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- October 19th, 2012, 3:28 am
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: Quill Publishes on Amazon
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13248
Re: Quill Publishes on Amazon
How does writing in itself do it? Every new release increases your visibility in two ways. It provides the opportunity to hit a New Releases list (much much easier than hitting a bestseller list), and it provides a backlist for readers who find they like your work. Almost ALL my sales come from wor...
- October 19th, 2012, 3:11 am
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Free or $.99 for Teaser Short Story
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2784
- October 18th, 2012, 1:09 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: Quill Publishes on Amazon
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13248
Re: Quill Publishes on Amazon
As far as promos, the occasional free day on Kindle Select has done a bit for me. I think getting more releases is key, too. I just put out another short story, I'm putting out a novel on Sunday, and a novella next month. So yeah, you need both quality and quantity. Most of the writers I network wi...
- October 17th, 2012, 12:56 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Authors are wacko: Swedish study
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5869
Re: Authors are wacko: Swedish study
The problem with doing so...indeed the problem with doing so for any person...is the tendency of people to then indulge their own disgnosis. I got the impression from the press release (linked above) that another problem is treating the disorders: "the doctor and patient must come to an agreem...
- October 16th, 2012, 8:52 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Authors are wacko: Swedish study
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5869
Re: Authors are wacko: Swedish study
Kay Redfield Jamison looked at this in Touched With Fire. It segmented poets out from general "writers" and found poets to be the most disturbed among creatives and architects and other more graphic artists types to be the least. Fascinating for the forensic work it looks at as well as bei...
- October 16th, 2012, 1:51 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: The Coffee Shop - OCTOBER
- Replies: 28
- Views: 13997
Re: The Coffee Shop - OCTOBER
Thanks for the kind words, Sommer. As to questions... I do almost exclusively novella-length. That's why I can do "regular" releases over the course of a year with 400,000 words. Still, had I written four 100,000-word novels, I think that still would have counted as regular releases. Reade...
- October 12th, 2012, 2:04 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: Quill Publishes on Amazon
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13248
Re: Quill Publishes on Amazon
Oh, wait, actually, I can give you one more piece of advice. Learn to incorporate SEO into your titles and tags.
- October 12th, 2012, 2:03 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: Quill Publishes on Amazon
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13248
Re: Quill Publishes on Amazon
Been thinkin' about this since you posted it. And maybe you can speak from experience: How do books and authors get found if not by promo? What lets readers find them in the little cubicles they inhabit at Amazon or wherever? Sure word of mouth can clue others to one's books, once the first people ...
- October 11th, 2012, 1:24 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: Major Blunder with New E-Book
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9854
Re: Major Blunder with New E-Book
Yeah, pretty much what Sommer said. I've compared this issue before to intellectual masturbation. Are we as writers just there to wank off for our own amusement (OUR vision, OUR story, OUR ego, etc) or are we trying to make it good for the reader, too? We tend to forget there has been a rhythm to st...
- October 11th, 2012, 1:18 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: The Coffee Shop - OCTOBER
- Replies: 28
- Views: 13997
Re: The Coffee Shop - OCTOBER
And then I go and write in the personalization section of my third query: "I enjoying reading your blog" *Double facepalm* NO!!! This never, ever, ever fails to happen. Right fater the first time I posted my first 500 words for an agent critique thing I noticed I'd left out the word "...
- October 9th, 2012, 2:38 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: The SQUEE GOOD NEWS Thread
- Replies: 356
- Views: 174713
Re: The SQUEE GOOD NEWS Thread
Oooh, shiny new toy! Amazon just made it possible for authors to see their author rank (versus book rank). I'm pleasantly surprised to see my pen name is in the top 5000 (about 4750) for all authors on Amazon (that includes trad authors, by the way), the top 2000 (about 1880) for all fiction authors...
- October 9th, 2012, 2:27 pm
- Forum: Procrastination
- Topic: The SQUEE GOOD NEWS Thread
- Replies: 356
- Views: 174713
Re: The SQUEE GOOD NEWS Thread
I'm so pleased to finally be able to announce CARNIEPUNK, an anthology "which combines the carnival setting with the world of urban fantasy, a place of deception where monsters wait silently in the dark". My short story Recession of the Divine will be in it, alongside authors such as Rach...
- October 8th, 2012, 2:31 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: When You Have to Create a Whole New Realm
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4745
Re: When You Have to Create a Whole New Realm
Oops, I forgot to close with.. But listen to your muse go with your heart this is your story not the readers' your perfect vision don't worry about word count or story structure or research or outlining as long as you follow you heart it will be great singing of angels crying of puppies agents and e...
- October 8th, 2012, 2:23 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: When You Have to Create a Whole New Realm
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4745
Re: When You Have to Create a Whole New Realm
Reposted from another thread... I recommend reading up on ancient and social history. If you pick up a good, weighty volume on any ancient culture--the Romans, the Greeks, the Irish, the Norse--check out the table of contents for the kinds of topics covered, to give you an idea of how values and bel...
- October 8th, 2012, 2:22 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Are there classes for,
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2283
Re: Are there classes for,
I recommend reading up on ancient and social history. If you pick up a good, weighty volume on any ancient culture--the Romans, the Greeks, the Irish, the Norse--check out the table of contents for the kinds of topics covered, to give you an idea of how values and beliefs and social constructs both ...