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Vagabond Heart reacted to Paul Whybrow's post in the thread Thought for the Day Beginning writers tend to be verbose. We can’t tell the ... with
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“Beginning writers tend to be verbose. We can’t tell the difference between an essential detail and an inessential one. We’re like golden retrievers romping through Storyland, and pretty much every damn thing we see is a squirrel.” Chuck Palahniuk -
RK Wallis reacted to Josephine's post in the thread Craft Chat TV Brain Prose and Writers Who Don’t Read with Like.
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AgentPete replied to the thread News Bug Reports & Feature Requests Are Live.Yes, it’s on the to-do list. Everyone – please will you use the Bug Report / Feature Request forms for… bug reports and feature requests :) You have no idea how time-consuming these things can be if you don’t give us all the information we...
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My stats on Draft2Digital (for eBooks) are better, since it distributes to pretty much everything else. Libraries are the main revenue source. Audiobooks are also stronger, but the metrics are difficult for me to understand since it includes... -
Sedayne reacted to Vagabond Heart's post in the thread Self-Publishing Lucky I Have a Job... with Like.
If it helps, I know a very prolific trad-published author of over 100 books. Some have won awards. One was serialised on TV, and the adaptation won awards. And she still keeps her day job.
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Yep. Don't feel bad about it, trad pub is losing more money on most of their titles than we are. I'd like to say it's the times, but looking back it seems like it was always hard to break through. So I'm not quitting my day job either....
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Sedayne reacted to Robinne Weiss's post in the thread Self-Publishing Lucky I Have a Job... with Like.
I do more business these days off Amazon than on--local stores, other online retailers, and in-person sales. A recent Amazon promo week I did netted me a bunch of sales, but I didn't recoup my promotion costs. You've got to constantly be...
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Yep. Been there. Radio silence.
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Sedayne replied to the thread Self-Publishing Lucky I Have a Job....Even Frieda McFadden has a day job. I'm in awe of writers who self-publish. Not only have you taken the time to write the thing, but you've had to edit and produce it without the luxury of assigned staff, and now you're getting it out there...
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mickleinapickle replied to the thread News Bug Reports & Feature Requests Are Live.Wot Robinne sed for me too. -
tyes replied to the thread Self-Publishing Lucky I Have a Job....My stats on Draft2Digital (for eBooks) are better, since it distributes to pretty much everything else. Libraries are the main revenue source. Audiobooks are also stronger, but the metrics are difficult for me to understand since it includes...
