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Originally Posted by Marcy
I have to say nothing kills my desire for a book much more than this -- "You'll notice only one book here. It's because writing this took such huge energy and yet at the same time the absolutely overwhelming task of marketing it sapped me and killed my desire to continue the series. I have book 2 approximately 60% written. That said, I'd need a pretty significant reception/bump in traffic to give me the desire to work on it further."
From that it seems I'll invest the time in this book and possibly never get to finish the story. Even if what you wrote above is true, I'd consider taking that down as I can't be the only person who finds it a compelling reason to not buy your book.
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That's not an insignificant statement. I've heard others express similar sentiments though the reality is I took self publishing's difficulties pretty personally for a while, and with a new baby it simply became too much at the time. Well, good news for you. The baby is a toddler now and I got a significant bump in reception from a publisher, who wants to see the whole series. Books two and three are currently in a 'get it done asap' mode. I was given approximately a 10 week timeline to finish book two, so I'm pushing it as fast as I can to complete.
Thanks for your honest criticism.