A Bold New Step
So, today kicks off the spanking-new website for Savage Worlds Publishers.
I'd like to say hello and thank you for taking the time to read my blog. I'm a writer, mainly in the epic fantasy genre, but I have been known to dabble in crime. I currently have 8 books finished and two more coming along. This is my new blog, Savagely Speaking. It's the blog for my new endeavour, nothing less than my own publishing company.
But why? Why another publisher? For me, it's more an act of defiance than anything else. I have a publisher that I will not name. They told me, "Go write, we'll handle the rest."
So, one year later, the book still sits idle. The only reviews it has are the couple I've chased down. It has no advertising unless you count the re-tweets of my tweets that were made as marketing. There are sales, but I never know about them so that I can market. It's been this way for a year now. Oh yes, another winning reason to move on; every royalty check so far (even though they're pitiful) came along unsigned.
As in "Oh gee, I forgot to sign them...again."
So, since I have to do all the work anyway, I might as well be my own publisher. Eventually, I'll sign other writers in. I have a friend who is absolutely smashing, and she'll be doing a bit of blogging too. Her books will have you standing up and cheering!
So, wish me luck and check back often. I definitely foresee silliness, nerdishness and unadulterated book blasphemy ahead.
Thanks for reading...
Ed Ireland
I'd like to say hello and thank you for taking the time to read my blog. I'm a writer, mainly in the epic fantasy genre, but I have been known to dabble in crime. I currently have 8 books finished and two more coming along. This is my new blog, Savagely Speaking. It's the blog for my new endeavour, nothing less than my own publishing company.
But why? Why another publisher? For me, it's more an act of defiance than anything else. I have a publisher that I will not name. They told me, "Go write, we'll handle the rest."
So, one year later, the book still sits idle. The only reviews it has are the couple I've chased down. It has no advertising unless you count the re-tweets of my tweets that were made as marketing. There are sales, but I never know about them so that I can market. It's been this way for a year now. Oh yes, another winning reason to move on; every royalty check so far (even though they're pitiful) came along unsigned.
As in "Oh gee, I forgot to sign them...again."
So, since I have to do all the work anyway, I might as well be my own publisher. Eventually, I'll sign other writers in. I have a friend who is absolutely smashing, and she'll be doing a bit of blogging too. Her books will have you standing up and cheering!
So, wish me luck and check back often. I definitely foresee silliness, nerdishness and unadulterated book blasphemy ahead.
Thanks for reading...
Ed Ireland
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