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  1. COSenior

    Out of a Funk - a Newbie's Journey In Self Publishing

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    That would be considered a short story, perhaps a short novelette. I like your new cover, and hope it makes some rejuvenated sales for you. Wish I'd received my 1099 from Amazon yet...had an email a corrected one was sent out on the 13th, but it hasn't yet appeared in my mailbox. Had to take my...
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    Jumping on the bandwagon

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    Back in the saddle. After a very frustrating experience with an editor, finally published the novel I wrote in September. Man, that was a long haul. Its opening rank was 38,xxx and now sitting at 16,xxx with six five-star reviews. Crossing fingers for some serious notice for this one. CH says...
  3. COSenior

    Out of a Funk - a Newbie's Journey In Self Publishing

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    You can do it.
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    Jumping on the bandwagon

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  5. COSenior

    Out of a Funk - a Newbie's Journey In Self Publishing

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    Well thank you.
  6. COSenior

    Out of a Funk - a Newbie's Journey In Self Publishing

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    Occupational hazard that I wish I could turn off at will. Believe me, it's no fun reading for pleasure when I'm constantly correcting grammar or typos in my head as I go. Lord knows, I don't want people reading mine that way. Everyone is fallible.
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    Out of a Funk - a Newbie's Journey In Self Publishing

    PUBLISHING 
    Lisa, how fun that you've taken the flash-fiction bull by the horns. Did you know that Holly has a free (I think-at least very cheap) course on how to develop it? I like the image you've created. If I may say so, there are a couple of words, one used in an inaccurate way and one missing, that...
  8. COSenior

    Jumping on the bandwagon

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    Yep, ten's the goal, but I only have to write eight of them, and four are already outlined. Hoping that releasing the one I'm revising now will give me an energy boost. :)
  9. COSenior

    [PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks

    GOLD! 
    Awesome stats, CH! We knew you were a rock-star, but it's nice to see the numbers, for those of us trailing far behind in your footsteps. About book #3, which I believe you have said was a heavy revision of the book that got you an agent a few years ago. Do you wonder whether that book would...
  10. COSenior

    Jumping on the bandwagon

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    Wow, where has this year gone? With my head down and plowing through a revision analysis for a writing course, it almost feels as if I haven't written for months, though that isn't true. Somewhere on the previous page, I mentioned this year's production, so I won't go through that again, as the...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks

    GOLD! 
    Warm would be nice. I've been wearing gloves in the house for the last two days because of single-digit temps (Fahrenheit). Luckily, not typing at the moment, revising on printed manuscript.
  12. COSenior

    A Reader's Rants and Thoughts on Writing

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    Just when I thought I'd run out of rants...reading a really funny RomCom right now that nevertheless makes me scream 'aspersions' every time the characters say 'cast dispersions'. Lord help us, it's a 'not uncommon' mistake, according to Google. Ask me why I don't trust editors.
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks

    GOLD! 
    There you go again, accusing me of being a robot. :rolleyes: I'll join the numbers game debate, and comment on @Disciple's calculations while I'm at it. I'm a hybrid - I plan, to some extent, but not to the extent that I write up extensive biographies on my characters, world-build for hundreds...
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    A Reader's Rants and Thoughts on Writing

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    * That's 'whether', for the vocabulary impaired. I couldn't stand leaving it that way, lol. And 'definitely' for Aimee's post. I'm such a nerd.
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    A Reader's Rants and Thoughts on Writing

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    Rather you do or rather you don't, I appreciate your humor. ;)
  16. COSenior

    A Reader's Rants and Thoughts on Writing

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    AAAAAAUUUUGGGGGHHHH!
  17. COSenior

    Kindle Unlimited... Authors in trouble?

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    I don't disagree with most of what you're saying. Where I believe writing is different from most business except for some other 'artistic' endeavors is that the best of it is a solitary endeavor. Once again, I have to specify fiction, and even then there are some collaborations that work. What I...
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    Kindle Unlimited... Authors in trouble?

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    I hope that's true. However, as a writer of fiction, it seems to me that we have never had control. Before Amazon and others made it easy and cheap to self-publish, the barrier was the gatekeepers at traditional publishing houses or the high cost of self-publishing, which was in any case not a...
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    Kindle Unlimited... Authors in trouble?

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    It makes sense that they would; they already have a fan base, and their books are priced such that a KU borrow paying an average of $1.50 is nowhere near what the royalty for a sale would be. For those who haven't yet 'made it'; i.e., aren't visible to the masses because they don't have a...
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    A Reader's Rants and Thoughts on Writing

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    If you will read from the beginning of the thread (which was titled rants for a reason), you'll see that much of my criticism is tongue in cheek, and nowhere do I claim to be perfect. However, I have an editor's eye, and the way I choose to express myself is my business. I don't need to be taken...

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