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  1. Thriftypreneur

    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

    PUBLISHING 
    Wow, that's very kind of you, sending you a PM. :thumbsup: I just want the feedback, no need to spend anything.
  2. Thriftypreneur

    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

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    Nice post, thanks for that. Some great advice there. I have no intentions of quitting. It's never really crossed my mind. I know it's still really early in my journey and, thankfully, I do have realistic monetary expectations for the early stages (basically, none). Getting some beta readers who...
  3. Thriftypreneur

    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

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    Yeah, and I'm very grateful! :) I guess what I was referring to was more of the Desert of Desertion that seems to come with writing (or any project, really). You know... that part where you're like "Wow, this book sucks, this story sucks, I suck, my writing sucks, wtf am I doing?" I don't...
  4. Thriftypreneur

    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

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    Yeah, I agree. Great points made by many so far. Thanks for all the wonderful advice everyone. I really appreciate it. I've decided to finish the series in it's current form and then just move on to the new, more focused novel trilogies. Even if this series never sells and it stinks to high...
  5. Thriftypreneur

    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

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    No, I haven't. Something else I need to look into.
  6. Thriftypreneur

    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

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    They would all need to be rewritten and expanded. Either way, the writing starts from scratch. The only thing that would be maintained is the plot/characters. There's a part of me that wonders if the story just isn't very good and rewriting it isn't going to help a story that readers just don't...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

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    Thanks for the kind words. I really appreciate them. This is exactly what I'm doing, too (writing what I want to read). I'm just taking a step back to reorganize, regroup and come at it with a more experienced/fastlane-like course of action (where I'm writing for readers first and myself...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

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    I have a question for those who would be kind enough to weigh in... I've narrowed down the genre I need to focus on and my current works can still fall under that, but not in their current form. I'm still stuck with two questions: 1. Should I rewrite my novellas into novels and attempt to...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

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    I'm building mine with MailCheat(Chimp). They allow you to create a hosted signup form, then, you simply place a link to that form in your books and refer your readers to it for new release and promotion updates. They use the form to submit their emails and subscribe to your email updates. At least...
  10. Thriftypreneur

    I'm finally joining the crowd!

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    I like it. Especially like the title for a series of shorts/novellas. Seems like a good fit for romance/women's fiction.
  11. Thriftypreneur

    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

    PUBLISHING 
    Yeah, the slowdown in production couldn't be helped due to outside influences. Sucks, but it is what it is. The trilogy model is actually what I'm looking at the most right now. I really think a perma-free prequel leading into a trilogy product is a strong way to go for most genres. While I...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

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    What to do when people think your baby is ugly? Not really much "progress" to report, but I feel like thinking out loud. For writing, I haven't done much of it for book 3 of this series. I've been dealing with a lot of real-life issues and doing research, but getting back to writing this week...
  13. Thriftypreneur

    Road to Becoming a Fastlane Author

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    Currently experiencing that now. As I finished the second in my series, my production has come to a standstill. I attribute this largely to not mapping the entire thing out in advance (because I have no clue where I want the story to go now. Trying to map it out currently). I'm going to start...
  14. Thriftypreneur

    Jumping on the bandwagon

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    Congrats on your first payday! Don't think I qualified for one for October, no idea what the threshold is. So far, combining all my sales, I think I could turn them into enough pennies to roll around in naked. ;)
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    Self-Publishing Resources and Websites

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    http://www.yasiv.com/ Interesting site. Supposed to auto populate based on "also bought" lists. I haven't really looked at it much, nor figured out how to use the information to see which "also boughts" you're showing up on, but interesting nonetheless.
  16. Thriftypreneur

    Compiling with Scrivener on PC? Help.

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    If you mean with the editor, I have no idea. I'm still using the default settings. I'm pretty sure they handle universal changes through the compiler, or that was their intention. Meaning, I think the idea was that you could use a huge variety of formats and styles throughout a single...
  17. Thriftypreneur

    [Progress Thread] Fiction Ebook

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    Nice update, keep going. I don't have much sage advice to give you about your cover question, being inexperienced myself. Maybe someone with more experience can chime in. I think if your cover is appropriately representing the genre/story you're selling, then it being unique from other covers...
  18. Thriftypreneur

    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

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    I edited the post I originally wrote to you about this question. I forgot about another thing that keywords also do... My genre doesn't have these, so I didn't think about them. It's my understanding that matching keywords in your keyword field to these "themes" allows your book to display...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

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    Our Only Real Asset? Just got done setting up my mailing list and I'm in the process of adding the links to my limited catalog. /beginrant Fighting with KDP support again to remove the category lock from my first book so I can optimize the listings before running my last KDP Select...
  20. Thriftypreneur

    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

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    Edit: Removing this part because it's inaccurate, see post further down. The only thing I can say with any certainty is that the keywords they provide, the ones I linked above, assign you to categories (provided you're published under the correct, corresponding main category). That's their purpose.

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