HEART OF IRON Ch. 18
Bit of a shorter chapter before we prepare to dive into the Fae Realm.
I am taking a little break from the TikTok series--at least a week, maybe two. I was hoping to postpone that until Thanksgiving, but that stolen egg arc took a chunk out of me. I'm going to spend the time on writing, as well as reading. (I got a few books on Irish, Celtic, Scottish, and Norse myths and folktales that have been very handy in helping with figuring out my own vision of the Fae Realm, plus some books on old-school witchcraft and the legends surrounding it that might help with Nicole--or at least add a branch of magic for her to explore at a later date.)
Obviously I have to get this first draft done first, but the more I work on Heart of Iron, the more I think that self-publishing is the way to go for this particular project, rather than waiting for my literary agents to find a publishing company to spend several months to send me a contract, several more months doing edits that I may or may not agree with, and then another several months to actually pay me. By the time all that happens, I could already be halfway done with the sequel (loosely outlined and currently titled Heart of Silver.)
Anyway, that's the status update on that. No decisions have been made or set in stone, and I'm not even going to think of publishing until I have a completed manuscript.
Have a happy and safe Halloween (or Samhain)!
Comments (12)
"Heart of Iron" & "Heart of Silver" sure do roll off the tongue. I'm going to have to read your books, any suggestions on something similar to Heart of Iron?
I love this story and getting to see the growth process of a novel just does something for my nerdy little heart
Page 5 question: What is a "wade figurine"?
Should've been Wade. It's a brand; they make those porcelain figurines. You've probably seen them in antique shops.
Needed that nice wholesomeness (still almost cried like...JC is too sweet for this world!) after all the fights! Now I'm ready to dive into the Fae Realm! After your marathon of myths, I'd love any book recs you get out of it! Enjoy your break mate! You've earned it! And happy Samhain!
Tiny Pagans Press is small and works through Amazon, but I know for certain they want to publish it. I should, I own it. 60% royalty on each one sold sound good?
have you read about chelsea fagan self-publishing? she gave the details and numbers it seems like something that could be kickstartered if you wanted to include print and not rely on others
If you go to Amazon you can just upload it and self publish it there, right? Like, yeah gotta do the copyright thing obviously, which you likely have already.. But Amazon is pretty easy to publish on in my opinion. And they give you a good amount of options too
You may want to look up Joy Demorra on Tumblr about self publishing. I have her books. She is on Patreon and Tumblr (as the Bibliosphere).
God damn, rip my heart out already. JC might end up dead at the end of this. Now on the subject of self-publishing, might I suggest keeping good sales records and making impressive graphs so you can go to a publishing house and ask them to publish a hardback copy? I guarantee one sale here.
Here's all my monies!!!!💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💸💰💰please take it and add me to the list of buyers!!! I'm so invested and so is my daughter!!!!
A sequel??!?!?!?!?! Just take my money!!!!