I’m participating in a boxed set,
a collection of stories
by different writers.
The purpose is
to band together
for promotion.
This is the second boxed set
in the series.
Writers in the
previous boxed set
were all invited
to participate
in this one.
An interesting thing
happened.
The writers
who worked their asses off
in the first boxed set
declined.
They were busy
with other projects.
The writers
who coasted on the work
of others
accepted.
They weren’t busy
with other projects.
That meant
the second boxed set
started with
a group of lazy participants.
It didn’t have close
to the success of the first one.
Think twice
about auto renewing
key partnerships.