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State of Kelly Address

7/18/2016

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​Hello friends and neighbors,

I thought long and hard about what I wanted to write about today, and it seemed fitting to do a 'State of Kelly' Address.

What in the world does that mean?

It means that I thought it would be good to let y'all into my mind a little bit ("But Kelly, we've read Heartless... we may not want in there...") Good point, well, here is the non-freaky part of my mind ;)

Last month, I released my 6th book/novella in 7 months. I know some authors who publish more than that... I know a lot who haven't published six books in three years. That's not the point lol 

The point is my mind is erupting with story ideas. I just plotted out a huge story last night (that will cover several books) and I still have Reckless to write (I'm writing on it now. I'll have  a release date for you soon. YES, it'll be this fall :) )

My mind is full of all these stories that I can't wait to get to you guys... but my heart... my heart is kinda tired. *Insert your eye roll here*-- I understand-- This business is so hard. It is hard work AND it is hard on the old nerves. One day you can be riding high and the next you want to curl up in a ball and never leave. And no, sales are NOT the only deciding factor (in fact you can feel like never writing another book again on a GOOD sales day). I think most (all) writers have this sense of "Oh my land.... what have I done?" And that through is worse on some days than others. 

I am so grateful to have the Nerd Group to help on those days... and they don't even know it. Yesterday, we watched the X-files episode HOME together (I know... I know). It is nice to have things like that, a community of people who support you and who hopefully feel I support them. We've love to have you if you want to join...

Anyway,


I've also been thinking about self-publishing and the stigmas behind it. I've heard a few this past week that sort of got to me... I think I might do a youtube series on it. I'm not sure. I'm kinda in a unique situation where I've been traditional/small press published and indie.
Would I love a 'Big 5' contract? Heck, yeah!
Do I want to keep writing stories? Absolutely.
Do I know where the future goes? Not in the least.


*If you are a self-published author, what sort of things have you heard about yourself/self-publishing as a whole?

*If you are a traditional author, what stigmas have you heard about yourself?  

*If you are a reader, what do you think of indie books in general?

All of these things will help me figure out what I want to talk about. AND I'm NOT going to whine lol. That's not what this is about "Ohhhhhhhhhh... it's so hard. Pity me!" No! I want to focus on the good, the bad, and the ugly. I want to help folks who maybe need help... and maybe some who don't ;)

BASICALLY, the state of Kelly is a rambly mess. 

PRODUCTION SCHEDULE:
Reckless (fall 2016)
Breast Cancer Anthology (fall... I think... 2016)
Carnival surprise (2017)
After that???? Who knows?

Thank you for reading the confusing State of Kelly. I've actually had an amazing year and this is the FIRST year that I haven't taken a little break from writing. Breaks are good. I should look into that. ;)


Love y'all <3
Kelly
1 Comment
Rachel Sanford
7/18/2016 12:21:55 pm

"If you are a reader, what do you think of indie books in general?"

So this isn't exactly how I feel, but it's the stigma I hear all the time about Indie books.
1. They're only ebooks.
2. They're poorly written.
3. They're rarely edited.
4. They're just not as good as traditionally published books.
5. Terrible covers

How I feel about them is a little bit more tame.
I know Indie authors usually don't have money pouring out of their pockets so it's hard to get the absolute best covers and editors and fancy ads and all of that. I used to (and still sometimes do) judge a book by its cover, but since I've started reading a lot of Indie I've had to change that mind set of, "ooh pretty cover I want to read that," because I have seen a lot of not so good covers (don't get me wrong there's a lot of good one's too). Instead, I focus on reviews! Oh my, reviews are a huge thing for me in determining whether I want to read an Indie book or not!!!
I have read a lot of bad Indie, I have, but I've read a lot of fantastic Indie too. I've come to realize that there's bad and good in both sectors (Indie and traditional). Sometimes you get lucky and you open an Indie (or traditional) and it's perfect, you get crystal clear beaches with nice sunny palm trees and comfortable hammocks. Other times, you get murky beaches with trash strewn about and broken hammocks. You just keep walking until you find the perfect beach.

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