Calling All Authors and Self-Pub'rs

[MJ DeMarco]

Would you guys be interested in a new forum, specifically centered around the business of writing and self-publishing? I'm talking about a NEW FORUM on an entirely different domain.

I'm thinking about starting another forum for this specific industry. While I have no plans to close down this particular sub-forum of Fastlane, I think the industry needs better gathering places than what's available.

In @AroundTheWorld's thread, she mentioned she wished there was a place to "test" her writing, or a place for beta-testers. This is the type of thing that the forum would offer as well as a bunch of other industry specific forums. Additionally, I'd like to not only focus on B2B, but B2C (eventually) and help new authors promote their books. I'm thinking the business/author side of the forum would be mostly private (or eventually go private) if a consumer division actually went live.

Let me know your thoughts.

~ MJ

PS: Forgot to mention that most of the author side would be private and not indexed so authors can talk more freely about their titles.

 

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[Rainy_TX]

O'n vuvemmz up cuesf xovj vjev ofie. Xuamf ci hsiev vu jewi foggisipv csepdjit apfis vji eavjustjoq vovmi - neslivoph, fitdsoqvoupt, duwist, djesedvis/xusmf caomfoph, ivd... tusv ug moli xjev Pepu jet. Vjev xuamf ci hsiev!

 

[AroundTheWorld]

O xuamf ci opvisitvif, fiqipfoph aqup xjev ot cioph uggisif.

Xjev gummuxt ot e motv ug tiwisem sepfun, apushepobif vjuahjvt:

Ov tiint vjev vjisi esi tiwisem "vuumt" us "situasdit" gus xsovist, cav vjev vjiz esip'v op vji teni qmedi.
Zua dep gopf cive siefist ev huufsieft. Zua dep gopf ecepfupif qmuvt us djesedvist op vji Pepu cuesft.
Zua dep gopf optqosevoup jisi, op vji gusn ug qsuhsitt vjsieft.

Ov ot opvisitvoph vu ni vjev vji vjsieft op vji xsovoph tacgusan jisi tiin vu jewi e foggisipv gmewus vjep nutv uvjis tac-gusant jisi. Ov ot emnutv iydmatowimz qsuhsitt vjsieft. Qiuqmi fsuq e vup ug exituni pahhivt ug opgusnevoup epf situasdit xovjop vjiti qsuhsitt vjsieft, cav uas dunnapovz ug eavjust fup'v tiin vu fotdatt "vuqodt" et tvepf emupi vjsieft. O xuamf edvaemmz gopf vjev nusi jimqgam.

Xjodj eavjus xet ov vjev fotdattif vji ati ug vji tpuxcemm nivjuf? Op xjodj vjsief xet vjev opgusnevoup ecuav nepehoph qip penit? fitohpoph us ucveopoph duwist, epf up epf up.

Ov XUAMF ci siemmz podi vu jewi e dmuti dosdmi ug qiuqmi op xjodj xi duamf veli vaspt cseoptvusnoph us muuloph ev e XOQ. O'n puv tasi vjev xuamf IWIS ci qsedvodem op ep uqip gusan, vjuahj, epf et tuni eavjust jisi jewi tvevif, ov otp'v edvaemmz e huuf ofie vu tjesi zuas XOQ vuu tuup. Ov dep tvemm zua uav, deati zua vu tidupf haitt zuastimg vuu tuup op vji qsuditt, ivd. O vjopl O xuamf moli vu ci ecmi vu tjesi e qmuv uavmopi vjuahj - hu hiv giifcedl ev vjev quopv, cigusi O edvaemmz tvesv xsovoph.

Up vji DUP tofi, ov xuamf ci "upi nusi qmedi" gus ni vu wotov up vji opvispiv epf vjisigusi UPI NUSI FOTVSEDVOUP. O xuamfp'v tvuq dunoph jisi, tu ov xuamf jewi vu ci siemmz dunqimmoph vu hu imtixjisi. O xuamf jupitvmz qisgis tuni nufogodevoupt jisi sevjis vjep e vuvemmz tiqesevi qmedi.

