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  1. Selfy

    On Book Cover Design...

    PUBLISHING 
    Great timing as I'm thinking about this. Covers are where your energy and creativity should go according to most of the successful writers here. Problem is, how to get started on acquiring a cover that sells. Will costs to your cover give you the ROI that you want? How do you test? $500 for a...
  2. Selfy

    I'm going to write that book, baby.

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    So here's the total time for book5 10k words Total Time Editing: 3 Total Time Writing: 15.5 Total Time Planning: 1 Total Time Market Research: 9 Total Time Plotting: 6 hours Total Time Spent: 33.5 hours There will be two to five more hours to add to this as I do one more pass of editing...
  3. Selfy

    I'm going to write that book, baby.

    PUBLISHING 
    This might help someone out there who is thinking about self-pub after reading the awesome threads by HFR or chicken hawk. It is especially helpful for those who aren't even writers. These are a couple of things I learned so far, a guy who is now on writing book 5. It is by no means a success...
  4. Selfy

    I'm going to write that book, baby.

    PUBLISHING 
    Book four is done minus one pass editing. Roughly 7k works for a deeper niche. I released book two but it didn't sell. Not even one. Something wrong? I put it under /shortstories this time. Or my cover sucks or title sucks or intro sucks. I'm not happy with that, kinda disheartening to be...
  5. Selfy

    I'm going to write that book, baby.

    PUBLISHING 
    Book 1 generated 10 sales in its first week, so i'm happy about that. :hurray: Book 2 should have been released but my cover guy has not delivered yet. I think I should do covers myself, or get another guy. Damn it. I have zero artistic ability nor desire to look at guys with rock hard abs...
  6. Selfy

    I'm going to write that book, baby.

    PUBLISHING 
    Book two is done but unreleased yet as I wait for the cover. Still crap but it's like crap with a spray of flowery perfume. And let's not forget that crap is fertilizer that bring forth the blossoming of sweet smelling roses. :) Write time is 35 hours :wideyed: :headbanger: :hungover: Throw...
  7. Selfy

    HowToPubYourself is up and running!

    PUBLISHING 
    Would be great to learn about getting "speed" up in writing. Checking it out.
  8. Selfy

    Worth it's weight in gold

    PUBLISHING 
    It's worth its weight in Diamond. I need to get that emotional book. This is my missing piece. Also if I may add the Plot Skeleton to the list. It had reduced my writing time and had added much needed structure.
  9. Selfy

    Hello from Denver - self publishing success

    GOLD! 
    When I have a doubt in my head, I go back to this thread and I get pumped up! Thanks HFM and everyone who contributed to this thread. I'm now on book 2!
  10. Selfy

    I'm going to write that book, baby.

    PUBLISHING 
    Toggle says he spent some 3 hours in getting the knowledge he needed. He is hungry. He sees a cute petite girl sitting quietly in the corner of the coffee shop. Can he approach her? He hasn't been talking to many people since isolating himself with writing an erotica novel. Time to sharpen the...
  11. Selfy

    I'm going to write that book, baby.

    PUBLISHING 
    Preparing for the second book with the two pronged ultra newbie approach. Improve Writing - Got two writing books to help me, plot skeletons and fire in fiction. This should help me as I am blindly wrote the first book. Improve Research - Read 3 books of my genre. If I'm going to be writing...
  12. Selfy

    I hit publish on my first romance novel!

    PUBLISHING 
    Hey congratulations!
  13. Selfy

    I'm going to write that book, baby.

    PUBLISHING 
    I figured the first book took almost 30 hours to develop. I'm tracking the time now with toggl. I am now waiting for the cover which I purchased on fiverr. Now I make some minor tweaking, busting out the thesaurus to give some flower power to the scenes. Two pronged action as I wait: 1.)...
  14. Selfy

    I'm going to write that book, baby.

    PUBLISHING 
    Thanks guys. Wow, my English sucks? Seriously I have no business in writing a novel, but oh well. - I am done with the book, minus editing. I'll be paying someone to proofread and do the cover. - I reckon it took me about 25 hours to write. I don't know. I'll spend another couple hours...
  15. Selfy

    I'm going to write that book, baby.

    PUBLISHING 
    MJ Demarco, but then I should have done the editing. The names of the novel even shifts. I just kinda know what they are about. I really want to get this book out. It's gon get there baby!
  16. Selfy

    I'm going to write that book, baby.

    PUBLISHING 
    So far the writing has grown to 10k then reduced to 8k then up 11k then down to 9k. I have the plot down now and the characters are built. Writing a book is hard work. It seems I can only write good for an hour then my mind loses the drive. I have to take a break for an hour, then write for...
  17. Selfy

    I'm going to write that book, baby.

    PUBLISHING 
    I'm up 8k words. I have the general plot and a two themes that is propelling the story. I reduced characters to four, with the last one as the reveal in the last chapter. My plan is to publish in Day 10. I am now in Day 3, so I'd like to finish the end scene by tomorrow and get into editing, of...
  18. Selfy

    {PROGRESS + ACCOUNTABILITY} LAURYN'S RECONSTRUCTION: GETTING TO 50 SHADES OF PAID

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    Great work! Studying your writing now!
  19. Selfy

    I'm going to write that book, baby.

    PUBLISHING 
    He invites her over to his table. There were no electrical outlet where she was, and he knew she was here for the long term. Looking over the fastlane forum and the edge of his laptop he sees a cleavage and a girl with thickset glasses looking at the graphics of her anatomy book. What did he...
  20. Selfy

    I'm going to write that book, baby.

    PUBLISHING 
    I'm up to 7k words in the book, but it is becoming more a of a slog. I NEED TO EXPAND MY VOCABULARY. IT NEEDS TO BE QUICK and rapid or else it breaks the concentration. He sees her now, as he was typing this, another college girl is back in the desolate starbucks where she studies and he...

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