Started a plan of action today. This is more for my benefit than anybody else, but in time might prove to be a useful point of reference. Kind of looks like this:
Too Hot For Dogs:
Launch firsts two issues at BICS in October with the following issues coming out a month at a time after that. Just figuring out the virtues of hard copy vs soft copy at the moment. I'm edging towards choosing every available option for issue one and then settling into one of them very soon after - not necessarily the one that makes the most money either. I'm rather looking at the one that's got the most mileage in the system.
Carnival of Souls:
Three different promotional previews will be available for free download/podcast before I unleash Carnival in its entirety. Being a three book series, who knows what will happen. I want it out in the big bad world through a major publisher, but I'm not going to wait, so limited quantities will be available for a equally limited period. Shall investigate a pre-Christmas idea I have with some branches of Waterstones over the next few weeks - but let's get the damn thing finished first. I've brought this forward to before Almost Human simply due to other things happening which impact on the story...
Short Stories:
The plan of three a month for three months is going well. For September, The Tuba Farm is looking good, The Boy with Wasps for Eyes is not lagging far behind and to be honest, Soulbender is giving me some grief but that's OK. She has long legs and jut need pointing in a direction. This trio of terror will come out as follows:
One for free download here and various other sites
One pitched at a small press
One available as a free podcast here and various other sites
Which means that between now and the end of November, nine stories will come out - all of which have relevance on the bigger picture in some way.
Being as the self-publishing route might be a necessity in the early stages, I've also set up (gulp) an amazon account so those goodly folk of the world can actually get hold of things. This is starting to get serious! Let's get this show on the road.