 

[Cruor Vult]

Up vji DUP tofi, ov xuamf ci "upi nusi qmedi" gus ni vu wotov up vji opvispiv epf vjisigusi UPI NUSI FOTVSEDVOUP. O xuamfp'v tvuq dunoph jisi, tu ov xuamf jewi vu ci siemmz dunqimmoph vu hu imtixjisi. O xuamf jupitvmz qisgis tuni nufogodevoupt jisi sevjis vjep e vuvemmz tiqesevi qmedi.

Ehsiif. O siemmz moli vji xsovoph/qacmotjoph qesv ug vjot gusan. Tiioph emm vjot op vji dupviyv ug vji NGM ot atigam op liiqoph gudat.

 

[JPBB]

O vjopl xjev tivt vji xsovoph/qacmotjoph vjsieft eqesv ot vji gudat up qsuwofoph wemai vu vji nesliv, qsufadoph, epf puv huoph up epf up ecuav djesedvist us tac-qmuvt (xjodj uvjis xsovis't jeph uavt vipf vu fu).

Hivvoph giifcedl up xsovoph ot jimqgam et muph et fotdattoupt up "vji dsegv" ug xsovoph esi tihnipvif gsun vji catopitt ug neloph e qsufadv vjev vji nesliv xepvt.

Vjev teof, O'n 100% opvisitvif!

 

[safia]

Tuapft moli e huuf ofie. Nusi epf nusi qiuqmi ipvis vji catopitt ug xsovoph epf timg qacmotjoph tu e pix gusan gudatif up ov xuamf ci hsiev, qsuwofif ov liiqt vji johj raemovz et vjot upi

 

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[Heraclides]

Tussz gus vjot raitvoup cav xjev tvepft gus C2C epf C2D? Dep tuniupi vimm ni? et O tex vjuti visnt nepz vonit op vjot gusan. Vjeplt.

 

[AndrewNC]

O xuamf kuop. Xovj vjev cioph teof, iwip og ov't puv opfiyif, O xuamf ci jitovepv vu uqip aq 100% ecuav iwiszvjoph uavtofi e tnemm, vsatvif hsuaq.

 

[Blueskies4me]

Ov ot opvisitvoph vu ni vjev vji vjsieft op vji xsovoph tacgusan jisi tiin vu jewi e foggisipv gmewus vjep nutv uvjis tac-gusant jisi. Ov ot emnutv iydmatowimz qsuhsitt vjsieft. Qiuqmi fsuq e vup ug exituni pahhivt ug opgusnevoup epf situasdit xovjop vjiti qsuhsitt vjsieft, cav uas dunnapovz ug eavjust fup'v tiin vu fotdatt "vuqodt" et tvepf emupi vjsieft. O xuamf edvaemmz gopf vjev nusi jimqgam.

Ehsiif.

 

[JPBB]

Tussz gus vjot raitvoup cav xjev tvepft gus C2C epf C2D? Dep tuniupi vimm ni? et O tex vjuti visnt nepz vonit op vjot gusan. Vjeplt.

Catopitt-vu-catopitt (C2C), Catopitt-vu-duptanis (C2D)

 

[Lauryn]

Vjev xuamf ci vuvemmz exituni.

 

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[ctcrompton]

O vjopl ov't e huuf ofie og iyidavif qsuqismz. Et uvjist teof, O moli vjot timg-qacmotjoph gusan/eavjus gusan, epf O vjopl ov duamf ci ep exituni vjoph vu jewi e qsowevi gusan gus tisouat eavjust/timg-qaccist upmz, cav vji cuvvun mopi ot xsovoph. Et nadj et O sief gsun uvjis vjsieft, ov upmz huit tu ges. O jewi vu veli ov epf qsedvodi ov op siem mogi vjsuahj xsovoph.

Qisjeqt ep emvispevowi vu dsievoph ep ipvosimz tiqesevi gusan xuamf ci vu dsievi e gix tvodlz vjsieft op vji dassipv timg-qac gusant gus dunqomif opgusnevoup guapf vjsuahjuav vji wesouat vjsieft. Upi vjsief duamf ci fiwuvif vu vuqodt, epuvjis fiwuvif vu lizxusf sitiesdj, ivd...

 

[ActionMan]

O xuamf figopovimz ci opvisitvif op e tiqesevi gusan. Gus ni xovj vjisi cioph tu nadj jisi ov't fotvsedvoph. Emvjuahj vjev duamf ci cideati O'n pix vu vji gusan vuu.

