I self-published something!!!!
And self-publishing is a bitch, let me tell you. There is a reason people want others to do all that work for them. Whew!
(Yeah, mine could be fancier, but I was doing it as an experiment and there is only so much formatting a person can take.
Under the Bridge
Description: Grad night is supposed to be a night of carefree celebration before growing up and leaving childhood behind, but after graduation Chris is spending his night wandering streets alone with a black eye and a split lip. Beat up yet again for being out and proud, he is contemplating how glad he'll be to leave his childhood, and this town, behind, when he stumbles across the town's other outcast, his childhood best friend, Nick. Chris hasn't spoken to Nick in years. When Nick was thirteen his family moved away, and when they came back to town a year later, Chris had a new stepfather, a new set of bruises, and no interest in being friends with Chris or anyone else. He's spent high school getting into trouble and breaking hearts while Chris has been getting ready for college. On the surface they couldn't be more different, but it isn't long before Chris starts to see that Nick is just as scared and lonely as he is, and just as used to pain.
They only have the one night, Nick is leaving town in the morning and Chris is heading off to school, and Chris knows before he accepts the drink that Nick offers that Nick will break his heart too. The knowledge is as terrifying as his approaching adulthood, but not nearly as terrifying--and intoxicating--as the realization that he can break Nick's heart in return. They both know that accepting that it will hurt never makes it hurt any less, but being together might make the pain--and the future--easier to face.
The cover is by paraxdisexpink, who is so, so awesome to me. :):):)
I was going to donate the first month's profits to Second Harvest, but Smashwords pays quarterly so it wouldn't be in time for Thanksgiving. (Also I doubt it would make that much money.) Instead I might do that serial story idea thing, if people tell me what story they would like to see in that form the most. Or I could just beg people to donate.
(Yeah, mine could be fancier, but I was doing it as an experiment and there is only so much formatting a person can take.
Under the Bridge
Description: Grad night is supposed to be a night of carefree celebration before growing up and leaving childhood behind, but after graduation Chris is spending his night wandering streets alone with a black eye and a split lip. Beat up yet again for being out and proud, he is contemplating how glad he'll be to leave his childhood, and this town, behind, when he stumbles across the town's other outcast, his childhood best friend, Nick. Chris hasn't spoken to Nick in years. When Nick was thirteen his family moved away, and when they came back to town a year later, Chris had a new stepfather, a new set of bruises, and no interest in being friends with Chris or anyone else. He's spent high school getting into trouble and breaking hearts while Chris has been getting ready for college. On the surface they couldn't be more different, but it isn't long before Chris starts to see that Nick is just as scared and lonely as he is, and just as used to pain.
They only have the one night, Nick is leaving town in the morning and Chris is heading off to school, and Chris knows before he accepts the drink that Nick offers that Nick will break his heart too. The knowledge is as terrifying as his approaching adulthood, but not nearly as terrifying--and intoxicating--as the realization that he can break Nick's heart in return. They both know that accepting that it will hurt never makes it hurt any less, but being together might make the pain--and the future--easier to face.
The cover is by paraxdisexpink, who is so, so awesome to me. :):):)
I was going to donate the first month's profits to Second Harvest, but Smashwords pays quarterly so it wouldn't be in time for Thanksgiving. (Also I doubt it would make that much money.) Instead I might do that serial story idea thing, if people tell me what story they would like to see in that form the most. Or I could just beg people to donate.
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Oct 17, 2012 10:02AM
I think I would just ask for Donations. People will be happy to give even a small amount if the cause is good. But paying for serial stories is an irksome thing. I would rather wait until the story is finished and buy it then.
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Melaniem54msn.com wrote: "I think I would just ask for Donations. People will be happy to give even a small amount if the cause is good. But paying for serial stories is an irksome thing. I would rather wait until the sto..."Hmm yeah. I'd make an Event of it if I were at all good at that sort of thing.
