If 6 million kids play D&D, and 1% of those kids wrote fantasy novels, then we would have 60 thousand novels. If 1% of those novels are great, then we would have 600 great fantasy novels.
And for a sudden (overly used word) twist (with twister like fun), should I take advantage of the loss leader sales happening in publisher now? It appears that a price war has begun between Walmart, Target, Amazon, and Sears. I don't quite get Sears and books save for the fact that they published that huge Sears Catalog for years.
Here's a blog on the situation:
http://wordhoarder.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/the-shoe-is-on-the-other-foo...
Is this the end of publishing and all that other gloom and doom? I doubt it. I think, Walmart is just testing price sensitivities with hardcovers. The cost of the experiment would be the losses per book. The price war from the other vendors is just weird. But it's great time to buy a book, get it for free, and buy some tools at Sears.
http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/chris-dannen/techwatch/did-sears-just-wi...
On to other news, I seem to have developed this weird fascination with steam punk. I don't get it. But I'll be reading "Difference Engine" once I finish the last Harry Potter book. The first part of the book felt like Lord of the Rings. The second half of the book so far feels like the book I should have been reading from the start. I take it the chapter heading really marked the beginning of the book. The cover was just a rouse. Why didn't anyone tell me?
As for my book, it seem to be going pretty well. I cranked out my 2 thousand words today. I struggled initially, and that wasn't a whole lot of fun. But the story is starting to come together. I start chapter three tomorrow.
Now, let me figure out how to change my nick on here. I kinda rushed it, and I need something pronounceable.
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