Well, my experiment of putting the word sex in the title, body copy, and tags of a blog item to see if it would significantly increase my hits turned out to have little effect. I've been averaging about 25-30 hits per day, and over the 24-hour period since I wrote the sex item, I got 26 hits. Hmmm. Maybe if I admit that I'm a big fan of Hillary Clinton (true, I am), then I'll get more hits -- positive and negative.
epic fantasy, sexy R-rated, Fear of death, Death Wizard, Hillary Clinton
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- Jim Melvin
- Clemson, SC, United States
- I was born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., but grew up in St. Petersburg, Fla. I graduated from the University of South Florida (Tampa) in 1979 with a B.A. in Journalism. I now live in South Carolina near the Blue Ridge Mountains, a pleasant setting for writing, to say the least. I was an award-winning journalist at the St. Petersburg Times for twenty-five years and I currently work at the Charlotte Observer. I am married with five daughters.
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4 comments:
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Hi, Jim. That's a funny experiment.
I am not a huge Hillary fan though I am a Democrat, reformed Green. However, I don't hate her like some people. My ticket of choice would be Obama/Edwards, but if its Clinton/Obama I will still be thrilled to offer my support. We have a great field this year.
My biggest issue is the war, and I hope Hillary's hawkish rhetoric (at least in the past) is more bark than bite. With the military strength and brain power our country has, there's no reason we shouldn't be leading the world on human rights and sustainable technology. I really hope we can make some big, positive changes in the next few years.
I try not to apply political or religious litmus tests to writers, but I have to admit your blog entry makes me more likely to order your book sooner. =) Hopfully the opposite is not true of your Republican readers.
Peace,
Bryan Hitchcock
Bryan:
I very much enjoyed your comments. To be honest, I also would be thrilled with Obama/Edwards, Clinton/Obama, or even Obama/Clinton. And you could not be more right on human rights and sustainable technology.
As for turning off Republican readers ... hmmm ... I'll have to think on that one. Ha!
Upon reflection I realized that it would take a particularly open minded republican to even look at a series called The Death Wizard Chronicles. Such a person is not likely to be put off by such a mild political endorsement as you've given here.
Personally, I'm just glad when people are engaged at all, no matter which side of the polyhedron they inhabit.
On a different note, what is the word count of the Death Wizard books? Do you shoot for a certain minimum, or just work it until the story is complete?
Book One is the shortest: 78,000. Books Two-Five are all between 125,000 and 140,000. And Book Six is 88,000. I didn't really set how to write specific lengths, beyond just novel-length norms.
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