Post by limebirdmike on Mar 24, 2012 15:08:22 GMT
In an effort to try and boost the Indie Books section, I thought I'd post a brief comment on my own small offering to the world of Indie Books: The Powers that be trilogy by (me) M.J.Ryder.
I first started writing PTB just after I turned 18 and spent the following years building a world, and to a certain extent, learning the art and craft of the writer. Having written upward of 250,000 words on the complete trilogy in 2010 I decided that it would be an interesting project to see if I could actually turn my books into a properly printed work. After a great deal of effort (and stress), I finally launched my book! Click here to learn more.
I haven't really put any major effort into it marketing-wise, but I did print around 50 copies, and sold most of them.
If anyone is interested in reading PTB, I do have a few copies left (if you're based in the UK), or I will send electronic PDFs for a small contribution to my PayPal account :-)
If you search through the old journal blogs on my website, you can follow my self-publishing project from its start to finish, with various rants, and observations in-between on my website www.mjryder.net. I also have my own writer FB page MJRyder
You may be interested to know, I am currently working on a (much shorter) follow-up called The Darkest Hour. I'm just preparing the final manuscript (only about 50k words surprisingly), which I will share with a few close friends, hopefully before Easter.
Any thoughts or questions, do please post below :-)
I first started writing PTB just after I turned 18 and spent the following years building a world, and to a certain extent, learning the art and craft of the writer. Having written upward of 250,000 words on the complete trilogy in 2010 I decided that it would be an interesting project to see if I could actually turn my books into a properly printed work. After a great deal of effort (and stress), I finally launched my book! Click here to learn more.
I haven't really put any major effort into it marketing-wise, but I did print around 50 copies, and sold most of them.
If anyone is interested in reading PTB, I do have a few copies left (if you're based in the UK), or I will send electronic PDFs for a small contribution to my PayPal account :-)
If you search through the old journal blogs on my website, you can follow my self-publishing project from its start to finish, with various rants, and observations in-between on my website www.mjryder.net. I also have my own writer FB page MJRyder
You may be interested to know, I am currently working on a (much shorter) follow-up called The Darkest Hour. I'm just preparing the final manuscript (only about 50k words surprisingly), which I will share with a few close friends, hopefully before Easter.
Any thoughts or questions, do please post below :-)