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Rachael Burnett reacted to Hannah Faoileán's post in the thread OPS Winners The Fabulous February Challenge - Results! with
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Thank you to all who entered our Fabulous February Challenge: to include cherish in your One Perfect Sentence. Here are the results: First Place He cherished her, he would say, pleading, repentant, after every beating, and by his lights this... -
Hannah Faoileán posted the thread OPS Winners The Fabulous February Challenge - Results! in Café Life.Thank you to all who entered our Fabulous February Challenge: to include cherish in your One Perfect Sentence. Here are the results: First Place He cherished her, he would say, pleading, repentant, after every beating, and by his lights this... -
Hannah Faoileán reacted to wrightstuff'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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Hannah Faoileán 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 Like.
“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
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wrightstuff replied to the thread Thought for the Day Beginning writers tend to be verbose. We can’t tell the ....I would respond, but I only have time for a long answer... -
wrightstuff 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 Like.
“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
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Jonny 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. 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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Jonny 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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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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Jonny replied to the thread Self-Publishing Lucky I Have a Job....Keep at it Steve. It was ever thus in trying to break through. It's a lonely furrow we plough. I occasionally bring this tale up but you may not have seen it. Things can sometimes turn on a dime as they say in the US. McKinty at the time was a...
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Claire G 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...
