tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post1173263993744844273..comments2024-03-26T22:57:41.830-04:00Comments on Writers On The Move: To Serialize or Not To Serialize?Karen Cioffihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15492421057039326702noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-17599806891652784132014-07-01T20:58:29.019-04:002014-07-01T20:58:29.019-04:00If you've been thinking of it, must mean you w...If you've been thinking of it, must mean you want to do the serial and try your hand at something different. I say go for it if you have idea ready to be serialized - :) elysabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052446855668120700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-7384084484912686512014-07-01T19:49:06.485-04:002014-07-01T19:49:06.485-04:00Fantasy is another genre that works well with seri...Fantasy is another genre that works well with serials. I've been thinking of doing one.Melinda Brasherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11481061372330595910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-77659108541062021402014-06-18T14:51:20.592-04:002014-06-18T14:51:20.592-04:00Shirley, sounds like the perfect idea as a seriali...Shirley, sounds like the perfect idea as a serialization of books. Taking that one book and dividing it into smaller editions. You could actually put all the series together in a print book and then ebook sell the individual stories of the different women. From the information I've gathered about writing serials, the authors are all publishing them as ebooks (obviously a 10 or 15,000 word elysabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052446855668120700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-19125913346739972492014-06-18T14:19:18.801-04:002014-06-18T14:19:18.801-04:00I have just (two days ago) finished a 70,000 word ...I have just (two days ago) finished a 70,000 word book covering 30 lesser-known women in the Bible. I am initially planning to try and find a publisher / agent so I can publish mainline. But I did think of building up a series of other characters as a series of e-Books. I thought if they sold, they could be a sort of promotion towards my book if and when I find a buyer. And of course if I don'Shirley Corderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04429641202607657089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-71347087634186525342014-06-13T00:18:06.919-04:002014-06-13T00:18:06.919-04:00T C - if you've been thinking about it, do it....T C - if you've been thinking about it, do it. Get the first part written and published and work on the second one while you are waiting to see results from that first one. According to research, you really need to publish at least 3 episodes before you see any benefit. The deciding where to end each part is kind of leaving the reader wanting more. Decide on a cliffhanger point that the elysabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052446855668120700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-33683659081570353122014-06-13T00:07:36.657-04:002014-06-13T00:07:36.657-04:00Great post. I've been considering doing a seri...Great post. I've been considering doing a serial myself. For me the hardest part is knowing when to stop each section or snippet or episode or whatever. I've been reading one lately called Just One Night by Elle Casey and I love it. Great idea and it definitely keeps your reader coming back for more. I never forget when the next serial is coming out. Each month keeps it fresh in your mindAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08798243128846248604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-91935495061791138522014-06-12T23:10:42.260-04:002014-06-12T23:10:42.260-04:00I'd be happy to see 50-100 sales across the bo...I'd be happy to see 50-100 sales across the board a month but he is seeing sales every day of 400-600. I need to start making some money from my books and I've been promoting, doing all the things I should do but it's not enough. I just recently published Finally Home on draft2digital which is basically a distributor site like smashwords but faster and better - they do all the elysabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052446855668120700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-26222467978655834712014-06-12T23:07:37.684-04:002014-06-12T23:07:37.684-04:00Maggie, the guy on the Kboards I quoted isn't ...Maggie, the guy on the Kboards I quoted isn't submitting to magazines. He is publishing under several pen names in different genres - each story is 15-20,000 words and he publishes a new one every month. Apparently some serials are going to end up being 40 or 50 stories long but he's only publishing as ebooks right now. He says he doesn't do any promoting and yet his sales are elysabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052446855668120700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-67404821189213022542014-06-12T23:04:43.143-04:002014-06-12T23:04:43.143-04:00Karen, you have a contract for x number of books -...Karen, you have a contract for x number of books - thus a series. A serial is continuous until you end it - like a soap opera type of thing. (At least that's how I understand from all the research I've done because I was considering doing a serial but don't have that much in me to write and publish a story every month.) - E :) elysabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052446855668120700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-56361508003267595822014-06-12T22:17:44.785-04:002014-06-12T22:17:44.785-04:00Elysabeth, interesting look at writing books for s...Elysabeth, interesting look at writing books for serials and series. I have a children's fiction series in contract. I always thought of serials as more of an evolving storyline. One story builds upon another.Karen Cioffihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15492421057039326702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-56341820157715073832014-06-12T17:54:14.379-04:002014-06-12T17:54:14.379-04:00I think you could serialise any type of fiction - ...I think you could serialise any type of fiction - Dickens is the classic example and I think we can probably classify his work as literary fiction (these days anyway - though maybe A Christmas Carol would be speculative). If you were to pitch to a magazine or online venue so much the better - it gives you a deadline and keeps readers engaged. Magdalena Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00182314078304734996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-32913859246480102392014-06-12T17:18:45.843-04:002014-06-12T17:18:45.843-04:00Carolyn, I don't think the chapbooks of poetry...Carolyn, I don't think the chapbooks of poetry count as serials since they aren't fiction - lol. But if you want to promote them as serials, it can't hurt. Good luck with it. - E :) elysabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07052446855668120700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6411231637771693377.post-45438602995566885062014-06-12T16:21:59.043-04:002014-06-12T16:21:59.043-04:00I've never even considered serializing my fict...I've never even considered serializing my fiction, though Magdalena Ball and I did something similar with our Celebration Series chapbooks of poetry. Though they don't lead one to another, they all celebrate a holiday or season--one for Valentine's (love poetry), Christmas, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Women's Day, and Earth Day. Does that count, Elysabeth? It does help Carolyn Howard-Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041591136206289558noreply@blogger.com