Novels for sale

Writing novels is fun at every stage but it’s like building yachts, the biggest job is to get the hull laid up but it represents only about a quarter of the cost. The real money is made by the add-ons, the galley, the electronics and the rigging. With novels it’s the publicity and advertising and all the personal appearances and talks that are wearing. It’s easy to self publish but the rest is a minefield for the unaware. With help from a professional consultant, Lorraine Mace, I have begun rewriting what I self published. While I may give out a few of those to friends and try a market here and there, I am determined to get an agent. If, after the first hundred, no one is interested, then the books won’t sell enough to cover their cost of production anyway and I’m not going to rush madly about trying to be a salesman. The annoying thing is that I’ve been going for several years and have a core readership who are continually asking when the sequel to Welcome to Oakhaven is coming out, or when O’Reilly’s Daughter will become a novel. I’m looking forward to the writing but not the energy sapping add-ons. In the meantime I’m trying to earn enough from short stories to pay for advice.Getting advice about writing