Well.... I got a bit too excited by the interest by that Total Recall Press showing interest in The Illumination Query.
I had already signed their contract that left me responsible for only $15 and canceled the whole publishizer campaign when yesterday the TRP guy comes back to tell me that they can't get started on processing my book until I agree to another contract where I owe them something like $267.
When I objected they did at least let me out of the first contract.
So now instead of redoing the whole publishizer attempt to attract a publisher (I've already had the book turned down by all the agents I pitched it to) I'm going to go ahead and Self-Publish. Hey, I still like the story and have multiple sequels planned and partially written.
I may be big-headed enough to tell myself that The Illumination Query is equivalent to The Gunslinger and my Speed of Darkness books will be loved as much as The Dark Tower books, but whatever the truth may be, I am going to get it published. Probably in the next week or so, once I'm completely satisfied with the formatting.
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Sunday, May 27, 2018
Friday, February 23, 2018
Video on YouTube
Today I spent too much time putting together a YouTube video. I've just about given up on finding an agent for the first book in my Speed of Darkness series. I just keep telling myself that Stephen King's book The Gunslinger first came out through a minor publisher so I assume it had no agent either. And that is the first book of his Dark Tower series. So it's not hopeless for my Nigel Hunter character.
So for a couple of days I've been collecting free Chromebook programs to make YouTube videos. I already posted one trial that I made with a program that pastes a huge ad for themselves on top of the video, but that was bugging me, so I found a better editor that has no watermark.
And now I've made my video that's just over 2 minutes.
I still need to edit it a bit, but I'm pretty happy with the video now, and I think I can stop video editing for the day. Here it is:
https://youtu.be/v3aFFQ1nsHE
Roland Deschain eventually made his way into books that sold multi-millions of copies!
I've been looking at a website that I can use to pitch it to multiple publishers without an agent. One of the things that they require is a description on YouTube.So for a couple of days I've been collecting free Chromebook programs to make YouTube videos. I already posted one trial that I made with a program that pastes a huge ad for themselves on top of the video, but that was bugging me, so I found a better editor that has no watermark.
And now I've made my video that's just over 2 minutes.
I still need to edit it a bit, but I'm pretty happy with the video now, and I think I can stop video editing for the day. Here it is:
https://youtu.be/v3aFFQ1nsHE
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