| Re: Ask the Author To be honest, Scalem, my first thought when the initial print run of fifteen hundred copies of The Forging of the Sword was dumped on my driveway in 66 boxes was 'If I sell all these, I will have done well.' This thought was reinforced when, after the initial surge of sales to friends, family and work colleagues had died away, the sales dropped to a slow trickle. Selling anything without a proper sales strategy is never easy, but I'm glad I persevered and expended the time and energy to learn how to make the most of my time and efforts. |