The Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance

Mike Dunn wrote:Cool. Just ordered Glamour and the two PEBA books. I love real books.

As it turns out, Amy’s post has things almost right when it comes to Glamour of the God-Touched (and the whole SGTM series) in that it had a many-twisted path to its birthing. I originally envisioned them years ago as a series of novellas, but I wrote them as novels because that’s what I thought I needed to do to be “commercial.” I wrote on them, and wrote on them, and wrote on them. For years, actually. But they didn’t breathe right, and when I would talk to publishers about them, and the editors or agents would get excited, but then kind of scratch their heads and go other directions. Truthfully, I don’t think that even I liked them in that format. But that’s what I thought they needed to be to “sell.” But, after years of setting the story aside, and then trying it out again, and setting it aside, I finally decided to do it the way I originally envisioned them. Suddenly they spoke to me again. I know what I want to say with them, you know? They pulled at things inside me. And when I put them together the way I originally envisioned them, I knew I was in the right space. I’m proud of them.

For example, when I pitched SGTM as serial fantasy novellas to editors and agents in the traditional markets (which I did), they all just kinda grinned and said “we can’t sell novellas.” Which is marketing speak for “we don’t see sales opportunity out there.” And, for the way they market, they are probably right. Or at least, they can make more money if they spend their capital on art products that will have a better “hit rate” with the reading public.
Hence, it was either find very small press, or do it through Skyfox. Ten years ago, that wouldn’t have been an option, but now it is. And so that’s what I’ve done.

Cliff Hangers wrote:Fun fact of the night...Glamour of the God-Touched is in the top 20 in the UK Dark Fantasy List! (#19 ... if you catch it quick!).

Cliff Hangers wrote:Fun fact of the night...Glamour of the God-Touched is in the top 20 in the UK Dark Fantasy List! (#19 ... if you catch it quick!).

Cliff Hangers wrote:In other words... A sale or review in week one or week two can create more sales than a sale or review in week six or week seven. If you want to support your favorite authors (not just me!), early action always beats waiting.

Cliff Hangers wrote:In order to ensure the book is available at various sites on "launch day" (11/30) I've made the print version of volume 2, Trail of the Torean available now.