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2011 Business Plan in Review Start up publishing company Check! Doing it was easy. Finding a name for the publishing company was hard. It took almost two months of thinking, putting up ideas on a dry-erase board, and researching domain names before I settled on “Star Catcher Publishing.” Set up Distribution and Retailer Accounts Again, [...] I once had a business plan. I worked several days on it, refining and tweaking various goals. Then I got to the list of the books. And I’ve already finished and published most of them. I knew going into this that once I got going I would probably move forward a bit faster than expected. [...] The Indie Author. So many challenges, so much to learn. So much to watch out for, so much to take responsibility for. And so much fun! One big plus to the Indie movement is the ability to write what you love instead of writing to editorial or marketing department demands. This means the readers are [...] Kris Kathryn Rusch wrote a great post called “The Business Rusch: Popcorn Kittens!” about the exciting possibilities of going Indie. That the writer can write to what they and the reader wants, not to what an editor, agent, or publisher wants. Heady freedom, but it comes at a price. As she mentioned: “Each time I [...] A cover is one of the most important marketing tools for a book. Humans are visual creatures. We love color, movement, action, mood, shadows, and shape. Each of us is personally drawn to a different combination of the above. But for book covers certain aspects seem to work more consistently. Hehe, for the most part. [...] I’ve now sorted through the list of Main Plots. While this is a huge step towards organizing the series, there is still a lot more work to do. The Subplot list has been patiently waiting its turn, and now it’s rarin’ to go! The Subplots are the smaller bits of Spice that make books so [...] As of the last post, I had two columns of ideas: Main Plots and Subplots. However, in order to plot out and write the first book, they needed to be organized. I needed to know exactly what needed to go in the first book, and what ideas needed to be held off for future books. [...] So, it’s official. For “Salmon Run” the decision is to go with Open Series Stand-Alone novellas. But, what does this mean for the planning? For one, it defines what the series needs to fit into. The full list now is: New project Project must be ready for release somewhere between January to March 2011 Novella [...] |
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