The World of the Young Ancients: Stand alone stories...
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2014 12:17 pm
All right then...
Gerent looks to be up first and I hope to have his tale out next month. I also want to try that Maria Ward limited release idea.
For those that have missed the idea, it's an erotic novel release, starting familiar characters, with a real plot, but also a lot of sex. Think slightly raunchy (graphic) "Anita Blake" level stuff. The main focus of the work is going to be sex, but it will be clearly marked, set at a price point that will discourage "prude buys" (which I will explain in a moment...) and only purchasable for a limited time. Perhaps more than once, but only by request of enough people, past the first one.
*That might change, if people don't have a problem with the concept.
While the story will be real, and cannon, it won't be mandatory reading for the rest of the series. So anyone that wants to skip it can.
Now, "prude buys", that sounds mean, but I'm not talking about people that just don't want to read about sex, or that would be embarrassed by reading such a work (Hi, Mom!). I'm talking about a very real phenomenon, of people choosing to buy and read works, simply to be offended and "outraged" at the "surprise" sexual content.
My take is that a well marked story should be enough to control for that, but it may, or may not, work that way. On the good side, most of those people tend not to be willing to spend actual money on anything much. So, I'll mark that book at something like $3.99 or so. If it isn't a problem, I might leave it up for people to get all the time.
After that I have no plans in particular for what will be next Young Ancients wise. I'm thinking that one more story might be nice, possibly too. A lot will depend on sales. My guess is that these will be pretty big, just to be honest about it. The Young Ancients has consistently been building in purchaser/reader base over time.
Chime in if you have ideas! Now's the time.
Gerent looks to be up first and I hope to have his tale out next month. I also want to try that Maria Ward limited release idea.
For those that have missed the idea, it's an erotic novel release, starting familiar characters, with a real plot, but also a lot of sex. Think slightly raunchy (graphic) "Anita Blake" level stuff. The main focus of the work is going to be sex, but it will be clearly marked, set at a price point that will discourage "prude buys" (which I will explain in a moment...) and only purchasable for a limited time. Perhaps more than once, but only by request of enough people, past the first one.
*That might change, if people don't have a problem with the concept.
While the story will be real, and cannon, it won't be mandatory reading for the rest of the series. So anyone that wants to skip it can.
Now, "prude buys", that sounds mean, but I'm not talking about people that just don't want to read about sex, or that would be embarrassed by reading such a work (Hi, Mom!). I'm talking about a very real phenomenon, of people choosing to buy and read works, simply to be offended and "outraged" at the "surprise" sexual content.
My take is that a well marked story should be enough to control for that, but it may, or may not, work that way. On the good side, most of those people tend not to be willing to spend actual money on anything much. So, I'll mark that book at something like $3.99 or so. If it isn't a problem, I might leave it up for people to get all the time.
After that I have no plans in particular for what will be next Young Ancients wise. I'm thinking that one more story might be nice, possibly too. A lot will depend on sales. My guess is that these will be pretty big, just to be honest about it. The Young Ancients has consistently been building in purchaser/reader base over time.
Chime in if you have ideas! Now's the time.
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. On a side note the Fear of Clowns book comes out today right?