Back Inaction

I haven't posted in a while, not because of any lack of activity but because I put my back out at work, and when I'm not at work I have no internet. Ergo, I can't make updates here. On the plus side, being away from work has given me some extra writing time. Which I have mostly been using to play video games, but also to write. Prioritising is not my strong suit.

My Goodreads giveaway finished up on November 7th, and I've shipped the books to five lucky winners. The giveaway attracted over a thousand entrants, and over 400 of those put Jack Manley on their to-read lists; but, as I suspected, none of this has translated into sales. To be honest I'm more interested in getting people to read my book then getting them to pay for it, but that's easier said then done.  The giveaway got five copies out to people, but at my expense, so that's not viable on a large scale.

To that end, I made the kindle edition free on Amazon for two days (the 18th and 19th of November). Of course, given that I've been away from the internet for a while, I wasn't able to promote it, so I probably didn't attract as much interest as I could have. I got about 130 downloads. Again, there's no money in it, but the egotist in me loves getting eyeballs on my work.

WHAT ELSE I'M WORKING ON

Aside from The Lightless Labyrinth and the Marvel Comics Guidebook, I've been tossing some more Jack Manley ideas around in my head. I always intended to write more about him, and I have no shortage of stories to tell. In the interest of keeping my productivity up, and getting my work out there on a regular basis, I'm thinking of releasing Manley's adventures as a serial. Once a month a new installment would come out, available for free, and when a complete story is ready it would be collected in paperback and e-book format. It's a model that works for web-comics, and I'd like to see if I can make it work for prose. More on this as it develops.

OTHER TIME-WASTING ACTIVITIES

What I've Been Reading
About Time Vol. 4 by Tat Wood and Lawrence Miles
Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Good On Paper by Andrew Morgan

What I've Been Watching
Torchwood: Children of Earth
Red Dwarf season 6

What I've Been Listening To
Innuendo by Queen

What I've Been Playing
New Super Mario Bros. Wii on the Nintendo Wii