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

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    Not sure what you're nervous about. Sounds like you're really underestimating the value of the email list you created with your first book. With 1000+ subscribers and a blast to them on release day, I'd expect book 2 to shoot up the charts faster than book 1 did. That email list is your most...
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    Services to capture Reader's emails?

    PUBLISHING 
    I use MailCheat(Chimp). They allow you to host a landing page as part of their service, so there's not a need to buy a domain or web hosting to host your own forms.
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    Tips for freelance cover designing?

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    I've been thinking of trying to offer up some freelance cover designing along side my writing; Nothing serious, just something to dabble in on the side. I've found that I really enjoy cover creation. However, I'm completely green in how such jobs work concerning image licensing and what not...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks

    GOLD! 
    Actually, for me, getting a few less-than-glowing reviews helped me. I was kinda dreading it at first, getting dragged over the coals and all and having people say my baby was ugly, but once it's out of the way, unless you quit, you realize it doesn't matter. The fastlane mindset kicks in and...
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    And now I shall spin yarns....

    PUBLISHING 
    I love pen names. I like that you can work on them how you want, when you want. But, one thing to keep in mind is that unless you're planning to pump out stories at a pace fast enough to maintain two pen names, concentrating on one genre is probably going to yield faster success. Building...
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    Why do authors put this on their covers?

    PUBLISHING 
    "a novel" Maybe I'm dumb, but I still have yet to figure out the point to putting that on a cover. Can anyone enlighten me why sooooooo many novels have this on their covers?
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    Lurve stories for fun and profit [progress thread]

    PUBLISHING 
    I see it's already broke #800 in the paid store, congrats!
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    fiction novel and self publishing...a little question

    PUBLISHING 
    You have to remember, people writing and selling shorter works are in genres that fully support them (usually romance/erotica). Not all genre's support novellas or like them. However, all genres seem to like and support full-length novels, which yours is. Trim it up if it needs to be trimmed up...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

    PUBLISHING 
    I like the anonymity that a pen name provides, so I just use a graphic logo of my author name. I think caricatures work well too. Some go for the in-depth interaction, using their real names, pictures, etc, but that's just not how I want to do it. The beautiful thing about pen names is that...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

    PUBLISHING 
    Not near enough. I'm currently doing what I probably should have done in the beginning, which is read a lot in my genre. I find that publishing anonymously under a pen name helps. In the end it's a big learning experience, I accepted early on that my first works were going to be bad and be...
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    Even I Was Shocked By The Secrets I Learned When I Saw MJ Tutoring Obama

    NOTABLE! 
    I think this is a really key point. No one, and I mean no one, wants to hear about the work involved to achieve a goal. All they want are the results. How many friends have you discussed some solid business plans to--after they asked you specifically for advice--only to watch them do nothing...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

    PUBLISHING 
    Care to expand on this? I've thought of pulling and redoing what I've got because I actually really, really like the premise, but it just seems criminal to me to spend even more time on that trilogy when I could invest it in something new, much more targeted to the genre, and much, much better...
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    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

    PUBLISHING 
    Honestly, I don't know how accurate the 5% is, it's just the number that I mentally noted as a benchmark from reading waaay too much at Kboards and similar places. 1%-3% might be more realistic, I dunno.
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    [PROGRESS THREAD]: Six-figure Fiction

    PUBLISHING 
    February Update Figure it's time for an update, even though it feels like I'm turning in a bad report card. Novella Trilogy has been completed and published for a while now, haven't really wrote anything since. Started out tossing around ideas, trying to get my bearings straight on genre and...
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    {PROGRESS + ACCOUNTABILITY} LAURYN'S RECONSTRUCTION: GETTING TO 50 SHADES OF PAID

    PUBLISHING 
    In addition to 2k to 10k, I've also just finished reading Writing the Breakout Novel (recommended to me by @ChickenHawk). It's a little old, but I highly recommend it. Lots of the ideas in it I can see in the best-sellers I'm currently studying. It covers things like Plot, Advanced Plotting...
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    Pen names and their managment

    PUBLISHING 
    I'm doing author name logos or caricatures. In fiction publishing, I really don't see any upside to using another person's picture as your author picture, and lots of downsides. I'd probably do the same with non-fiction, even in non-fiction genres where professionalism and credibility can sway...
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    {PROGRESS + ACCOUNTABILITY} LAURYN'S RECONSTRUCTION: GETTING TO 50 SHADES OF PAID

    PUBLISHING 
    Do more research, they are fuel for much more... depending on what you read, of course :) For me, they're just cute, furry, little, (blank), that I have yet to learn how to overcome... They just always own me, lol! Soft, mine to protect, etc... it's not a story worth writing, but I <3 them.
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    Jumping on the bandwagon

    PUBLISHING 
    Just wanted to quote all this... If you're worried about 1-stars, CO, (or even you, CH), just know that the highest ranked books in the store also have the highest amount of 1-stars. Don't base your ability on ANY reviews (well, you can revel in the 5-stars that tell you that you write gold and...
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    {PROGRESS + ACCOUNTABILITY} LAURYN'S RECONSTRUCTION: GETTING TO 50 SHADES OF PAID

    PUBLISHING 
    This. Well done, and keep going! You grind hard... Only a matter of time before you reap what you've sown. And that kitten looks exactly like my kitten (well, she's not a kitten anymore. she's a fat a$$ and rules the entire house, but still! Looks just like her as a baby!) . Edit: Yes, I...
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    Support of spouse/significant other?

    HOT! PEOPLE 
    Yep... and it extends WAY beyond getting a door, lol. I also grew up in the Deep South (south and proud and a little red neck too!) and am still living in Las Vegas (have for a few years)... so I can attest to being completely confused! :D

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