Back To Work

Are we ready to get back into the daily grind? Or does that officially start Monday, January 5th? Actually, since I was facing deadline on one project and past deadline on another, I've been writing my fingers to the bone. I handed one in and my editor wants to contract it. Woohoo! I'm still busily trying to finish the other. I just received my royalty statement from one of my publishers. Since this reflected a sales period when I had a new book released, I really thought, at least hoped, I'd earn more. Needless to say, I'm disappointed. Disappointment aside, my business side wants to analyze this. Fellow authors, please chime in with opinions. I'd like feedback. I have a lot of thoughts on this, so let me know if I'm warm or cold or if there's no telling. The economy's down. People are tightening their belts. Perhaps book sales are down in general because of this? Since this was for November, people were Christmas shopping for others and not buying as much for themselves. I doubt many people buy erotic romance for other people. Perhaps I didn't promote enough. Perhaps it doesn't work to write to market - this was an M/M Christmas romance. I thought M/M was hot and would sell well. However, this M/M sold on a consistent basis with most of my other books. Oh well. Perhaps my expectations were too high. You'll also want to see what Amarinda Jones, Anika Hamilton, Anny Cook, Barbara Huffert, Brynn Paulin, Bronwyn Green, Dakota Rebel, Kelly Kirch, Molly Daniels, Sandra Cox, Regina Carlysle, and Cindy Spencer Pape are up to, so make sure to visit them also. :)