How much is my ink drawing worth?
Selling art is a strange thing to sort out, and there's all sorts of barriers to getting art sold in the "professional art world." Don't let that hold you up. You don't need other artists to think of you as a professional artist in order to get your work sold!In my experience, it's hard to give art a flat price. Art changes in value depending on factors that have absolutely nothing to do with how great your art piece is. (Like how famous you are, how many galleries you've displayed at, what school you went to, etc).My advice to you: think about what it would take for you to be willing to part with each art piece. That's your price. Maybe the art has intangible value to you, and you'd be hard-pressed to let it go for less than $400. OK, then it's worth $400! If you just loved making the piece and want it out of your hair so you can make another, sell it for $10.Then your trick is finding someone who loves the art enough to pay the price. If someone's willing to pay what it would get you to part with the piece, it's a good sign they love the art enough for you to trust them with your baby. ;)
Writing Fantasy/Sci Fi Novels!?
Hi there, Yes, I have written a fantasy novel. It took me ten years to write, revise, and finally sell it. I had a great time. I started with an idea. I created the main characters. I wrote a short story based on my idea and characters. But the story kept growing and growing, and soon I realized that I had enough material for a novel. So I began to outline. I detailed every chapter, and the outline kept growing, until finally it was fifty pages long. Then one day, I put a good CD into my portable CD player, took my laptop out into the garden, and began to write. I wrote based on my outline, following the plot, changing things as I went along. I kept writing until the novel was finished. The first draft was a mess. I revised, rewrote, polished, revised again, rewrote some more. I ran the book through a writers' workshop. This was my first novel, and I learned a lot during each rewrite. At the same time, I began writing and selling short stories, which further helped me learn the craft. Finally the novel was done. I sent it out to publishers, one bought it, and there you go. Good writers, I believe, write because they're passionate about their stories, and because they love good books. Find that story you really want to tell, and you'll learn the rest along the way. If you have any specific questions, feel free to ask me! Thanks, and good luck with your novel. Daniel Arenson "Discover a world at the edge of imagination..." Firefly Island, a fantasy novel www.DanielArenson.com