Hi Everyone,
Sorry, I've been a little quiet lately. The main reason behind my silence has been that I've buried myself in (attempts at) marketing recently, trying to learn the arcane intricacies of selling more books. To that end, I've been checking out a few of Dale L Roberts' books (@selfpubwithdale) and found some really useful insights into keywords, marketing and reviews. I'd definitely recommend checking them out if you're involved in self publishing. I also took the plunge recently and purchased the Publisher Rocket Software (publisherrocket.com). This software is really helping me to discover what people actually search on Amazon and will hopefully help me make my books more discoverable on the big A and lead to more sales in the future. You can also use Publisher Rocket to generate tons of terms for your Amazon Ads, if you're running them. I've already updated my keywords as a result of the info I've gleaned from Publisher Rocket so far and will let you all know how things go! I'm also currently running a Kindle Countdown offer in the UK on my first book, Central Locking (51% Off!) so if the idea of someone's self drive car going haywire and kidnapping them sounds interesting to you, maybe check it out at www.amazon.co.uk/Central-Locking-D-T-Wilby-ebook/dp/B00NYDT7G8/ One thing hasn't changed though, marketing is still a hellish dirge! In other news, edits for my Early Adopters Anthology, Early Adopters: Cycle One are still ongoing, with three stories done and dusted. The collection is meant to be fully drafted, but I may still try and sneak one more story in before publication. My now more realistic predictions for release are 'sometime this year' - we'll see how that goes! I also recently wrote a space based sci-fi story to feature on the sci-fi blog iheartscifi.com. You can read Get Red Zedd's Head over there at iheartscifi.com/get-red-zedds-head-by-d-t-wilby/ and while you're over there, definitely check out Seth's awesome blog for all things sci-fi! Until next time - stay safe everyone D.T.
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Hey Everyone, Just wanted to jump on and give you all a quick update on where I am with a few things (since i committed to blogging more regularly!) Right, most importantly, the first draft of my latest Early Adopters story is complete (phew). It began life entitled Another Boring Meeting but ended up being called Blood on the Carpet. Coming after the events of all the other stories in Cycle One, emphasis switches to MiliTech (the bad guys) as they lick their wounds and take stock. This is also the final story in this first collection, so hopefully it ties everything together and throws in a few cliffhangers (like all endings should). This means I'm now editing (argh!) and should hopefully get the compilation out on Amazon by late March/Early April. I've had so much fun so far writing my Early Adopters stuff and can't wait to show it to everyone. I also now have Cycle Two pretty much planned out, although I'm not sure if I'll do short stories again with what comes next or a straight up novel. Anyway, back to the editing. I've pretty much edited the first story in the collection, We Are Gargoyle. As a little teaser of what to expect, I'm going to release this as a standalone on Amazon too - sort of a lead in to the Early Adopters Universe. Hopefully I should have it ready for the weekend, but until then, here's a peek at the cover, work by the awesome @humblenations over at www.goonwrite.com I'm also really looking forward to reading a couple of new releases soon. The awesome Cyberpunk Anthology Neo Cyberpunk features 15 amazing stories by some fantastic writers - you can learn more on my Book of the Month page on here. COLONY by Benjamin Cross (@BenCross_author) also sounds amazing and is doing fantastically well in the Amazon charts - you can check it out here www.amazon.co.uk/Colony-Benjamin-Cross-ebook/dp/B08SCGDMNM/
I've almost finished Complete Darkness by Matt Alcock (@cleric20) too. So far, its a fantastic book with a touch of Douglas Adams, only much, much darker. The book definitely lives up to its reviews. Once I've finished it, hopefully I can get Matt on here for a Five Question Author Interview. Good luck to everyone participating in #sffpit this week. I contemplated putting Early Adopters: Cycle One up as part of it, but wasn't sure how anthologies would get on and to be honest I think I'm far too committed to seeing these stories out there ASAP now. Once that's done though, I'm thinking of breaking with by own convention and developing two WIPs at once, one for self pub and for the other one at least giving the trad pub roller coaster a try (sounds like fun!). Enjoyed watching Godzilla (2014) this weekend too, ahead of Godzilla vs Kong. It was just as I expected it to be, stupid and awesome. Probably something we could do with a little more of right now. Until next time - stay safe! D.T. |
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