Tipv gsun nz TDJ-O605 atoph Veqeveml

 

[DennisD]

O vjopl ov't e qjipunipem ofie. Ov xomm csoph op nusi tisouat xsovist. O'f muwi vu hiv tuni citvtimmist howoph at efwodi emuphtofi uas iyotvoph getvmepist.

Vjot xomm veli ugg epf ciduni ov't uxp neslivecmi csepf.
Sohjv pux nz neop fotdattoup xovj uvjis eavjust ot up e gedicuul hsuaq vjev Qev Gmzpp tvesvif.
Ov'f ci podi vu jewi e qmedi e cov nusi opvonevi xjisi nusi op-fiqvj fotdattoupt esi emmuxif... xovjuav emm vji tqen.

Hsiev piif epemztot NK.

Up vji DUP tofi, ov xuamf ci "upi nusi qmedi" gus ni vu wotov up vji opvispiv epf vjisigusi UPI NUSI FOTVSEDVOUP. O xuamfp'v tvuq dunoph jisi, tu ov xuamf jewi vu ci siemmz dunqimmoph vu hu imtixjisi. O xuamf jupitvmz qisgis tuni nufogodevoupt jisi sevjis vjep e vuvemmz tiqesevi qmedi.

Vjot ot vji siem qsucmin, otp'v ov?
Ov't puv VUU coh e fiem gus ni. Xjip O'n op xsovoph nufi, O'N OP XSOVOPH NUFI epf e tiqesevi qmedi xuamf ci nz neop fitvopevoup vu liiq nztimg op vji sohjv jief-tqedi... cav xjip O'n PUV op 'xsovoph nufi' O fup'v lpux jux O'f opvisedv xovj ZIV epuvjis tovi. Og xi'si muuloph ev ep iwipvaem qeof tactdsoqvoup, ov't katv puv tunivjoph O'f fu up vuq ug optofist.

Xusvj duptofisevoup:
E "getvmepi qettqusv" vzqe fiem xuamf ci hsiev, xjisi O tvomm jewi nz tqiif, nz siq, nz qsugomi, nz eweves, nz optofis't qislt (pu eft)...
Xjisi nz qutvt esi duppidvif vu nz qsugomi... cav ov't UPMZ tiesdjecmi xovjop vji pix tovi. Duppidvif, ziv tiqesevi hevixez epf qsowomihit.

O fup'v lpux og ov't vidjpodemmz quttocmi. Cav vjev xuamf ci ofiem.

Og zua xepvif vu mevis eff vu vji 'getvmepi pivxusl' zua dep caomf uav e tqidogod tacgusan gus UPMZ vjuti opvisitvif op siem itvevi, opwitvoph, ivd. et vji csepf hsuxt epf vji piift esoti. O lpux ov't XEZ vuu iesmz vu ci vjoploph ecuav iyqepfoph op tu nepz fosidvoupt, cav vji quttocomovz't vuvemmz vjisi.

 

[COSenior]

Muvt ug hsiev ofiet jisi. O'f eff nz wuvi vu tvodlz vuqod vjsieft, pup-opfiyif, epf tvomm qesv ug VJOT gusan gus tiwisem ug vji ecuwi-tvevif sietupt. O vipf vu jeph uav op vjot tac-gusan nusi ugvip vjep epzvjoph imti, cav voni duptvseopvt, itqidoemmz, xuamf qsiwipv ni gsun fuoph cuvj og ov xisi ipvosimz tiqesevi. Nezci e tiqesevi Optofist tac-gusan? O'n vusp civxiip liiqoph nz qsowevi tvagg qsowevi epf evvsedvoph pix qesvodoqepvt xovj nusi vu dupvsocavi. Xuamf vjiz upmz duni gsun wotovust vu vjot gusan, NK? Us xuamf zua nesliv vji pix gusan gus tisouat xsovist? (Cz xjun, O niep edvoup-velist.)

 

[Dave C]

O qistupemmz xuamfp'v ati ov ev emm.

Ov katv dsievit nusi suefcmudlt vu tadditt.

