Becomming and Being a Self Published Writer (Week 2)

Another week has almost passed and it's time for another update.

It has been a busy week this one, both on my normal job, but most certainly also on this new endavour to become self published. I don't know how the tax system works out in other countries but it's a jungle here in Denmark. That being said, I also believe it's a country wherein many people are willing to tell you how it all works. I think I more or less understand it now (at least the parts I need to know about) but just to be sure, I'll let someone look over my papers when I need to do my taxes. As it is, I now believe the accountant part of my new buisness should be pretty straigth forward from now one. I don't expect to spend that much money and I believe my income will come from a limited amount of sources (if anyone out there will be willing to buy my stories - I hope they will :)).

If you have been following my twees this week, you might also have noticed I decided to hand my stories over to a Copyright firm. I did this because it was an easy way to get a certificate of my intellectual property and I believe the 150$ for a lifetime subscription is very well spend. There are other ways to do this, cheaper ways as well, but I believe this way to be the easiest one to follow. The only thing is, I wrote both of my soon to be published stories in 2007, so my copyright should have been filled then.

Both my stories were sent out to a copy-editor this week and I hope to get them back in the near future. I will start translating "The Tournament" in a near future, so you English speaking people won't have to wait to long for that one.

I've also spend my week lulling over different ways of promoting me and my stories. It seems there are no best practices out there, only plain hard work, so that's actually what I'm counting on. I know widgets etc. exists out there and I'm planning to invest in some of them. I'm also planning on being very active on Twitter and facebook as well. I need to get past some of my issues with facebook though but if it will get me in touch with my readers, I'll go a long way before getting pissed of at it again.

The website is also very important and I haven't been able to spend nearly enough time building it, but I hope I'll get some more done during the week and especially after my son's Baptism next Sunday. 

I also believe I've finally come up with some great ideas for my book covers and I'll let the designer know about this during the week.

Do I have more to say about this week which will be over soon? Not at the moment, but feel free to leave a comment below or send my an e-mail if you have any questions you would like to get answered. The e-mail is: henrik@theories.dk

Enjoy the weekend and have a lovely week. Until next time, take care.

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This week's ups:

• The papers for firm filled out and posted, awaiting approval.
• Got my stories copyright protected, feels good.

The week's downs:

• Wasn't able to spend as much time on the website as I wanted to.

Money spend: 150$