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  1. ChickenHawk

    Government employees mind sets?

    EXECUTION 
    I work with government employees every day, and it's not pretty. I will say this. The one advantage you have in dealing with them is that they're not spending their own money, and thus, are easily duped into spending more than they should.
  2. ChickenHawk

    Business incorporation for self-publishing

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    I'd love feedback from the more experienced writers too. But as someone relatively new to this, I can tell you that I didn't incorporate. At least not yet. To me, it seems like overkill when you're just starting out. I'd suggest that your time and effort would be better spent putting out your...
  3. ChickenHawk

    Jumping on the bandwagon

    PUBLISHING 
    It will be interesting to see what your publisher says. Please keep us posted! That's funny about "inference." Good point too.
  4. ChickenHawk

    Jumping on the bandwagon

    PUBLISHING 
    I'm still utterly blown away by your word counts. Seriously! About the vocabulary, I'll sometimes channel a person I know in real life, and try to say things like they would if they were talking to me. Alas, most of these folks swear profusely.
  5. ChickenHawk

    Jumping on the bandwagon

    PUBLISHING 
    Aha! Here it is... http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00HXR4Y5U/?tag=tff-amazonparser-20 Love the Description (Is it okay if I pasted it below? If not, definitely let me know, and I'll happily remove it.) "Lost, alone, and on the run, Charity Green is forced to turn for help to a handsome stranger; a...
  6. ChickenHawk

    OK, I'm in! Let's Self Publish.

    PUBLISHING 
    So glad to see you're jumping in! Plus, you're taking lots of action, which of course, will serve you very well. BRAVO! I read through this thread, but might have missed this... Are you releasing your (outsourced) fiction and your (self-written) non-fiction under the same pen name? If so...
  7. ChickenHawk

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

    GOLD! 
    Today, I passed a milestone I thought I'd never see. For the month of January, I've officially earned more from Kindle Books than from my day job. And the month is only half over. This means that if I don't sell a single book for the rest of January, I'd still make more from Amazon this month...
  8. ChickenHawk

    At the very beginning...

    PUBLISHING 
    Great post, as usual! Very thought-provoking and inspiring all around. And boy, it's funny to think how those words add up, isn't it? A million words per year, that's 10-12 full-length novels. WOW. If I could put out four full-length novels a year, I'd be pretty darn happy. Let's see, that's...
  9. ChickenHawk

    Jumping on the bandwagon

    PUBLISHING 
    That DOES sound like a great compromise. You get to leverage an established foundation, and he gets to leverage your great writing. I can't wait to hear how this goes!
  10. ChickenHawk

    Jumping on the bandwagon

    PUBLISHING 
    Holy crap! That's really soon. For some reason, I envisioned a turnaround time of weeks or months. Please keep us posted. This is so exciting!
  11. ChickenHawk

    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

    PUBLISHING 
    Sometimes, it really IS hard to keep going, isn't it? Bravo to you for keeping it up, and moving forward! At least to my untrained eye, your plan looks really solid, and once the perma-free kicks in, it hopefully will bring a ton more eyeballs to your books. Plus, it sounds like a lot of the...
  12. ChickenHawk

    Writing, writing, writing...

    Writing, writing, writing...
  13. ChickenHawk

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

    GOLD! 
    Wow, I'm shocked and beyond thrilled to report that in January alone, I've just sold my 1,000th U.S. copy of my newest book.:) It's Jan. 10, so this means I've sold 1,000 copies in less than 10 days, and have spent the last few days in the Amazon top 1,000. Plus, this month, I've also sold...
  14. ChickenHawk

    I'm going to be on TV this weekend

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    Oh wow, that's so cool!!! Dang, now I'm almost wishing I could get any channels on my TV. I only say "almost" because cancelling TV was actually a good decision for us, but man, that would've been so neat to see. Any chance of you posting a clip after the fact?
  15. ChickenHawk

    I'm finally joining the crowd!

    PUBLISHING 
    You know what? As usual, this is MOST excellent advice. Seriously. Reviews, ratings, all that stuff, it really is a huge distraction, even if you don't spend a lot of time there.
  16. ChickenHawk

    I'm finally joining the crowd!

    PUBLISHING 
    I remember reading somewhere (not here, but on another forum) that it takes seven books before the first one (under the same pen name) reaches its full potential. It will be interesting to see what kind of results come with having more books available for sale. You're definitely on the right...
  17. ChickenHawk

    Jumping on the bandwagon

    PUBLISHING 
    Wow, that's so exciting!!! Congratulations!
  18. ChickenHawk

    My (Continuing) Journey Towards Becoming a Full-Time Author

    PUBLISHING 
    Here's to an amazing 2014! And I'll chime with the others and say please keep us posted as you move forward. Since you have experience in multiple genres, it will be interesting to see which route you go. Can't wait to hear about your success!
  19. ChickenHawk

    Hello from Denver - self publishing success

    GOLD! 
    Dang! And I just got set up with Smashwords. I know this might be a stupid question, but if you already have a book on Smashwords, and decided to go with D2D instead, would there be any downside to leaving the first book on Smashwords? I'm still trying to figure out how all these pieces fit...
  20. ChickenHawk

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

    GOLD! 
    A funny pix...I wrote about half of my novel in longhand wherever I was, trying to work around a massive shortage of time between the day-job and family responsibilities. Here's all of that raw material. Almost all of these sheets are two-sided. Funny how all those words add up.

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