From: nicky.matthews@btinternet.com   
      
   On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 9:39:22 AM UTC+1, Jacey Bedford wrote:   
   > On 17/08/2014 23:23, Nicky wrote:   
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   > >   Ok I have been having a sort out and clearing the decks  and    
   re-aquainted myself with my trunk novels.   
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   > > I have a YA novel which I'll never sell   
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   > > A chick lit novel I'll probably never sell   
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   > > A weird demon/chick lit thing I'll definitely never sell.   
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   > > Do you think it is best to edit them and self publish/send out again or   
   focus on something new that I might sell?   
      
      
      
      
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   > If you've already got a following _and_ some way of reaching out to   
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   > them, or if you are particularly good at marketing and are willing to   
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   > put the time and effort into promote, promote, promoting, then self   
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   > publishing can be great.   
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   > I think probably 90% of people who self publish without the above are   
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   > disappointed.   
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   > Are you sure you'd 'never sell' them or is it just that your agent isn't   
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   > working particularly well for you right now? It may be that what you   
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   > think is a slump in the market is a slump in your agent.   
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   Well I haven't spoken to my agent for a loooong time.   
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   > FWIW I'd buy the demon chick-lit novel. Are you sure you'd never sell   
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   > them? It sounds good to me.   
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   Well I used to think that stuff that had been hanging around for years   
   probably wouldn't go anywhere but I was stunned when you said your original   
   draft of your sold story predates most of my stuff. So that's a lesson.   
   You might remember the opening of the demon story. It came from an argument   
   here about starting in the wrong place. Unfortunately I think it does start in   
   the wrong place : )   
    My agent liked it but thought humour too hard a sell - there were other   
   problems too but none of them unfixable. I just put it to one side and wrote   
   something else. I am not very good at redrafting.   
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   > My new book is due from DAW on 4th November 2014.   
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   > Empire of Dust, A Psi-tech Novel   
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   > by Jacey Bedford   
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