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  1. Thriftypreneur

    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

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    KDP Select Promo Update: So far, my 2-day promotion (ended 9/11) for my first novella book resulted in: 200 downloads, 0 reviews, 0 sales, 0 borrows. Wasn't expecting much, but that's still a little disheartening. Since I can be sure that I was/am showing up on "Also bought" lists, it leads...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

    PUBLISHING 
    I'm not sure. I'm still learning it. The software is amazing to me, so far. As I keep messing around with it, it seems to have every feature a writer could possibly want. For editing and proofreading, it has ways to mark and/or highlight words and paragraphs and all kinds of other features. For...
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    Hello from Denver - self publishing success

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    If you're referring to your "First Look," I'm not sure about images, as I haven't used any, but you can manipulate your front matter to adjust it. The only pages required in your front matter are a Title Page and a Table of Contents. Pretty sure everything else is allowed to be placed in the...
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    Private forum - Authors

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    I can only think of a few things. Like, I was eager to show off my first book cover creation and might have shared my first published work. But, although I was eager, I wasn't prepared to out my pen name either, and I don't think a private forum would have changed that.
  5. Thriftypreneur

    What happens when no one wants your leads?

    Nice. Keep us posted. As for the rest of you, I'm sorely disappointed that this video wasn't mentioned once. In your future proposal emails, OP, attach this video. ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kZg_ALxEz0
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    Jumping on the bandwagon

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    This is why I'm not really reading much in my genre, at least for now (but, then again, I've never been much of a reader). It's also why I'm not going to view my reviews much (because I'm sure people are going to rip my first few titles apart). I think doing whatever needs to be done to keep...
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    Private forum - Authors

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    Was also thinking the same thing. I'm not sure I would share my pen name, even in a private forum. I simply like the anonymity too much. Even if my work sucks (and I'm sure my first few titles will), I'd rather not hear about it at my TMF safe haven.
  8. Thriftypreneur

    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

    PUBLISHING 
    Good insight, and I agree. I was thinking about this last night, as a matter of fact. I was thinking about how I could write a small novella for one or more of the supporting characters in my series, that is all about his/her back-story and how they ended up in the main story. There's really a...
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    Private forum - Authors

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    I'm fine with whatever the majority wants, but if everyone decides 1 published book should be required, wouldn't that make option #3 the mandatory choice? And who/how would one verify a member has a book published, since most will be under pen names?
  10. Thriftypreneur

    Private forum - Authors

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    Aside from sharing pen names, I'm not really sure how much use a private author forum would get, to be honest. The pool of active writers on this forum is already pretty small. I'm not sure segregating it further would help much.
  11. Thriftypreneur

    The Live Forever Progress Thread as requested by MJ demarco.

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    OP's current fastlane journey: Hope you can turn it around, buddy. Good luck. :)
  12. Thriftypreneur

    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

    PUBLISHING 
    Yeah, that's my problem as well. Which is why I think mapping out one arc and breaking it down is better. I also had 3 individual stories outlined for my series that I was going to tack on as I went, but, during the writing, characters seem to come alive on their own and different sub-plots seem...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

    PUBLISHING 
    I don't know how well it would work for a story that wasn't intended to be in parts, but I think if you're planning out a series arc, with the intention of it being broken into parts, it will work out much easier.
  14. Thriftypreneur

    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

    PUBLISHING 
    Just wanted to add something to this for anyone reading that is planning out their first series. Where I went wrong is that I tried to plan out 3 individual books to join together in one series. When what I should have done, was map/plan out one story arc, and then, break that one story arc...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

    PUBLISHING 
    Nah, that's not the case for me. I completely expected little or no sales starting out, which is why my production goal is 20 titles. I'm not concerned with it at all, and, honestly, I'm not expecting much until I have a reasonable catalog built up (around 7-10 titles, like you said). The only...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

    PUBLISHING 
    Guess it's time for a little update here. About Book One: I've been in an email war with KDP support about fixing my categories and, finally, my book is now listed in both the sub-genres it's supposed to be in. However, it's still in nonfiction as well (even though I've sent numerous requests...
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    Self Publishing a Kindle Book & then finding a publisher

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    It's really quite simple. I just published my first book, so I'll give you a quick breakdown of how it went for me. 1. I used OpenOffice Writer to construct my first book (similar to Microsoft Word), but I highly recommend Scrivener. In OpenOffice writer or Word you want your formatting to be...
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    Best Places for Cover Images?

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    Definitely agree with you there. I've done a little writing for clients in the past, nothing serious, and for my own personal websites. And I don't think I'll ever try that route again. Not when you can write for yourself, put out 60,000-100,000 words a month through a book, and have that work...
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    Thinking of using a publisher?

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    This is where I'm at now as well, production has basically come to a standstill for me because, while I have main points in the remaining two books I'm working that I already have fleshed out, it's filling in all the gaps with meaningful, engaging content/story that has me ultra stuck. Hoping I...
  20. Thriftypreneur

    Road to Becoming a Fastlane Author

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    You really seem to be flying through (jealous! :)). Any tips for coming up with story or progressing plots? Having just finished book one of my series, and having pretty much all of book 3 mapped out, I'm kinda stuck on what to do/put in book 2. And, I think that's pretty sad, considering...

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