A book a month

I didn’t just crash into Indie-publishing with two books and a third coming out next week. This looks weird without context and I realize I haven’t given any context as to why I’ve pulled a book out of my ass every two weeks.

I touched on it a little bit in previous posts, particularly The Night Dredes but with the third book in the series coming out next week, we’re on to the other books scheduled for release. A book every month clear into next year, to be precise.

So, no, I don’t write a book in a month… I mean, I do, but I don’t just throw them out the minute I write them. I’ve been a writer for nearly fifteen years. I’ve studied the craft, workshopped with peers, attended classes, conferences with editors and agents alike, I’ve worked with dozens of industry professionals. Over the years I’ve learned to write fast and well enough that my editors don’t hate me.

In hopes of traditional publishing, I’ve hung on to most of my projects. Over the years they’ve sat in a file named “The Dragon’s Hord” where they wait. And that means that when someone asks to read my work, I open the file like a trench coat and show them my wares.

There’s over a dozen of these stories because yes, that’s how long I’ve been trying to get an agent.

Me and the other writers in the same situation like to joke that the agents see our names and roll their eyes. I’m convinced the only way I’ll be signed is if the literary agents collectively come together and draw straws. And that’s not changing any time soon, someone has to take that bullet because I’m nothing if not persistant.

Anyway, so the rate I’m going I could publish a book a month well into the next year and still have more stories to tell. This is a great position to be in as an indie-writer, but not so much as a traditional writer. And I could hang on to these stories forever but I’d really love it if they were read. As fun as it would be to pull a V.C Andrews, I’d really like for people to enjoy my work now and not after I’m dead.

I can’t see fanfic/fanart if I’m dead.

So there you have it. Every month on the 10th, I’ll publish a new book until I run out of books or sanity. The latter will likely occur first.