From: nicky.matthews@btinternet.com   
      
   > Nicky wrote:   
       
   > > I am comfortable with pseudonyms! None of them are like the work I've sold   
   >    
   > > so there's no point in using  my usual name.   
   >    
   Michelle wrote   
   >    
   > I'm not sure that is true.   
      
   > If you self-publish under a name that you have published under   
   >    
   > traditionally the books will be taken more seriously than if you   
   >    
   > self-publish under a name that has only been self-published under.   
      
   > The thing is, see, that ANYBODY can self-publish, including people who   
   >    
   > really can't write.     
      
   >    
   > If the buyer knows that you've sold traditionally, they will feel more   
   >    
   > confident about your writing ability, and it will be easier for them to   
   >    
   > decide to take the gamble.   
   >    
   This is true and why I'm probably going to join a group of UK children's   
   writers known as Author's Electric. There are some great writers there and   
   they are all trad published as well.    
   However there are a number of reasons why I don't want to use the N M Browne   
   name.   
    I have written as Nicola Matthews for younger children - so long ago that all   
   of the titles are out of print and I think I'd prefer to build on that.    
   >    
   > On average, self-published authors do way worse than traditionally   
   >    
   > published authors.   
   >    
   >    
   >    
   > BUT "Hybrid" authors, that's authors who do both, tend to do very well   
   >    
   > indeed, better even than the traditionally published ones.   
   >    
   Yes. I think that is probably true but as you have found in self publishing it   
   is confusing for readers if you write very different stuff under the same   
   name. The book I am considering is more like the material I used to write   
   years ago than my most    
   recent stuff.   
   You have got me thinking though and as I don't really want to write anything   
   like it again, self pubbing may not be a good route as not only  will I not   
   get any readership  from an existing fan base but I won't be building a new   
   fan base either. It will    
   just sink into a very large pit without trace.   
      
   > Only... I don't think "I never really liked this story and I'm just   
   >    
   > trying to get it out of my drawer" is the best attitude to go into   
   >    
   > self-publishing with, even as a hybrid author.    
   >    
   And I think you've nailed it there. This is a one off story. I don't want to   
   write a sequel and I'm not very interested in writing anything else for the   
   same age group or in the same style. I am unlikely to put in the work   
   necessary to sell it. I have    
   been offered a contract for it. I probably should just accept that deal and   
   forget about it. Thanks!   
      
   Nicky   
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