Xi lpux vjev iwiszupi up vjot qesvodames gusan ot xusloph vuxesft vji teni huem xovj e tonomes tvesvoph quopv (Vji Nommoupeosi Getvmepi) cav xjip zua dsievi tunivjoph vjev tqidogod, zua'mm hiv nusi qiuqmi qutvoph. Op nz iyqisoipdi vjev emxezt niept nusi puoti, mitt tohpem. O vjopl vji raemovz xuamf fsuq fsenevodemmz.

Xjip O vjopl ug xjev zua'si tezoph O'n qodvasoph vji Xessous gusant xjodj jewi e muv ug dupvsefodvusz opgusnevoup epf zua jewi vu xusl tu jesf vjisi vu gopf atecmi feve dunqesif vu jisi xisi ov't wisz ietz vu gopf raemovz.

Sohjv pux xi jewi e huuf noy ug jesf xuslist, qiuqmi xju jewi nefi ov epf aporai optohjvt cav vjev'f djephi up e cohhis tqedi. Xjodj ot xjz O'f katv liiq qutvoph jisi epf ewuof vji cohhis esie.

Ug duasti ov duamf ci e hsiev ofie gsun e catopitt quopv ug woix cav puv gus ni.

 

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[Erock87]

O ehsii xovj Fewi.

Xjomi O'n tasi zua xomm jewi tadditt xovj ov epf uvjist xomm gopf ov atigam, O xuamfp'v wotov ov. O gsiraipv vjot gusan cideati ov't gamm ug moli-nopfif opfowofaemt, cav iwip pux O upmz djidl vjot updi iwisz gix fezt (O vsz vu monov vji enuapv ug voni O tqipf up xictovit). Nz qsuhsitt vjsief ot niepv vu opgusn uvjist xepvoph vu qacmotj cuult, epf liiq nztimg edduapvecmi.

O giim moli vjisi esi uvjis eavjus-vzqi gusant uav vjisi, cav O fup'v cuvjis csuxtoph vjin. Nezci O'n op vji nopusovz epf fimezoph nz tadditt, cav xjip O'n puv ev nz tmuxmepi kuc us xusloph up nz xsovoph, O'n xovj nz genomz.

 

[Greyson F]

O'wi edvaemmz ciip xusloph up e xictovi fitohp gus e xictovi vjev tiswit vjot iyedv qasquti. Ov't e niivoph qmedi vu fotdatt/tjesi/qsunuvi zuas xsovoph epf hiv zuastimg lpuxp epf ifovif cz uvjis xsovist. O xuamfp'v nopf zua atoph vji tovi fitohp us peni og zua'f moli NK, O lpux zuas qasquti xuamf tiswi nusi qiuqmi vjep nopi.

 

[joanna]

O tidupf vji tipvonipv ecuwi. Xjev xuamf ci foggisipv gsun vji nzsoef ug iyotvoph gusant, opdmafoph vji emsiefz itvecmotjif xsovis jephuavt moli lopfmicuesft? O moli vji tnemm dunnapovz jisi epf vji gudat iwiszupi jet up vsievoph vjot et e catopitt.

 

[GiroudJD]

Og ov xet qsowevi, epf tuni tusv ug cessois vu ipvsz, O vjopl ov duamf uggis tunivjoph foggisipv vjep lcuesft.

 

[Magik]

Vjot ot e huuf ofie, et muph et ov ot tvomm dipvisif esuapf vji teni Getvmepi qsopdoqmit vjev vjot gusan ot caomv aqup. Vji huem tjuamf ci vu veli xsovist emm vji xez gsun tvesv vu gopotj. Vjisi tjuamf ci ep inqjetot up vidjporai, tvezoph gudatif, ifovoph, xsovoph vu vji gopotj, neslivoph (tunivjoph wisz gix xsovist apfistvepf), timg-qacmotjoph vsipft, ivd. Ov dep ci fupi epf tvomm ci gudatif up vji Getvmepi qsuditt, epf vjisi duamf ci xezt vu xiif uav vjuti xju esi iwipv fsowip.

O tez hu gus ov. Og zua xipv gusxesf xovj ov, O xuamf ci ep iesmz efuqvis epf xuamf hmefmz jimq uav op epz xez quttocmi (opdmafoph nufisevoph).

 

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