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Hey all,
I realized that I've reached a crossroads here.
Just some info, in case you all were wondering.
I self published my novel over the summer. I've had mild interest. I've done mostly free promo (in preparation for the second book in the series) but for several weeks I had the book priced at 2.99, totaling about 1000 books sold (downloaded?) and $15 made (yay! haha). I got posted on a couple of free for kindle sites, which is where the interest comes from, I guess.
I have 5 ratings on Goodreads, but no reviews.
The crossroads I am at is that I write under a pen name, and have no intention of attaching my face/real life to this work. It's just not what I want to do at this time. Maybe in the future, but not now.
But I feel this may be inhibiting my sales, because my about me is super generic. No picture, yet, etc. I do have a tumblr account with some followers though.
So, my question is, to anyone out there who is self published but intends/hoping that their work remains separate from real life names, is a good middle ground possible? How do you navigate this?
I realized that I've reached a crossroads here.
Just some info, in case you all were wondering.
I self published my novel over the summer. I've had mild interest. I've done mostly free promo (in preparation for the second book in the series) but for several weeks I had the book priced at 2.99, totaling about 1000 books sold (downloaded?) and $15 made (yay! haha). I got posted on a couple of free for kindle sites, which is where the interest comes from, I guess.
I have 5 ratings on Goodreads, but no reviews.
The crossroads I am at is that I write under a pen name, and have no intention of attaching my face/real life to this work. It's just not what I want to do at this time. Maybe in the future, but not now.
But I feel this may be inhibiting my sales, because my about me is super generic. No picture, yet, etc. I do have a tumblr account with some followers though.
So, my question is, to anyone out there who is self published but intends/hoping that their work remains separate from real life names, is a good middle ground possible? How do you navigate this?