X. Ho Yen's Author Newsletter (19 Aug 2021)
Greetings Dear Subscribers to X.HoYen's Author Newsletter.
19 Aug 2021 (last one was sent 2 May 2021)
Important Update
My life circumstances have changed in a way that affords me more time to think and write. This is a great relief and a huge milestone in my effort to get MSD published. Here's why.
My last round of a few dozen more queries has not borne fruit. The reality is, the traditional publishing world really does want easy romps. It amounts to playing a lottery to send out dozens of queries year after year hoping that by sheer luck lightning will strike for a smart, thought-provoking work like MSD.
So I expect to self-publish, and that means I simply must have a catalog of products, not just the one novel and some short stories and flash fiction.
And building a catalog requires time, time which previous day jobs were not affording me.
When the time comes, I'll still need your help sending word out to generate pre-orders, even with self-publishing. The fact is, seeing sales generates sales. Thanks for sticking with me during this long process.
Here's to big life changes.
Fun Stuff
For fun, I think you'll enjoy these 2021 Bulwer-Lytton Award winners for intentionally bad writing ("compose opening sentences to the worst of all possible novels"):
https://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2021
<Here I shared with newsletter subscribers my two new entries in that contest.>
Recently Read
I recently read Andy Weir's latest novel, "Project Hail Mary" and can unequivocally recommend it!
Web Site Update
I decided to go ahead and add my Cafepress product links mentioned in the last newsletter to my xhoyenauthor site. It's hard to see a down side.
Standard stuff
Please do share my URL with fellow realism-based sci fi fans, especially anyone who enjoyed The Martian, Infomocracy, or The Expanse. I'm convinced Minimum Safe Distance would appeal to the same audience, because I wrote it for me and *I'm* in that audience.
Thanks for your support!
XHY
https://XHoYenAuthor.com
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