Summary: Today's show was a knock-down, drag-down fight that left all of us -- but mostly Dave -- exhausted. We talked about whether you should brand yourself as a writer of one type of writing or not, and ridiculousness ensued. But first, a voicemail from Garrett Garrett asked, in short, what we thought about what we'd done so far with our transition from releasing books for free at launch time to requiring folks to pay (99 cents) for them. Sean and I talked about what happened with the launch of Unicorn Western 4 (at 99 cents), and S&D contrasted it with the Available Darkness Season Two launch (episodes released individually for free). They weren't happy with the A.D. launch, but Sean and I were quite happy with the UW 4 launch -- not because the numbers were huge (they weren't), but because those people were PAYING CUSTOMERS. We also talked about the VERY interesting (and also very good) results of a recent launch done by our friend, erotica writer Lexi Maxxwell. Lexi released a title called The Slutty Little Mermaid and a buy-up $9.99 bundle of Filthy Fairy Tales recently using a similar model, and it worked great. More awesome talk about free vs. paid ensued. Then we got into it. So… is it smarter to be "a horror writer" or "a fantasy writer" or whatever else so that people will get to know you as a master of that niche? Or is it better to spread yourself around and write in as many genres? The very short answer is that both can work, in certain cases. The short answer is that it depends on which expectations you want to set and what your goals are. The longer answer is that Sean and I argued vehemently for writing across as many genres as you want under your own name, and that Dave disagreed with us. For the full answer, have a listen. To view the video version of this episode, go to: Self Publishing Podcast #51 - Writing in Multiple Genres
