Treating Writing As A Business

Yes, everything starts with a concept, in my case, with Claire the mystical mule –

What’s In A Name? – The Wise Novelist

A concept that began at the beginning, when I took that opening photo when I first arrived in my Berthoud Estates neighborhood — the rainbow was just magical.

For those of you that are here for the very first time as one of my blog’s five readers – because there can only be five readers –

Claire’s Theorem – The Wise Novelist

– let me explain that I embed jump-sites to earlier blogging posts or for third-party sites expressly for the purpose of avoiding having to go over the information again or as a shorthand to make a creative point. It also provides the blog reader a sense of my unique personality, insanity and writing style. I know that no one has read all of my more than a thousand blogs, so I would hope that my daily enquiring mind readership will click on the embedded site and draw humorous sustenance by reading that prior blog because each embedded blog weaves together to supplement the general theme of today’s blog. A method to my madness.

Taking A Risk – The Wise Novelist

Now I’ve mentioned that when I wrote TWA, my only online presence was an email address.

Luck Of The Irish – The Wise Novelist

As my writing career went live and turned into more than a one-hit wonder with TWA, it forced me to learn and embrace the business end of things – particularly the 24/7/365 marketing end of the writing business. My blog is essential to making the business end of my writing work.

Writing Is The Easy Part – The Wise Novelist

Because writing is a business. A publisher does not do this as a hobby. They need to sell the books they choose to publish. They need to be compensated for taking the risk. They also have families to feed.

The Business Of Writing – The Wise Novelist

So, I am always hustling like a shameless carnival barker or one of those seedy characters whispering to the passerbys outside of strip clubs – to get the books out there before the public in any way I can.

Writer’s Mantra – Always Be Hustling – The Wise Novelist

And each time I publish a new book, I must take the potential readers back and remind them of the existing catalogue, which with the roll out of The Claire Saga was especially important, given that it was an evolving storyline that required one to read the books in order.

November 13th Cover Reveal – Where The Ley Lines Meet – The Wise Novelist

In short, I have to ensure that the word gets out about my books.

Getting The Word Out – The Wise Novelist

Which is why between now and Christmas you will hear me constantly pushing Free R.A.D.I.C.A.L. as we hurtle toward the publication date – January 14, 2027.

Free R.A.D.I.C.A.L. is Finally On-Line – The Wise Novelist

While at the same time reminding you that 2027 is a literary twofer, with Spark of Faith going live for pre-order just as FR drops and then drops itself in May 2027.

Spark of Faith – The Wise Novelist

And because I know that many of today’s five readers will just be happening upon my blog for the first time, I must shamelessly repeat the literary subject matter like a bar exam prep professor because I need to get the concepts across at what may be the only time I have your attention. I try to accomplish this by enticing you to read my blogs which contain incredible backstories of the real events and characters that ended up in my novels.

Threading The Needle – The Wise Novelist

And now, thanks to my amazing techie, Gaby Maurino, you can listen to those John White recordings right on the opening home page of this website. Just click on it.

The Wise Novelist – Tom McCaffrey – Author

While my raison d’être for writing is to offer my reader a pleasurable escape from the stresses and obligations of daily life,

Being Novel – The Wise Novelist

which may be why I’ve personally given away way more books than I have sold, I cannot continue to successfully share my creativity with the world unless I get some of my readers or even complete strangers to support my writing career by purchasing my work from my publisher. So, please, tell a friend.

Black Rose Writing

Because as nice as my publisher is, and Reagan Rothe is a wonderful man, every publishing house remains a business where writers cannot rest on their laurels and cannot help but embrace the paranoia caused by the “what have you done for me lately” mantra whispering on the wind.

I promise I’ll continue to give you my best stories if you promise to show my publisher its worth his effort.

So, there you have it. Another shameless pitch for your support.

And hopefully, one or more of you will do a deeper dive in the treasure trove of daily blogs you can find on this website. Read them randomly or using the search tool, for people, creatures or places, which will provide related themes appearing over the course of the past five years.

Blog – The Wise Novelist

Moving on, the good news for those of my fine, five readers that remain gainfully employed is that today is again Humpday.

So, get on your skates and attack that Wednesday hill. Make sure to wave to Friday standing in the shadows from the peak, before you tuck and descend rapidly towards Thursday. The weekend anxiously awaits!

And no matter what else we all get up to, let us make today a great one.