Everyone wants to be a successful author - even people who've never written a book. Mention television and movie deals and people even start salivating. But those of us who have actually published know there is a vast distance between getting an ISBN number and actually selling books. For most of us the numbers, at least in the early days, are so few and far between that we … [Read more...]
The Chutzpah of Selling Books
I admit it. I’ll do just about anything to sell copies of my novels. It’s a constant battle to get you, oh reader, to notice me. I even go on Facebook and other social media to make comments and include a link to http://www.author kenweene.com/. See. I just did it to you. An author can’t afford shame, especially when his (her) books are published by a small press, the kind … [Read more...]
Why Bother Writing?
Why bother? Isn’t it easier to not write, not get frustrated with all those rejection letters, the people who think you should have changed this character or that outcome? Then there’s the P.R., the endless battle to get your book noticed. You can obsess about your standing on Amazon, not realizing that just one order may swing your title fifty places on that list. You can … [Read more...]