My Kimber Chin pen name
is more indie.
It is about stretching the rules
of romance.
It is about trying different things.
Having a hero who flings the f-bomb
1,000 times in a 70,000 word novel.
Killing a pregnant lady off
in chapter one.
Roasting a kitten.
Playing with grammar and sentence structure.
The intent wasn’t to sell a million copies.
The intent was to play with the rules.
I consider the Kimber Chin novels a success.
I have another pen name
I use for more mainstream romance.
The intent, for that brand,
is to provide stories
a wide variety of people would enjoy.
Week 1 sales were greater than
a year’s sales of the Kimber Chin brand.
Two different brands,
two different definitions of success.
Whether or not
you are successful depends on your intent.
That is why goal setting is SO important.