Monday, July 15, 2013

JD Brown talks Serials

Today I welcome author JD Brown as she talks serials. Take it away JD!

What is a book serial?
Serials are books published in episodes or small chunks such as a chapter. This format allows the reader the unique experience of enjoying the story as the author creates it.

What is a web series?
Web series are episodes that are released on the internet, usually free for readers to access and enjoy.

Book serials were extremely popular in the 1800s and, thanks to e-books, blogging, and the internet, the trend is now making a speedy comeback in the publishing industry!

I invite you to check out my online serial book, Athena’s Oracle. Every 1st of the month, a new chapter is added, completely free for your enjoyment, and will continue to do so until the story reaches its conclusion.

About Athena’s Oracle by J.D. Brown:
Leena’s ‘gift of sight’ secures her place as the next great oracle of Athena. Instead of being groomed for wifehood like other girls, Leena spends her days within the walls of the Acropolis, shuffled around by the clergy and doomed to be a virgin forever. Before her ascension, Leena decides to take matters into her own hands. With the help of her father’s book of alchemy, she casts an incantation calling forth her own personal hero. But when that hero turns out to be a rogue vampyre prince with a haunted past, Leena begins to question if her feelings for him are the work of divine intervention, or a love spell gone horribly wrong. 


Athena’s Oracle is a prequel to the novels Dark Heirloom and Dark Liaison, also by J.D. Brown. Set in 4th century B.C.E., Athena’s Oracle chronicles the romance between Leena and Jalmari during the very early trials of their immortal lives.



About J.D. Brown:

J.D. Brown writes Urban Fantasy for MuseItUp Publishing, as well as a monthly “how-to” newsletter column for PDMI Freelance Publishing. She graduated from The International Academy of Design and Technology with a Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts and currently lives in Wisconsin with her two Pomeranians. J.D. loves paranormal characters; from vampires and werewolves, demons and angels, to witches and ghost. She is a self-proclaimed expert in vampire and Greek mythology. Her writings are often a combination of suspense and romance. J.D. enjoys helping her fellow writers and interacting with her fans and leads an active life on the web.













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18 comments:

  1. Mary, this is a great way to write a book. Do you intend to publish it when you are finished in an ebook or paper format? Will it be harder to publish because of what you are doing here? Thanks.

    Susan Bernhardt
    www.susanbernhardt.com

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    1. What a great question for JD. I'm not sure what the answer is.

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    2. Susan, yes, I plan to self-publish it (mainly so that I can keep the cost low for my fans, who I had in mind upon making the decision to write the story in this format) in both e-book and print when it's complete. It won't be any harder, it will just be a matter of re-formatting the chapters a little bit. I keep copies of each chapter in a Word Doc on my computer which I hope will help further down the line. :)

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  2. What a cool new - old way! Serials very intriguing! I wondered about the finished book, too. Since you already published online.
    Thank you for sharing!
    Antje

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    1. Funny, I hadn't heard of these until recently. They do sound quite intriguing!

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    2. Nice to meet you, Antje H.

      Yes, I plan to self-publish the story when it's done. The only issue I foresee with this is that a might have to delete the chapters from my blog, but since I plan to keep the rights and self-publish, it shouldn't be an issue at all.

      Thanks for coming out today.

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  3. Serials are becoming quite popular and kudos to anyone who can take advantage of the fact! I'm going to stick with what I know, for now :)

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    1. I hear you there, Marcy. It certainly is a different style of writing, for sure!

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    2. Thanks Mshatch. It is hard. Every month is a deadline now for a new chapter, and each chapter needs to be perfected before it goes "live", so to speak. I have a couple colleagues who are helping me out with the editing side. They're keeping me on my toes.

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  4. I actually published my first book as a serial in an online magazine called Open Writing (published in England). It was actually great fun to see it appear each week. Now I'm going the more traditional route, however, with my current MG mystery. I'm glad to see serials are making a comeback, though.

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    1. How very cool! Congrats on your new MG!

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    2. Wow, Elizabeth, I don't think I could do weekly - unless I had written the story out completely first. It's hard enough for me to keep up with the monthly deadlines. Kudos to you and congrats on your new book.

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  5. Mary, thanks so much for having me today. :)

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    1. You are so welcome, JD. Thanks for stopping by. I know I learned a few things from your post!

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  6. JD-- Sounds like a great story! It's like waiting for episodes on TV! ;) I look forward to reading!

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  7. I've been reading a friend's serialized books on Jukepop serials. He's just four chapters into the 2nd one, but they are very enjoyable weekly reads.

    I sent my novel chapters to family and friends in 15 weekly installments, but they were unedited and hot off my email press. It was still hard to keep up.

    I'll definitely read yours, JD, starting now.

    Thanks.

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