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  1. joanna

    (Legit) Free Copy of Guy Kawasaki's APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur

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    Is that a US only offer?
  2. joanna

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

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    Yep, found hydration is very important. There are really nice gluten free brownies in Whole Foods, used to get those as a treat when I worked in London. They do get a bit expensive though ;) and it's hard to just eat one from a pack of five bite-sized ones. ;) I don't tolerate fruit well (and...
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    {PROGRESS + ACCOUNTABILITY} LAURYN'S RECONSTRUCTION: GETTING TO 50 SHADES OF PAID

    PUBLISHING 
    Going off topic here, but I'm a low carber too (on and off, chocolate is my weakness..). One thing I found is I can use coconut nectar as a sugar replacement and don't see nearly any reaction vs regular sugar. Makes it easy to do nice deserts when I'm sticking to the diet. I try to avoid other...
  4. joanna

    I Will Reach $10,000 USD monthly in Self-Publishing.

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    I second the sentiment above. Way to make lemonade out of lemons :) I think the most important thing is to find the best writing approach that works for you. There is no right or wrong way when it comes to process. Good luck with the other half of the book. :)
  5. joanna

    Turning fiction into a business opportunity

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    Not much to update about recently do have been quiet. I'll probably post numbers at the end of the monh, but it's been rough. Catching up on ghostwriting. Had to postpone my own stuff nearly completely since I realized my taxes are due, uhm this month, and I still haven't done the paperwork. So...
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    I'm finally joining the crowd!

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    Just a few tweaks and looks so much better :) Good luck with the sales with the new covers!
  7. joanna

    How Many Pages?

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    Well recipe books, do tend to have many lines with few words, so I know where my bias comes from. I wonder if the how to books maybe are rich in images, and that also affects the words per page count? I had a few people comment on the fiction being short, but in the sense that they would like...
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    How Many Pages?

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    Interesting thread. Here's mine, all estimates since I don't have print versions yet: The Fool's Embrace - 25,092 words - 95 pages (Thriller) - 264 w/p A Dragon Scorned - 12,255 words - 40 pages (Fantasy Adventure) - 306 w/p A Dragon's Path to Ascension - 14,283 words - 46 pages (Fantasy...
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    Taking the Erotica Leap

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    Really? My experience would be quite opposite. Proofreaders tend to be cheaper than general or developmental editors. Maybe because the "general" will often do a bit of developmental while proofreading with an extra vocabulary improvement service...
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    Taking the Erotica Leap

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    Uhm... yeah. Current WIP: This will be a nice little short story, might need to work hard to stretch it to 5k, so it makes sense for publishing... Uhm, OK, this is starting to look like 6k easy. Nice. Well, this character seems lonely, and needs someone to talk to. Less navel gazing, and...
  11. joanna

    The [Unethical] Method to Publishing...

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    Playing devil's advocate - Twilight vs FIfty Shades of Grey anyone? (Though yes, it's not necessarily a Fastlane strategy) I like to think people have good intentions. And if his model is look at what is selling, and then go: OK it's a love triangle, with vampires and warewolves in a...
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    The [Unethical] Method to Publishing...

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    I've been hanging around a few writers / writer groups that actually promote such a model. I entered erotica with this sort of idea, but quality ghostwriting likely isn't going to come cheap (and if you outsource cover / editing / marketing that's even more money out of your pocket). I feel the...
  13. joanna

    Turning fiction into a business opportunity

    PUBLISHING 
    Update time. Well, not much to report on. Feel like such a flake. Final numbers for my fake NaNoWriMo experiment. http://www.dreamdevourer.com/blog/fanowrimo-update-5/ If the last week of November was bad, then first week of December is going even worse. Focusing on the ghostwriting and a few...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks

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    I know the feeling. You just need to pick one now, and stick to it till it's ready to publish. Seems that there is a something a bit like the "shiny object syndrome" that relates to book writing. It's way to easy to jump around from book to book. *guilty as charged* Though 180K is nothing to...
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    Jumping on the bandwagon

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    First time it happened, same thought crossed my mind. Though I think it might be just mass piracy rather than demand. Unless you find a specific "request thread" for your book on one of those piracy sites :D Then you're talking fame and glory ;))
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    How Many Books Will You Publish in 2014?

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    Since I haven't outlined the books completely yet, it's hard to say whether they end up being novels or novellas, but the plan for next year would be: - The Hunt (wanted to do this year, but seems unlikely now) - Vampire Bytes #2 - Night of the Lost Brides - The Kingslayer's Apprentice - 3-4...
  17. joanna

    How do you format your books?

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    In short my process is: 1) Write in Scrivener 2) Export finished manuscript into word 3) Apply custom theme/style and general cleanup (got a macro to do the basic stuff) 3) Edit in Word (it does tend to pick up more small things than Scrivener) 4) Revisions done in Word by an editor 5) Add...
  18. joanna

    Turning fiction into a business opportunity

    PUBLISHING 
    Great ideas for the newsletter guys. :) Keep them coming. How often would you send out emails to your fanbase? Some of the things that require a bit of an investment, might not be best for a newsletter, but are great extras for limited edition book promos and such. I'm using them exactly for...
  19. joanna

    Insane pricing or no?

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    Well, I wouldn't charge more for something under 5k words. Whether it will find buyers is another thing. I've seen people argue either way, probably marketing to the right audience would make a difference. It would be interesting to hear from someone who actually has more of such work to see...
  20. joanna

    Turning fiction into a business opportunity

    PUBLISHING 
    Here's the numbers for last week if anyone is interested. :) Well, from the looks of it I won't reach my 50k goal. Ah well, might try again in December. Overall I had a ghostwriting client approach me, and I've been writing for him, so had to put my own book on hold at the moment. The amount...

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