Blue Amber is “processing” at B&N and “in review” at Amazon and in meatgrinder hell at Smashwords.
Meanwhile, Mr. Mom keeps playing in my mind. This scene in particular. (The embedding at YouTube is disabled.)
It’s the “yer doing it wrong!” scene. Jack takes the kids to school and learns — from everyone — that he’s … yanno.
I like Blue Amber. A lot. But I wonder if I’m doing it wrong. This is the last novella leading up to Bleeder, the first novel I actually wrote in the Apocalypto series. It’s romantic in that it’s the story of how Mallory and Edmund, the heroine and hero of Bleeder, meet.
But in this story, Mallory is 13 and Edmund is 16. There’s no hot sex.
That’s all in Bleeder. And luckily, Bleeder is about ready to go.
Until then, here comes Blue Amber, a young adult paranormal fantasy in the middle of a paranormal romance series. Am I doing it wrong?
Yes, you definitely are. However, as there is no “right” way everyone is doing it wrong. And the only response to this can be… keep doing what you’re doing. Your book, your vision, and a Burger King motto, your way.
If people hate it, they won’t read you. Other folk will love you, and read you. Vast more people won’t care or will never find out who you are. We’re all small fish, really, and even the bigger fish are still pretty small.
There are probably people in this world who have never heard of Bill Gates or Rupert Murdoch, or the companies they control.
So do what you want, lol.
I just started reading Space Junque. Yes, I know it isn’t called that anymore. Out of curiosity, why does Hero Material cost more than Space Junque at Smashwords? I prefer the old cover but wasn’t prepared to pay the extra $1. That dollar could be a whole book, and change 8)
Oh, and I’ve fallen in love with the Spiderwick cover. Did Robin do that ?
Heh, I do everything wrong & it’s working out fine so far. Always do what you think is best! Your readers will play along.
@JL — “… & it’s working out fine so far” — lol. Thanks.
@Chris — That’s a good point about the price differential! I’ll make them the same right now. If you send me your email address through the contact form (or here in a comment) I’ll send you a coupon for a free Space Junque with the old cover.
The Spiderwork cover is fabulous, eh? The artwork was done by Nathalia Suellen and Robin did the cover design and fonts.
Nah, it’s cool. Not like it’s a paperback and folk can see the cover, right? It’s fine.