which is going great and are just out to beta readers right now. If any of you are romance readers and want to beta read, let me know ;) ) I'm back to System Apocalypse 10. I got about 4k written between yesterday and today.
Except, the proofread arrived for ATL 4, which means I have to go over that. 2020-09-16 02:46:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi guys;
Figured you'd get a kick out of this. This is the work I had commissioned for A Healer's Gift. I'm going to get it formatted and then made into a print and thus a real light novel.
:)
Yes. I don't expect to sell much. It's just for fun.
Let me know what you guys think.
I'm probably going to produce a few once it's all ready and dis...
2020-09-15 20:31:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everybody!
There's a new short story available for free for all patrons.
Download URL: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/n20rwqa4xa
Let me know if there's issues, testing this out today.
First Steps into the Night is a very different short story than normal. For one,...
2020-09-14 17:31:38 +0000 UTC View PostBeen seeing some interesting conversations and one that I wanted to discuss was a very simplistic (in my view) review of streams of income and return on investment (ROI). Basically, a lot of questions / answers end up reviewing if they should do X (when X is often audiobooks or paperbacks or another form of their work) on a straightforward ROI basis.
Rather than talk generalities, I'm goi...
2020-09-09 21:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostSo, hi new patrons! Thank you for joining.
Secondly, wanted to mention a few quick updates, though most of you should have seen the update on FB.
- Second Expedition should be back from proofing by mid-late Sep. I'll have the final document up as soon as I can, so you guys can read.
- work on Broken Council has stalled. I've been sick (running fever, etc.) for the last week or...
2020-09-03 16:52:52 +0000 UTC View PostSome of you might know I have a Payhip account. Some might know I even sell signed copies of my work on my website.
I was inspired to test it out by some comments on higher income and the need to have multiple sources of income. Now, multiple sources of income is incredibly important as a writer, mostly because without it, you're extremely open to shocks in your distribution chain. ...
2020-09-02 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostTao has a few books translated and was wondering if you'd like the epub/mobi in advance like with the other books we post here, on Patreon.
Do we have any German speakers here? Spanish? Portugese?
Feel free to leave a comment in a language you're interested in (disclaimer: this is just for my curiosity).
- Kate
2020-08-27 14:35:44 +0000 UTC View PostWe've done a couple of new writers, but let's tackle an experience Writer. We'll call him Manjit.
Manjit's got six books released in two different series (4 and 2). He's done okay for himself in Kindle Unlimited and baseline gets a few hundred dollars a month with release months getting him a thousand to two thousand on release. He's not done a lot of publicity though, most of his marketi...
2020-08-27 00:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello,
Kate here. I have some fantastic news for you today: Tao has written a new short story in the System Apocalypse universe, and he's done with the last bit of work for Comic Issue 6!
One more volume in the comic series to reach the end of the Life in the North book.
You can download both here:
The System Apocalypse Comic Issue 6:...
2020-08-26 18:01:09 +0000 UTC View PostWe talked about Bob in the previous example who might end up going trad pub since he's not that interested in building a career. but let's talk about Sue next.
Sue's a little different from Bob. She's a housewife, takes care of her kids and loves writing; but isn't sure if he wants to become a full-time author. It'd be nice, but it's really tough she knows. On the other hand, she has some...
2020-08-19 21:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis isn't a completely wrong myth. In fact, it's the most common advice given to new writers - and I give it too all the time. All too often, writers will write one book, do a bunch of marketing, see some sales, drop off the 30 day cliff and then stop and come into other author groups asking - 'what other marketing things should I do?'.
And the more experienced authors all shout - go wri...
2020-08-12 20:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, we did a ton of theory, but let's talk a few examples. We'll call example one, Bob.
Bob wants to write a book. He's not sure he ever wants to write more than one, it's kind of a bucket list item. He's thinking what he'd like to write a biography of his grandfather or perhaps, a full historical war novel around world war 2.
In that sense, he's not sure he'll ever do more tha...
2020-08-05 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
One of the short stories I created for A Thousand Li. This was recorded by Travis, and I'm hoping to have a second short done too.
It's also available for purchase, and I'm going to see if I can get it up on ACX (and it's downloadable as a file from newsletter people).
2020-08-04 00:28:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello,
As you might know, the audiobook for The First War has been published on 28th. And we've got some codes for you!
Since all codes are one-time use, please comment here or drop me a line so I can send your personal code. Available only for Legendary class, Heroic class, and Master class patrons.
I left the instructions on redeeming your code below, becaus...
2020-07-30 13:36:49 +0000 UTC View PostAll this information is great, but how do you build your promotional and marketing plan? Well, here it is in brief.
Promotional Plan Development Steps
1) Decide what your promotional plan looks like in terms of the sales funnel and awareness with reference to your brand and business objective
This might mean taking out author interviews if...
2020-07-22 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostI've been feeling a little stressed and tired.
My shoulders / neck have started acting up again, putting me in near constant pain. I'm not sure if it's the cold that refuses to go away, the sudden bout of chill (temperatures dropping down to like 2C at night) or just the old injury flaring up.
That's made me less happy about working, but I have a schedule to keep so I'm pecking away...
2020-07-21 17:27:16 +0000 UTC View PostThis is a post I did on an Author Group, so I figured I'd repost it here and then expand a little:
First, and most important point - NOT A LAWYER. I don't even play one on TV.
That being said, I've recently had my own run in with a predatory contract (EMP Entertainment) and I wanted to reiterate a few points.
- Read your contracts.
In fact, if you...
Got these done recently. Loving them so much.
I'm considering having a bunch of merchandise made with this, like mugs or stickers or even t-shirts. What do people think? Obviously, we'd add information on the series above (like A Thousand Li) and the character name in smaller type below.
2020-07-16 18:55:31 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, last week I tackled the most common (and in many ways, the most effective promotional tactics that indie authors use. This week, I'm going to list and discuss some more generic websites and other types of promotional tools.
Search Engine Marketing (SEM)
In terms of SEM, there are two major areas - getting good Search Engine Rankings on Pages (SER...
2020-07-15 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostSo, I've been thinking about my writing schedules and how I want to handle my writing going forward. I think, partly for my sanity and partly to appease the inner demons, I'm switching things up slightly.
Monday to Thursday - I write on my main series. Which is generally either A Thousand Li or System Apocalypse.
Friday - I work on a secondary project. Right now, that's editing the ...
2020-07-11 01:10:41 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, I was asked to do a post about indie publishing and common misconceptions, so here we go:
1) Series sell better than stand-alones, but book 1 will always sell the best
Generally, the best way to make money indie publishing is to publish series. The corollary to that is that book 1 will always sell better than any other book. So, if you sold a 100...
2020-07-08 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHi guys;
Welcome to the patron section. I've got a lot to catch up on, just got back from my camping trip. Was a ton of fun and I'll get some photos up.
This was up in Tombstone, an even more remote National Park. I also visited Dawson City and have a short story brewing in my head which will feature the city itself. It'll be kinda cool to do, especially with the way it'll have chan...
2020-07-05 05:55:57 +0000 UTC View Post