Jaycee Woods

I am noting an idea for a future writing project. A biographic story for children about Gannibal, the godson of Peter the Great and great-grandfather of Pushkin. Dude was a Russian spy in the Caliph’s court; a cool story for little boys. If adapted from Puskin’s telling, then it will not require a bunch of research.

 I might do it as a series of short books with each focused on a different era of his life.

Recently, I heard an interesting point about the economics of books. A long book sells essentially for the same price as a shorter book. My playful thought is to follow the 19th century practice of serializing a story then later combine the serialized story into one volume as a value offering. Allows for building an audience then upselling with new installments until a discounted mass market priced product is available.

Side note: Gannibal’s life reminds me building of the siege canal around eastern Pilgerruh in Boudica and The Butcher requires an engineer who can be an NPC in the story, maybe with his own teaser story and getting tied into the Mata assassination subplot.