When I first started writing Short Autumn Days two years ago, it was just a fun little project. It was not my plan to write four books, fall in love with my characters, and be totally overwhelmed by the story itself. To be completely honest, the only reason why I published it in the first place was that I needed to prove to myself that I would. I needed to face my fear of rejection and criticism. My biggest fear is that of failure.
So, I just wrote the words in my head until I came to the end. I was not prepared to write more than the first book, but I knew it was not done. So, since the name started with a season, it was only fitting that there should be four books.
Now, if I had thought of that when I first started writing, I would have written them all at once and made a single stand-alone version. But, that is not how I am. I am the type of person where I just want to solve something right away and then fix it afterward. And I am paying for that right now.
Also, I like quick stories. Sometimes books can just drag on with details that I forget the plot of the story. I like the fast pace of my books, and I don't think I could have gotten that with a stand-alone series.
My books are nowhere where they should be. I have such a small audience that I'm not even sure it could be called an audience. More like people who passed by me on the street and bought my books. And I'm okay with that right now because my books can and will be better.
2020's goal is to revisit the whole series, pay for the professional editing I should have started with, advertise, and keep writing more books. I want to publish on more platforms, too, like Barnes & Noble, iBooks, and hopefully into some local bookstores. But I can't do that until I am confident in my work. And right now I am not.
So, that is the story of why I wrote 4 novellas instead of one long book. Silly, right? Yeah, well that is how I roll. I learn as I go and hate asking questions so I just make mistakes until I figure it out. *shrug*
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