Q&A with Natalie Wright discussion

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Hello! I understand your book, Emily's House, was an Amazon bestseller? What genre? And more to the point, how did you pull that off? I damn well want to do that myself :)

Emily's House is a late Middle Grade/early YA paranormal fantasy with myth and sci fi elements. Not sure where you heard it was a bestseller? It hit bestseller in the YA category for a couple of weeks (top 25) early 2012.
It has done fairly well for a first book/self-pubbed book, especially b/c I stopped all promotion after Feb, 2012 to focus on writing more books.
Have you published yet?

Natalie wrote: "Emily's House is a late Middle Grade/early YA paranormal fantasy with myth and sci fi elements. Not sure where you heard it was a bestseller? It hit bestseller in the YA category for a couple of we..."

Only self, and not sold more than a dozen copies of each one. However, those were my earliest releases, stuff I did years ago and published zero promotion. Hoping to do more for some new stuff I got on the go.

Speaking of sci-fi, you ever written any standalone science fiction stories? Is it a genre you feel comfortable with?

Matthew wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Emily's House is a late Middle Grade/early YA paranormal fantasy with myth and sci fi elements. Not sure where you heard it was a bestseller? It hit bestseller in the YA category fo..."

Promotion is key to sales. I spent a lot of time on promotion for about 3 months when I released Emily's House and had decent sales. But then I stopped promotion efforts entirely and went back to focusing on writing. Sales went down but I was frankly surprised I continued to sell books even when I wasn't doing anything to keep the book in people's eyes. Go figure.

I am working on an X-files-ish YA science fiction story called H.A.L.F. (Human Alien Life Form). I consider it more speculative fiction than science fiction. By that I mean that it is more about the possibility that aliens landed and government conspiracies exist than it is about science or future science. There are science elements, but I play very fast and loose with science. It's more about character and story, with science just one element.

Don't know if that makes sense ;-)

I consider myself more of a fantasy writer than a science fiction writer and I meld genres liberally!

Keep me posted on your writing and thanks for touching base.

Natalie wrote: "Matthew wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Emily's House is a late Middle Grade/early YA paranormal fantasy with myth and sci fi elements. Not sure where you heard it was a bestseller? It hit bestseller in th..."

That sounds pretty interesting. Part of why I ask about sci-fi is because I was if you had any interest in taking part in an anthology. The subject is colonization, and it's pretty hard science oriented but its got plenty of room for personalization and what not.

Matthew wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Matthew wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Emily's House is a late Middle Grade/early YA paranormal fantasy with myth and sci fi elements. Not sure where you heard it was a bestseller? It hit ..."

Thanks for thinking of me Matthew, but I'm committed up to my eyeballs right now! So I'd love to, but the timing isn't right for me. Keep me posted on the project though - sounds right up my alley as to something I'd like to read :-)

Natalie wrote: "Matthew wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Matthew wrote: "Natalie wrote: "Emily's House is a late Middle Grade/early YA paranormal fantasy with myth and sci fi elements. Not sure where you heard it was a bes..."

Hey again, just wanted to ask how sales and promotion are going. I recently published a zombie apocalypse novel and it has outsold all the others combined. Do you think that genre is intrinsic to promotion?