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Publishing Progress
Dec. 21st, 2009 01:00 amSo... I've just signed the contract for The Requiem of Janus and sent it in.
I am so EXCITED about this. I feel like I've been given some validation as a writer.
I mean, I know that I'm rather popular in fanfiction. I've built up some renown for my FF7 and Bleach stories. That I will admit because it's true and any sort of modesty would just be fake and rather immodest of me. I know I have at least five fans that read everything I write just because I wrote it and that's so flattering one wouldn't know how I feel about that. Geez, just knowing that I'll write it and they'll read it is enough motivation to press fingers to the keys, even when I'm feeling uninspired.
BUT, that is fanfiction. And my original fiction has not quite taken off like my fanfiction. I push and push and try to drive people to read it, but I can't seem to entice anyone. As a result, it doesn't get updated nearly as often as my fanfiction and that's partly my own fault. I keep saying that I'm going to focus on my original fiction, but I'm so enamored of the notice I get for my fanfiction that I always end up back focusing on it rather than the stuff that's mine alone. A quandary.
Admittedly, I have a hard time reading original fiction myself. One, because it tends to be so cliche and awful that I'm turned off by it. Two, because I have a hard time picturing the characters and I don't already see the ties that could be between them. It makes me a rather lazy reader, I suppose. So I can see why original fiction would be something difficult to sell.
Anyway, with that long tangent, what I'm trying to say is that I haven't received any validation as an original writer which has always made me question my ability to create something new and interesting enough to invite readers to partake in it.
But now, I'm beginning to believe that my original works might actually be interesting. That a publisher is willing to take a chance on The Requiem of Janus (after I have already suffered one rejection) is a wonderful thing. And it may only be an e-book, but for a slashy fiction, that's the best medium, I think. That cuts down on costs.
So I hope (all my fingers crossed) that I can sell some copies of this book and prove the publisher's faith in me. I'm going to do my damnedest to promote this thing. Pushing and pushing and writing side stories to try and entice readers. I really want to prove that I will be an asset to them rather than a regret.
I am so EXCITED about this. I feel like I've been given some validation as a writer.
I mean, I know that I'm rather popular in fanfiction. I've built up some renown for my FF7 and Bleach stories. That I will admit because it's true and any sort of modesty would just be fake and rather immodest of me. I know I have at least five fans that read everything I write just because I wrote it and that's so flattering one wouldn't know how I feel about that. Geez, just knowing that I'll write it and they'll read it is enough motivation to press fingers to the keys, even when I'm feeling uninspired.
BUT, that is fanfiction. And my original fiction has not quite taken off like my fanfiction. I push and push and try to drive people to read it, but I can't seem to entice anyone. As a result, it doesn't get updated nearly as often as my fanfiction and that's partly my own fault. I keep saying that I'm going to focus on my original fiction, but I'm so enamored of the notice I get for my fanfiction that I always end up back focusing on it rather than the stuff that's mine alone. A quandary.
Admittedly, I have a hard time reading original fiction myself. One, because it tends to be so cliche and awful that I'm turned off by it. Two, because I have a hard time picturing the characters and I don't already see the ties that could be between them. It makes me a rather lazy reader, I suppose. So I can see why original fiction would be something difficult to sell.
Anyway, with that long tangent, what I'm trying to say is that I haven't received any validation as an original writer which has always made me question my ability to create something new and interesting enough to invite readers to partake in it.
But now, I'm beginning to believe that my original works might actually be interesting. That a publisher is willing to take a chance on The Requiem of Janus (after I have already suffered one rejection) is a wonderful thing. And it may only be an e-book, but for a slashy fiction, that's the best medium, I think. That cuts down on costs.
So I hope (all my fingers crossed) that I can sell some copies of this book and prove the publisher's faith in me. I'm going to do my damnedest to promote this thing. Pushing and pushing and writing side stories to try and entice readers. I really want to prove that I will be an asset to them rather than a regret.
