One of the joys of going to conventions, is the shot in the arm I often get to my creativity and way of looking at business.
During WorldCon, Tee Morris and I sat down with our agent Laurie McLean, and we both realised we were missing a trick. You see, both Tee and I have a wealth of short stories that have just been sitting around not doing anything for us.
Not only that, but with digital publishing we realised we could be expanding on our already published universes.
So we are sallying forth on this bold digital revolution.
I have already had both Chasing the Bard and Digital Magic out on a bunch of digital platforms. My novels are $2.99 each, which I think is pretty reasonable price, considering how much you get for your money.
However now you can get a quick shot of my writing—think of it as an expresso—for 99c. That’s right, as of right now there are two Ministry short stories which have been podcast out there. The Evil that Befell Sampson and Nathan Lowell’s The Astonishing Amulet of Amaratas are both on the Kindle, and are working their way through Smashwords to all the other platforms out there.
Also I have put six Erotica a la Carte stories through the same process.
My aim is to have ten stories a week available until I have caught up with the backlog—then I will begin on new stories, particularly in the Ministry series. We have plans for a YA series set in the Ministry world. This will probably begin with short e-fiction and we’ll see where it goes from there. But for now, the name Verity Fitzroy should be one you keep in mind.
If you want to help spread the word and review the titles, then please let me know by emailing pip@ this site, and I can supply a review copy.
This move into digital short fiction is affordable, and hopefully will find a toehold in the ebook market. I’m excited about the prospect for short stories on these platforms, and interested to see how this little experiment takes off.
Erotica a la carte was after all an experiment, and that has become a real joy.
As for Tee’s plans…well…you’re just going to have to ask him about that. But they are awesome!