Neil Ostroff's Blog – July 2011 Archive (6)

And the heat wave continues around here. There's only one thing good about it being this hot outside, I don't feel guilty staying inside. Anyway, the writing life continues heat or no heat. I blasted out another chapter of INSECTLAND today, actually it's a re-read. I wrote the original way back in 1997 as part of a three book series. the first book TIM MADISON GALACTIC WARRIOR is available right now at:…

Okay, I got over the woman who bashed me. Thanks to all who responded with their own stories of jerks.



So, in my continued quest to get rich and famous I've come up with a few marketing ideas. First off, though not an original idea, I've decided to get bookmarks made that have pics. of my books and my website, plus info to buy them. I'm putting some at the front desk of the hotel I work at and I am going to local stores to ask if I can put them on the counter so people can…

If you like books that will keep you awake at night reading, then check out this interview.

http://wwwthouhtfulreflections.blogspot.com/2011/07/after-author-neil-dostroff-has-another.html

All the thousands of hours of work I put into DROP OUT and it's off to the

formatter and done forever. Yeah! So, I've decided to devote myself to marketing

this week because I have the time and I was going to give AFTER one more blast

before I started rewriting INSECTLAND and marketing and promoting DROP OUT.

Okay, all is well and good. I've done my usual postings on Kindle forums and my

various writers sites that I belong to. But the other day I discovered something…

All set to go with DROP OUT. My format guy has it and I'm preparing to market

and promote. I recently read an article about how an Indie author can make a

living writing ebooks. There actually is a secret and here it is. WRITE A LOT OF

BOOKS! The article said that most authors who are earning a decent living from

their books have at least seven that are available. If you do the numbers it

makes sense. I've sold approximately forty copies of AFTER this month.…

Okay, so I finished the final of the final read for DROP OUT and I am excited to

release it into the world. Truth be told, this is the book that my agent said he

didn't want to try to sell because it was so out of my genre. But it is a story

that I always wanted to tell about the impotance of living life to its fullest.

My initial readers burst into tears at points while reading it, telling me how

sad it was, but also how meaningful. I'm curious as to the repsonse it…