What's new

Search results

  1. joanna

    Advice on writing "How To" E-books?

    PUBLISHING 
    This isn't quite true. As they say, there isn't much new stuff out there, and it's not about only publishing something that is 100% original and never seen before. With advice books like that it is very much about differentiating yourself from other similar books, and this isn't always about...
  2. joanna

    What do you type on?

    PUBLISHING 
    Yeah, I prefer a regular mouse and keyboard in the long run. Though my fiance does not agree that my trackball can be classified as a regular mouse ;) I do hate touchpads, hence I can't see myself switching to something else from my beloved thinkpads. With a docking station it makes a handy...
  3. joanna

    What do you type on?

    PUBLISHING 
    The sun powered, flat logitech keyboard. I like typing on it.
  4. joanna

    Jumping on the bandwagon

    PUBLISHING 
    Extremely well done :) I'm sticking to that for the erotica. For other writing I've started to just go with what suites the story. So although most of the fantasy is past and 3rd person, the current fantasy survival story is present, 1st person... I used to hate that combo as a reader, but...
  5. joanna

    E-Books aren't Fastlane. You should quit...

    PUBLISHING 
    Funny you mention that. Some non-techies would be upset. "Hey, it's just 50 lines.... That must have taken you like less than half an hour, here's a fiver." ;) Can you tell I'm a jilted coder? Yeah, talk to clients about benefits and their gains, not hours spent or lines of code. Otherwise...
  6. joanna

    Jumping on the bandwagon

    PUBLISHING 
    Is that your only name/pen name? :) Personally if someone finds out it's not going to be the end of the world for me. My fiance beta reads it, my sister and her friend/flatmate are co writers of MM erotica/romance (and starting to be known in their genre), my parents and in-laws know about us...
  7. joanna

    Jumping on the bandwagon

    PUBLISHING 
    That is awful! It's hard to believe people can be so irresponsible. :( My sister works in retail and they sometimes mess up some of their hours, and that screws her budget up, can't imagine someone being deprived of a whole month's pay. It would be nice if they paid him some bonus for the...
  8. joanna

    Turning fiction into a business opportunity

    PUBLISHING 
    Therein lies the problem ;) I plan to write 2h per day, but even that sometimes, well doesn't happen. Working from home does have it's downsides. Yep. That was my thinking. Since I already have two pen names, and I'm not going to mix my SFF with erotica, even if one of the characters does get...
  9. joanna

    E-Books aren't Fastlane. You should quit...

    PUBLISHING 
    Great analogy. And though you didn't mention it explicitly, it assumes also meeting the minimum standard of say the health and safety regulations. That would apply to books too - even the ones focused on quantity have to have to meet some standard (not necessarily in the quality of writing or...
  10. joanna

    Turning fiction into a business opportunity

    PUBLISHING 
    I guess it's time for an update. Since I've decided to make this a Fake NaNoWriMo adventure month I've been keeping more stats than usual on my writing. For those interested: Update 1, Update 2, Update 3. A few take aways so far. Writing speed. Not sure what it is but I just can't get more...
  11. joanna

    I'm finally joining the crowd!

    PUBLISHING 
    I don't have a specific source, but I think I've seen it mentioned somewhere that the estimate takes into account the type of writing (not formatting). Something like lots of description vs lots of dialogue on the page will change the words per page estimate. Then again, it's amazon, the formula...
  12. joanna

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

    PUBLISHING 
    Here's an example. Or scratch that, there was a great thread on kboards but it seems to be gone now. Darn. Any way. Here's some tips: http://www.creativindie.com/8-cover-design-secrets-publishers-use-to-manipulate-readers-into-buying-books/ And that's an interesting read, even if you're not...
  13. joanna

    I'm finally joining the crowd!

    PUBLISHING 
    That would do it. The estimated word count is variable, but once you link a print version, I'm pretty sure they use that page count for both editions.
  14. joanna

    I'm finally joining the crowd!

    PUBLISHING 
    Wow, the promo is working great for you :) I would let it climb a little longer. Once you see you stabilize somewhere might be a good idea to up the price again to see if the market will take it.
  15. joanna

    Turning fiction into a business opportunity

    PUBLISHING 
    Thanks! :) @Thriftypreneur I know, right? It's this weird thing. On one hand the story sits in my head screaming to be written, but then the other side of my brain generates a thousand excuses why do it later. Then again once I force myself to do a few lines of writing it just goes from there...
  16. joanna

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

    PUBLISHING 
    To be honest *money* isn't as big of a problem, as *accounting* for it. ;) Also you do need a designated person who manages such a colaboration from their account since I don't think any of the platforms allows for multiple owners of a book (other than tagging someone as author). I think what...
  17. joanna

    Jumping on the bandwagon

    PUBLISHING 
    I agree, it's good to see all the aspects of everyone's journey. We can learn just as much from failed attempts at promotion or other mishaps, as from the successful endeavours. I do like the honest approach in this forum and the fact that even when something doesn't go our way we move on rather...
  18. joanna

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

    PUBLISHING 
    Yeah it spans not just geographically, but also time wise - the arc spans over more than a millennium. http://uuttatoivoa.com/archive/plotting-the-whole-series-teaser-tuesday This one's fantasy, but my SF one's aren't much smaller in scale. Things get out of hand quickly... ;) I do need to do a...
  19. joanna

    Writing a book

    PUBLISHING 
    There are readers that actually like to have the same plot in all the books they read (or with just a little bit of variation) just with the characters and/or setting changing. Others will give you scaving reviews for that. Depends really who your target audience is and how well you know their...
  20. joanna

    Turning fiction into a business opportunity

    PUBLISHING 
    Thought I really need to stop hijacking other people's threads for thinking out loud. :) So here goes my attempt at some public accountability. I really like the term Writer-Publisher. It better reflects my work as well as my future goals than something like writer (definitely not aspiring ;)...

Welcome to an Entrepreneurial Revolution

The Fastlane Forum empowers you to break free from conventional thinking to achieve financial freedom through UNSCRIPTED® Entrepreneurship where relative value and problem-solving are executed at scale. Living Unscripted® isn’t just a business strategy—it’s a way of life.

Follow MJ DeMarco

Fastlane Resources

Get The Books that Change Lives...

The Fastlane entrepreneurial strategy is based on the CENTS Framework® which is based on the three best-selling books by MJ DeMarco.

mj demarco books
Back
Top Bottom