The website that I have spent two months working on is officially launched on Monday and I am pretty happy with the traffic so far and general response. I have posts scheduled for the rest of the month, so there is little to do but moderate comments and do a bit of work for next month's posts.
This means that beginning next week, I will have the time to focus on another project and I have to admit that I am procrastinating when it comes to finishing my book and putting it into e-book format. I have examined my reluctance and there are three things that I think are holding me back.
1. There are a few things that need to be done that are outside my comfort zone and experience. These include things such as obtaining permissions necessary to proceed. There is a reference to another book in my book and as a courtesy to that author, I would like to ask for her permission to reference her book. There are partial song lyrics, which are critical to one part of the story, but mean that I need to buy the rights to use them. I have tried before and because they are from another country, ran into some snags and am nervous for the work it will entail. I am also nervous for what the cost will be - yikes!
2. I have to admit to being resistant about the whole e-book idea. If I had a publisher offering to publish an actual book, I could easily finish and edit the book in a weekend because I would be excited and would want to see my writing in print, but an e-book doesn't excited me. I like the feel of an actual book in my hands, so I don't have a Kindle or other e-reader, though my husband does, so seeing my words on one of those leaves me less than enthused!
3. I am scared of failure. What if I get it in e-book format and nobody buys it? Worse than that, what if a few people buy it and don't like it? If I don't finish it, I won't have to face these possibilities.
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