Idea - Sowing the Seeds
Well the first book has been released for over two months, and I have to wait till April to find out if it is selling well or not.
From a few emails I have received it seems those people who have emailed me liked it. There are always worries as an author that people are not going to like your work, so even though ive only had 3 or 4 emails, they have all been very positive.
The main problem with writing a book is that once you get the final product in your hand, there is a long pause before anything else happens. Ive mentioned it on my website before as Writers depression, where you have the book and now what. Another issue is that as a computer book it is never going to set the world alight and be in the high 100's within the book charts, and it's certainly never going to get any votes in any book awards. So you have to be prepared as a computer book writer, that recognition is going to be pretty much low.
Ive always wanted to write a book and have done it, but now what? Well there is a weird empty space now that i'm not writing, and not looking forward to anything. So I decided, rightly or wrongly to consider a second book (even though I know of the issues of computer game book writing).
So I initially put forward an idea, which got alittle stuck in the mud, due to being to familiar to books already released by the publisher. Well after having a long think, I sent off another idea that I had, and was well received. So spending a weekend putting together some more ideas, and emailing a few people who would need to be involved in the project (because writing a book you will always need help), I had a draft outline.
Now! Things never run smoothly do they? Unfortunately the person who was behind my project idea has put in his resignation, but fortunately for me the idea has been passed onto another person who wants to at least progress the idea further.
Well nothing is signed as of yet, but a full proposal needs to be sent off for the start of next week. So I think its getting there. With regards to the idea, it's pretty cool, and will need alot of work to make it a really interesting project but if it gets the go ahead it will certainly be an excellant second book.
Shame I have to work full time for a living or I could have written half of it by now, but hey have to pay the mortgage somehow :D
Thats it for now, tune in next time for an update to the project!
From a few emails I have received it seems those people who have emailed me liked it. There are always worries as an author that people are not going to like your work, so even though ive only had 3 or 4 emails, they have all been very positive.
The main problem with writing a book is that once you get the final product in your hand, there is a long pause before anything else happens. Ive mentioned it on my website before as Writers depression, where you have the book and now what. Another issue is that as a computer book it is never going to set the world alight and be in the high 100's within the book charts, and it's certainly never going to get any votes in any book awards. So you have to be prepared as a computer book writer, that recognition is going to be pretty much low.
Ive always wanted to write a book and have done it, but now what? Well there is a weird empty space now that i'm not writing, and not looking forward to anything. So I decided, rightly or wrongly to consider a second book (even though I know of the issues of computer game book writing).
So I initially put forward an idea, which got alittle stuck in the mud, due to being to familiar to books already released by the publisher. Well after having a long think, I sent off another idea that I had, and was well received. So spending a weekend putting together some more ideas, and emailing a few people who would need to be involved in the project (because writing a book you will always need help), I had a draft outline.
Now! Things never run smoothly do they? Unfortunately the person who was behind my project idea has put in his resignation, but fortunately for me the idea has been passed onto another person who wants to at least progress the idea further.
Well nothing is signed as of yet, but a full proposal needs to be sent off for the start of next week. So I think its getting there. With regards to the idea, it's pretty cool, and will need alot of work to make it a really interesting project but if it gets the go ahead it will certainly be an excellant second book.
Shame I have to work full time for a living or I could have written half of it by now, but hey have to pay the mortgage somehow :D
Thats it for now, tune in next time for an update to the project!
posted by Jason Darby at 3:58 PM
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