The Waiting Game - Part 2

This authoring lark is a bit hit and miss. Because its computer games based and not the more financially rewarding "Fiction", I suspect (and this is just a thought) that publishers are not so much in a rush to get the next project up and running. I can understand this fully, as they dont want to waste 6-8 months work on a book that wont sell. Though as an author of one book, the need to complete a second book is quite an unsettling feeling. Even with one book out and a number of magazine articles, I still dont feel like a proper author. I wonder if its the subject matter or the fact that since completing my first book, Ive always felt that to be a proper author you need to have two or three books released.

Well the person who is going to approve the work was off all week, until today. So it was another week of not doing any work on the new book idea. You certainly have to be patient if you want to write computer based books. No matter how hard I try I cannot start something until I get the all go. Perhaps its all the work thats required, that I dont want to start using all my weekends up like last year.

Well hopefully i will get some good news this week, so i can make a start. Though if approval comes through, theres still waiting contracts etc and getting approvals.

Oh well, back to the normal day job I suppose!

The Waiting Game

A new proposal has now been created and sent off to the publishers. They will look at it from Monday. Im pretty excited about it, as when i search amazon etc, there are no books that could touch it from the content point of view. Its very much like the first book in the sense that it's really pushing the boundaries of something different.

Well as the title says, its just a waiting game now, have to see what the publisher thinks of it. I hope they see the benefits of this books as I do. At the moment, there is only one similar book and to be honest its no where near the same with regards to interest or content.

If it does get approved next week, then there will need to be alot of behind the scenes work, but I will go more into detail of that "if" it goes ahead.

Im still considering writing another couple of articles and sending them off to magazines, but Im pretty much pushed for time at the moment, but we shall see.

My next post should hopefully bring some good news :D

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!