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fundinmental would like to welcome Karen A Bell and share her thoughts about the current publishing market. Hi Karen, take it away.
What do you think about the current publishing market?
For me it’s rough. I can’t get an agent with the deluge of writers out there. I don’t write blockbuster plots, fantasy series, erotica verging on porn, fan fiction, dystopias, or young adult. Unfortunately, that’s what sells. That’s what agent’s look for. I keep hoping my next book will find a traditional publisher and so I try. I would like my writing to become a career instead of a hobby. But then again, I have a great life, travel a lot, no deadlines, write when I feel like it. I get excellent reviews and that pleases me. In fact, Kirkus gave, When a Stranger Comes…a great review—called it “riveting”.
When I first started writing, self-publishing was new on Amazon, just eight years ago. The market share for getting readers was wide open. When I did my first freebie I got 2000 downloads with no advertising, booked an ad with a company that had email lists and sold more than 100 copies in an afternoon. Those numbers have come down to trickles with all the competition for eyes. I get jealous when I see a self-published author with 12,000+ reviews. How did the author do that? So I try to learn and I take online courses where the free course leads to a paid course of several hundred dollars—bottom feeders. All discouraging on the sales end, but the writing keeps me enthralled, the excellent reviews nourish my soul.
Psychological category
realize she’s been transported to an alternate universe. Here, she
meets media mogul and publisher King Blakemore who offers her a
lucrative book contract that will guarantee her comeback.
contract’s been signed. Now what can she do?
this hellish existence but to no avail. Can Alexa find her way out of
this nightmare?
heart-stopping, psychological thriller with some magical realism
thrown in.
choose just the right word, to make sure each sentence has the right
cadence. I appreciate other writers who respect the craft in this
way, and I hope my readers do so with me. Writing is a need, a desire
for expression, and springs from well within my subconscious mind.
Thoughts rise up, scenes rise up and blend in with the over-arching
story. These thoughts emerge whenever they want to and wherever I am
and probably not when I am at the computer. The computer is for the
craft, the technique. The thoughts come during walks, or while
driving the car, or at the grocery store. I am the willing recipient
of these thoughts and so they seek me out. It’s a mystery this
business and art of writing and it keeps me enthralled.
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This sounds scary good.
For sure! Good luck, Mary.
I definitely want to read this. And I love that simple cover too!
Yes and yes. I wish I had time to read all these tour books, but….
No questions for the author – sounds interesting
Good luck Mary.
Bet this will be a good read!
I’m with you Peggy!
Thanks for the great giveaway!
This book looks like an amazing read!
Great minds think alike. Good luck Mindy.