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Slow Creative Work is Still Better than No Creative Work
Creative work at any pace is still creative work.
In 2020, following a few fits and starts, I buckled down and completed the work to publish 3 novels. This included the first two Void Incursion sci-fi/sci-fantasy books and the standalone Infamy Ascending fantasy.
For 2021, I had a much more ambitious plan. I would publish 6 books in total. There would be the 4 planned novels of my Forgotten Fodder clone sci-if series and two more of my Void Incursion novels. Writing took place until about mid-2021. Then it was all about the editing, assembly, publishing, and marketing.
By the end of 2021, I had published 9 books in 2 years. I was thrilled. Look what I did!
For 2022, the plan had been to write and publish at least 2 more novels. The final Void Incursion novel and the 3 rdof my Source Chronicles fantasy novels. Additionally, I had plotted another 4 books for Forgotten Fodder and 6 novels for a new sci-fi series called Savagespace.
Unfortunately, I had to face a troubling truth. The cost of editing and having covers made for 9 novels in 2 years didn’t make for an acceptable ROI. Which meant my attention turned to alternate sources of income and new marketing means to garner more sales of my books.
