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  1. joanna

    Turning fiction into a business opportunity

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    Update time. Last week finished the ghostwriting project, did edits for it this week. I think that drained me a bit, since I did no other writing last week. Though I did manage to take a first stab at plotting a new story. Also did a similar mind map outline for a non-fiction book I'm looking to...
  2. joanna

    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

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    I can't say I have a solution, since I've been struggling with similar issues to a degree throughout last year. Unfortunately a writer's life usually lends itself to these kind of anxieties. Going from "Yeah! Awesome, this masterpiece will be finished in a week! With editing! Everyone one will...
  3. joanna

    Turning fiction into a business opportunity

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    :) I know what you mean about reading time and discipline... Must... not... add... more... books... to reading list. ;) I'm definitely not into sparkling vampires either. Made mine with sci-fi lore. Dragon lore - well I've got plenty of lore, though it's taking a while to put it all on paper...
  4. joanna

    My Take on Self-Publishing

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    I can probably answer this one. KDP has no pen name limit, you can publish as many authors as you'd like. You can only have 1 account. The 3 pen name limit per account relates to AuthorCentral which is separate (Amazon seems to love having gazillion separate places to login to...). You can...
  5. joanna

    Turning fiction into a business opportunity

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    Thank you :) @COSenior Feel free to goof around as much as you like ;) Also to be honest, with your fast output you're likely to see success sooner. I should probably add that I'm a lot less fussed about my writing when it comes to the erotica stuff that's done for fun-and-money. But with the...
  6. joanna

    Turning fiction into a business opportunity

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    @COSenior, @HeldforRansom, no offence taken. I wouldn't suggest doing everything at once if you haven't been doing it before. If you improve one aspect at a time to the point it becomes semi-automatic, then might be a good idea to try to fix the next thing. Certain genres are more tolerant to...
  7. joanna

    Turning fiction into a business opportunity

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    Couldn't resist doing the cover now that the story is with the editor, even if it goes into the anthology first. Still not 100% set on the title though. Not much other progress to report. Ghostwriting is nearly done, should have the whole story finished this week or with editing possibly...
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    Pssst! Hey, buddy! Need an editor?

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    You do realize a copy editor is an editor, right? One being a broader term encompassing the other. And I would still argue you're abusing the word scam. If you don't want people changing your voice, your plot, or whatever you find so precious then don't hire someone who does this sort of...
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    Pssst! Hey, buddy! Need an editor?

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    I think I mentioned it in another thread already - I very much agree with DWS on many topics, but when he talks about not using an editor you have to take into consideration that he is not a first time writer, publishing the first draft, of his first book. If you look carefully at the method he...
  10. joanna

    Taking the Erotica Leap

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    Congrats! :) And I have to say, that Raven cover is looking nice :)
  11. joanna

    Turning fiction into a business opportunity

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    A mix of both I would say. I would like to think I've gotten better at doing more show straight away, but still nowhere near the level I'd like. I definitely did get better at spotting it during editing hough. While I'm saying this I should mention that telling is still a valid storyteller tool...
  12. joanna

    Turning fiction into a business opportunity

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    Phew. That was hard - just finished the short story for the anthology last week. The problem? At about 90% I realized my intended ending would require several more scenes and since this was a submission I really could not exceed the 6k limit. Found an alternative ending that worked and finished...
  13. joanna

    Turning fiction into a business opportunity

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    Update time. :) I've been keeping a diary of my progress on the short story. The numbers aren't ground shaking - 3k done, but have been slowly adding to the word count despite Christmas preparations: cooking, shopping, gift wrapping, cleaning, etc. I'm about half way through and going to do a...
  14. joanna

    Taking the Erotica Leap

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    Congrats on the sales! :) I like the Pinterest trick. I've tried using it before, but didn't really have an idea about what to do with it other than gathering pretty pictures. Having all the inspirations for each book as a pinboard each actually might work well to focus my efforts.
  15. joanna

    Turning fiction into a business opportunity

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    Thanks :) I'm posting the WIP on Wattpad currently if you want to take a peak and don't mind rough-draftness around the edges. Always good to get some feedback since I don't have regular betas beyond one friend. My sis and her co-author (they're a writing team under a single pen name for all...
  16. joanna

    Jumping on the bandwagon

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    Yeah, there's no way I can squeeze anything in this year. Even had to tell some clients to come back in Jan since I'm trying to be realistic about the number of hours a day has (and it ain't 48h) ;)
  17. joanna

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

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    Great job. :) Finishing always feels so good. Personally an additional reason to have an editor is so that I can take a five minute breather from the work after it's done before jumping back to work ;) Good luck with the holiday release!
  18. joanna

    Is it time for a new CMS platform?

    You already got some good advise from others. As mentioned above there is Ghost that's been created on the technology stack you're looking at, though it's limited itself to just blogging. I would echo one of the previous questions - why NodeJS? Not saying you should or shouldn't go for it, but...
  19. joanna

    Turning fiction into a business opportunity

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    Here's the blurb so far: "An orphaned dragon girl haunted by her past and stalked by something sinister hiding in the forest struggles to survive and find her way home. But lack of food and shelter are the least of this four-year-old’s worries when the creature made of wilderness gets a taste...
  20. joanna

    Turning fiction into a business opportunity

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    Thanks for chiming in. :) I think sometimes I have a title (or at least a working one) come to me early, other times the working title is so lame that I definitely need more work in that department. Like, one of the prequels so far is just referred to by the name of the main character, and given...

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