K.M. Frontain's Blog, page 31

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Wed, 14:51 : I posted a story "Things You Can Do to Improve Your Writing Now - A Small Chapter on Paragraphs and Dialogue" http://t.co/xowLwaFv Wed, 14:52 : I just posted 'Things You Can Do to Improve Your Writing Now - A Small Chapter on Paragraphs and Dialogue'... http://t.co/IhHzsCJt Wed, 14:52 : I just posted 'Things You Can Do to Improve Your Writing Now - A Small Chapter on Paragraphs and Dialogue' on Wattpad! http://t.co/N9arsTQq

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Tue, 15:08 : Thanks for becoming a fan. http://t.co/mveXZstU Tue, 15:21 : @wl552 Thanks for the RT. :-)

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Mon, 17:53 : I posted a story "Things You Can Do to Improve Your Writing Now" http://t.co/boWNxpzY Mon, 17:55 : Non-Fiction - Things You Can Do to Improve Your Writing Now - Wattpad http://t.co/fiyzu8Zx Mon, 18:01 : I just posted 'Things You Can Do to Improve Your Writing Now' on Wattpad! http://t.co/IFMBlTTR

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Sun, 23:33 : RT @wl552: The 365 Mug Project: http://t.co/pCe9Z9Ui <-- Here it is! The slideshow of my 365 Mug Project. Watch til the end for the g ... Sun, 23:55 : It took three weeks or so, but I now have the battle scene between Mahall and Herfod worked out for the revamped version of Redemption 3. Sun, 23:58 : My daughter made me an awesome book mark for mother's day. Gonna scan and post it. Mon, 00:21 : My daughter's gift for Mother's Day, 2012. http://t.co/bNII19WM Mon, 00:25 : http://t.co/bNII19WM - It's a bookmark! :D

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Thu, 23:12 : RT @GabrielGadfly: Peril http://t.co/RxVVOYPi // My latest #poem. As always, RTs are appreciated. Fri, 00:23 : RT @wl552: Photo: ~2 1/2 hours this session. Finished his face (mostly) and started working on his mane. http://t.co/ivFcPv0W

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Wed, 18:35 : RT @OpenMedia_ca: Kudos to the Dutch! RT @iapurvb: Netherlands becomes first country in Europe with net neutrality. #yam #netneutrality ... Wed, 19:07 : I pasted back in some of the huge cut from the original R3. Word count 173k, but there will be cuts in the old stuff as I work thru. Wed, 19:07 : Pretty much new material all the way to page 276 and still more coming. Wed, 19:08 : I have one crucial event to rewrite before I mesh the old with the new, and then it's careful fixes, tweaks and cuts to make it all work. Wed, 19:09 : I am aiming for a novel that doesn't surpass 150k words. If it does, I have to consider expanding Redemption to 4 novels total. Don't wanna. Wed, 19:10 : But I will if I have to. Wed, 19:10 : That or I will rework some key facts so that they fit in The Sun Bane 1. Wed, 19:10 : Actually, I like that second idea better. Wed, 20:57 : RT @adamsbaldwin: Shorter Obama: "All your gays are belong to me." ~ #Evolved Thu, 08:02 : Lovely story. I very much enjoyed it. http://t.co/2JmwjNEu Thu, 10:17 : Am napping. Just can't seem to do without naps.

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Tue, 13:28 : I've been nipping books off my daughter's shelf and reading them. Yes, have unfinished books to read, but needed something easy and fun. Tue, 13:29 : I have a Goodreads account, but I seldom remember to list and rate any books I've read. Tue, 13:30 : I can't even begin to count how many historical romance novels I've read. Every visit of my mom, she brings a box or bag full. Tue, 13:31 : After a while, the stories all start sounding similar, and the only thing that makes them worth reading is if the author made it easy/ fun. Tue, 13:32 : Easy/fun as in decent prose, engaging characters. Tue, 13:32 : And the similarity of all these stories is one reason I don't bother rating any on Goodreads. Tue, 13:34 : There are authors I like revisiting in the historical romance genre. I think this is a better indicator than single book ratings. Tue, 13:37 : #sfx #artists You should visit @RemyFX Spread the word about him. In Canada, people are being put on trial for art. Tue, 14:57 : I'm working alternately between Redemption 3 and my other WIP. Seems to be easier than working on only one.

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Thu, 14:58 : RT @adamsbaldwin: "Stop Global Whining!" ~ http://t.co/dhzvGR8q Thu, 14:59 : RT @cvilbrandt: Expressions exercise is up! http://t.co/wTXsYazG #wobg #rampagenetwork Thu, 18:02 : RT @neilhimself: I will make my own zombie film. I will call it Dandelion of the Dead. http://t.co/Xx78Mwvc Thu, 19:55 : @wl552 helped me write my characters out of a changing room (they were stuck in there six years) and I managed to write another scene after. Thu, 19:56 : And now I'm off to watch Vampire Diaries with daughter. Yes, I do watch ancient dead guys seduce corpse-loving teenagers... EW! Thu, 19:57 : But I don't read much in the way of vampire stuff. Or write it.

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Wed, 15:59 : The Redemption 3 slow down, the reason http://t.co/X5iZ3ROX Wed, 17:23 : August 2, 2006, posted first pages of the WIP that will be on Smashwords. http://t.co/S1wBvdzl

The Redemption 3 slow down, the reason

When I get worried about something, everything I do creatively slows to a crawl. The latest worry is tax withholdings by Amazon's KDP. I have managed to get enough sales to warrant a cheque in the mail, but if I don't act quickly, I lose 30% of my royalties to the IRS. I don't like that. I am not a US citizen and the IRS has no right to my money, but yet I must jump through their legal paper hoops (all of which are designed to give paper cuts that bleed you to financial death) to get a personal tax number. And Amazon isn't helping me avoid the paper cuts.

This morning I researched tax withholding on royalties. Kindle Direct Publishing will not issue the supporting document to successfully apply for a TTIN (a personal tax number). This means I must either file a tax return at the end of next fiscal season to reclaim the 30% KDP withheld for the IRS (and also get taxed by my Canadian government at the same time) or I push enough sales on Smashwords to reach 10$ royalties. I'd prefer the latter. Smashwords will provide supporting documents if my royalties reach 10$.

In order to accomplish this, I need something to sell other than The Beast in Beauty. Beast is not suitable for all market distributions, considering the current climate with credit card execs deciding what constitutes publishable fiction. I can't put The Soulstone Chronicles on Smashwords because I can't get a rep to clarify their content rules enough to let me know if the difficulties my under-aged characters face are allowed in books not designated as erotica. I did query, but was ignored. No rep contacted me after my query, nor did I even get an acknowledgement that I made a query. I am either being treated as a crank not worth responding to, or once again a publishing house has let me down with poor support.

So that leaves me with an urgent need to have something on Smashwords that can sell easily, something without beasts or under-aged readers struggling to overcome the problems of their society and the dangers threatening their particular family. That means toeing the line and writing "acceptable" subject matter.

Well, it's still gonna be gay fic.

I do have something started, years ago already, that is promising. I think I will concentrate on it for a little and get it up on Smashwords ASAP. I need 10$ in royalties before frickin' Amazon sends that cheque. I may not get through the paper hoops with the IRS in time for the first cheque, but I hope to do it before the end of the fiscal tax year.

That or I must file a tax return with the IRS. I wonder how hard that will be. I worry that Amazon won't send me the necessary docs to get even that done.

I suppose I have to research more on it, but I may wait a day. I've had a spike in the eye headache since last night.

I must have known I'd be researching taxes before I thought to do it.