tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post115875714505046508..comments2023-10-11T09:22:33.136-04:00Comments on Paperback Writer: E-Book Challenge UpdateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1160677336205932742006-10-12T14:22:00.000-04:002006-10-12T14:22:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Cora Zanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09461246984192089505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1158889115644242512006-09-21T21:38:00.000-04:002006-09-21T21:38:00.000-04:00Paul wrote: Don't you know some of us slightly or ...Paul wrote: <I>Don't you know some of us slightly or non-published authors are lacking, um, how shall I put this gently . . . a pair of bright shiny metallic nodules and confidence.</I><BR/><BR/>Big publishing insider secret: no matter how well-published we become, no one has them. We just get very good at pretending we do. :)<BR/><BR/>Dean wrote: <I>I hadn't thought of things like a bibliography and a bio. Really, the things I learn here...</I><BR/><BR/>Next week I'm going to teach you all how to knit sweaters. ;) I think a freebie e-book is the best promotional widget you can offer; way better than any silly bookmark or postcard because it's not about the story, it IS the story. Consider what you'd want to give readers to tempt them into reading more of your work and try to incorporate that into the designs for your cover, chapter headers, fonts, and way you write extras like a bio and bibliography.<BR/><BR/>JM wrote: <I> Quick question ~ do we have to wait til Halloween to post the ebook on our blog? And how do we let you know it's there so you can add our link?</I><BR/><BR/>Because people's sites and pages change, and because there are probably going to be a lot of last-minute entries as people get things finished, the week before October 31st I'm going to post a special e-mail address and instructions on how to send me the link. So definitely stop in here between 10/23 and 10/30 to get the info.<BR/><BR/>Tempest wrote: <I>Of course, I also need to find the title. No title, no story. I'm weird that way.</I><BR/><BR/>I know what you mean. I use working titles as placeholders until I finalize the title, but I can and will drive myself crazy looking for the right title (<I>Midnight Blues</I> took four days of randomly playing with keywords and poetry.) Which only makes it to the final version 75% of the time anyway. :) Have you tried putting in keywords from your story at <A HREF="http://www.bartleby.com" REL="nofollow">Bartleby.com's</A> verse section's search engine? Sometimes I get my best titles from old poems.<BR/><BR/>Nancy wrote: <I>Thanks for the virtual nudge. :)</I><BR/><BR/>Anytime you need a cyber elbow to the ribs, come see me. Lol.<BR/><BR/>Charlene wrote: <I>I'll 2nd you on giving your best. I'm always conscious of the fact that ANY story could be the first (and potentially last) any reader sees and I bust my butt to produce the best possible story I can every time. Also, why build sloppy work habits?</I><BR/><BR/>There's another excellent reason, folks -- it's good for your writer self-discipline. Thanks, Charlene.<BR/><BR/>Erin wrote: <I>Course I had to go and add a subplot to it so it might take longer.</I><BR/><BR/>I have to do a parody on the amount on subplots that pop up in my stories. Sometimes they're like cockroaches. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1158883171921421002006-09-21T19:59:00.000-04:002006-09-21T19:59:00.000-04:00Still banging away on mine. It's almost done. Co...Still banging away on mine. It's almost done. Course I had to go and add a subplot to it so it might take longer.<BR/><BR/>*Gulp* Tall order. Will try my hardest. :)<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>E.vamp_writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09419145832788705647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1158860744857955552006-09-21T13:45:00.000-04:002006-09-21T13:45:00.000-04:00Good reminders! I think I forgot to include author...Good reminders! I think I forgot to include author bio and bibliography on my first free read.<BR/><BR/>I'll 2nd you on giving your best. I'm always conscious of the fact that ANY story could be the first (and potentially last) any reader sees and I bust my butt to produce the best possible story I can every time. Also, why build sloppy work habits?charlenetegliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061754720849284938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1158847142283464702006-09-21T09:59:00.000-04:002006-09-21T09:59:00.000-04:00I'm working on my story already. But first I'm war...I'm working on my story already. But first I'm warming up with the flash fictions. Tomorrow I'll be posting my first one, follow by another next Friday. Hopefully it'll get me in the mood to write. Of course, I also need to find the title. No title, no story. I'm weird that way.Tempest Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974312445961412430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1158846767413267272006-09-21T09:52:00.000-04:002006-09-21T09:52:00.000-04:00Hey there!I'm going to go ahead and participate. ...Hey there!<BR/><BR/>I'm going to go ahead and participate. Quick question ~ do we have to wait til Halloween to post the ebook on our blog? And how do we let you know it's there so you can add our link?<BR/><BR/>Thanks in advance!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1158842829955338272006-09-21T08:47:00.000-04:002006-09-21T08:47:00.000-04:00Mine is coming together nicely. I hope to have the...Mine is coming together nicely. I hope to have the first draft finished in a week or so, and I will let it sit for a few days before the first of probably three revision passes.<BR/><BR/>I hadn't thought of things like a bibliography and a bio. Really, the things I learn here...Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10023986850397045322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1158836115478080062006-09-21T06:55:00.000-04:002006-09-21T06:55:00.000-04:00"quality"Gulp!Don't you know some of us slightly o..."quality"<BR/><BR/>Gulp!<BR/><BR/>Don't you know some of us slightly or non-published authors are lacking, um, how shall I put this gently . . .<BR/><BR/>a pair of bright shiny metallic nodules and confidence.<BR/><BR/>I personally found this post a combination of four things.<BR/><BR/>1) Chinese water torture (50 days of drips to my forehead)<BR/>2) Second guessing all of my work now and having my inner editor drooling over words like, crap, garbage, etc.<BR/>3) Lost, and I'm not talking crashed airplane and tropical scare-adice.<BR/>4) Motivational in that scary, do or die (inner editor - die,die,die) kind of way.<BR/><BR/>So, um, thanks for the "prep" talks - I think.PaulDarcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15722063290961887153noreply@blogger.com