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My problem with "writing to market"
One of the most common pieces of advice I hear for indie publishing is “write to market.” This means writing your book with an intended audience in mind so you can sell to them. This is sound business advice. Companies that fulfill a market demand tend to make a lot of money. However, there is a fundamental flaw: you’re not writing the book you want to write. If you want to write a book with a unique angle (for example, a zombie apocalypse book set during an alien invasion in 14th century Peru),
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Why Armored Piercing doesn't delve into real-world politics
With the Armored Piercing series, I don’t make references to real-world events or make commentary on social issues. The main reason is that I want this series to be an escape from reality. Many books offer social commentary and want readers to reflect on real issues. I’ve done a bit of that myself with The Invasion of Planet Earth, where I touched on issues like racism, police brutality, and morality. However, I’ve always written Armored Piercing with escapist entertainment in mind. I want peopl
I deactivated my Twitter
Last December, I decided to deactivate my Twitter account and by now it is permanently closed. I did this because of news I saw about tweets being deranked if you include links. This was on top of the deranking my account saw due to not paying for the “Premium” subscription. Honestly, social media never interested me much and the only reason I made a Twitter account was to promote my work. If including links to my books resulted in getting next to no impressions on my tweets, then what was the p