Chris - while you certainly can reveal the entire story, I think you’d be better served to hold back the juicy bits. I wouldn’t post more than half, and probably only the first third. People who are browsing (or even your friends you refer here) aren’t likely to read more than the first chapter before they make their decision, and your family won’t need to read it at all because they’re supporting You, not the book, technically.
I posted 6 chapters of my first book, Fae Child, but I don’t think more than a handful of people actually read all that material. I could have probably stopped at the first three. I definitely wouldn’t post more than that. Why buy the cow if the whole animal is online for free? ;)
G’day,
Sorry I seem to be hogging the forum at the moment but I’m full of questions and I thought if I want to know the answer there must be other authors who want to know too.
My fantasy novel Kanimbla consists of 13 chapters, plus prologue and epilogue. I had planned on teasing the whole story out a chapter or two a week over the 90 day funding period, but then thought - maybe I’m better off only posting the first few chapters and leaving the rest a mystery?
But on the other hand I expect the imprints and other larger organisations would want a clearer picture on what it is they’re backing, so having the whole story uploaded to Inkshares may be preferable.
Thoughts?
I posted 6 chapters of my first book, Fae Child, but I don’t think more than a handful of people actually read all that material. I could have probably stopped at the first three. I definitely wouldn’t post more than that. Why buy the cow if the whole animal is online for free? ;)