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  1. Magik

    RICH KIDS

    HOT! PEOPLE 
    Growing up, I was on both sides of this. When I was a baby, my dad opened a retail store because his back was to the wall and had to make money (some of you need to put yourself there). Within about 3 or 4 years (way before the internet), it grew into multiple stores and wholesaling product in...
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    Finish My Book and Publish

    PUBLISHING 
    I definitely like the idea of getting it out there and getting feedback. I suppose I could always do further editing/rewriting later should I want to. I have a 5,800 word short story up right now for this. I don't get much traffic to my website yet, so not sure how well it works yet. I end my...
  3. Magik

    Another Lazy Turd Sues Because... HE Fell Asleep

    A lazy turd who fell asleep at a Yankees game has filed suit against ESPN and MLB because the commentators poked fun at him for falling asleep at a baseball game. Ye Gods, when will it end? Of course, he is claiming they caused him emotional distress. He also says that the commentators called...
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    Why you should not tell anyone what your doing

    MINDSET 
    Yes, the biggest issue of all. The grand issue is this: as soon as you publicly label yourself as something, society (friends, family, colleagues, dates, etc.) will place all of their stereotypes and beliefs about that label upon you and judge you based on that label, instead of judging you...
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    Finish My Book and Publish

    PUBLISHING 
    I am doing one last round of edits before I put my book out there. It's time to get it done and move on to the next thing, which I've already started. I have lived with it for too long and put in a shit load of work on it, and it's time to see what the market thinks. The artist in me wants to...
  6. Magik

    (Warning: disturbing story)I felt bad for this guy at first...

    A kid has come up with something. It's very primitive, but it's a start. http://www.ezbabysaver.com/ Looks like we have a huge need to be solved and a large market at that. Who is going to get after it?
  7. Magik

    What book are you reading? Right now. Post up!

    NOTABLE! HOT! BOOKS CHAT 
    I'm a writer, so I'm always reading some fiction, but I do read some non-fiction as well. I'm not reading any business books right now for a reason. I need to better understand writing, so I'm reading fiction and books on how to write better. Currently, fiction outnumbers nonfiction 2:1. I have...
  8. Magik

    You're from where??

    HOT! INTRO 
    Born and raised in Oxford, MS. Now live in Nashville, TN. Next year, I will be somewhere else.
  9. Magik

    POV Question For Experienced Fiction Authors

    PUBLISHING 
    It sounds like your book is in what is called 2nd person, or omniscient pov, where you basically switch to different pov and go inside multiple character's thoughts. One simple technique for making sure the reader understands you are switching to another character is to use a linespace (_____)...
  10. Magik

    (Warning: disturbing story)I felt bad for this guy at first...

    The only problem is most of the people who leave their child or dog in a hot car are doing it intentionally. It's not a matter of forgetting, they are just stupid or don't give a shit (or in rare cases like this one, looking to kill a living being). I am sure that people forget on occasion, but...
  11. Magik

    Finish My Book and Publish

    PUBLISHING 
    I did not know that. I will check it out.
  12. Magik

    Finish My Book and Publish

    PUBLISHING 
    Here is an update on recent developments: -Still waiting for my dad to finish reading my book. He got bogged down with some computer problems, plus got sidetracked on a few other things. He's supposed to finish it this week. I want his feedback before I release it, because I trust his opinion...
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    Sign-Up Incentives?

    PUBLISHING 
    Here's another thing I remembered that you can do with an email list (I read this in a marketing book for authors). Let's say you've built a decent list of prospects that haven't read your work yet. You can run a promotion, maybe in conjunction with a new release, and push all your books at 99...
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    Sign-Up Incentives?

    PUBLISHING 
    I view it as a way to get new readers, it wouldn't be for existing fans as much. For example, someone sees you on Twitter (or wherever) or someone's friend says "you should check out chickenhawk", then they go to your website and see that they can get the first three chapters of your first book...
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    Sign-Up Incentives?

    PUBLISHING 
    @ChickenHawk, have you considered giving the first few chapters of your book as a sign up incentive? You don't have to give them a fully completed work. You could even give them the first chapter of the new one you are writing. That would encourage readers who don't know you to give you a test...
  16. Magik

    Sign-Up Incentives?

    PUBLISHING 
    I don't have an email list yet, but that's because I'm just getting started. My first book will drop in July, and a second book by the end of the year, if I can get it finished fast enough. So, while I haven't tested anything yet, I have done a lot of research in this area, in both the writing...
  17. Magik

    This forum is the real deal

    INTRO 
    1. Read the fastlane book before you do anything else 2. Consider becoming a fastlane insider. There are many gold threads worth reading behind the veil. Start by reading the gold threads on the public forum. 3. Take note of the mindset the top posters have, like @MJ DeMarco, @zend***phin...
  18. Magik

    How Are You Building Your Email List? How's it working?

    PUBLISHING 
    Can you elaborate on this part? Are you saying you have a way to use this with a different email list provider? According to their page, the plugin only works with Aweber.
  19. Magik

    High School Students making 10k a month.

    EXECUTION 
    When you put money first, everything is more difficult. You project into the future about how you want to make XX,XXX dollars, and will be susceptible to chasing dollars at every turn. When you have a need that is large enough, money takes care of itself. Money comes as a result of providing...
  20. Magik

    Why the Betamax failed vs. VHS...despite being a better product

    My dad had a laser disc player. What a cumbersome technology that was, which is why it never took off. Too expensive to make, took up tons of shelf space, expensive players, a pain to load in the player and flip the disc halfway through.

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