Dale’s Comments (group member since Sep 15, 2017)

Dale’s comments from the Navigating Indieworld Discussing All Things Indie group.

My new short story The Boss is available on Don't Wake the Mage.

Sam (Rescue Dog Mom, Writer, Hugger) wrote: "Dale wrote: "My latest from Publishous: No Vacancy, a true story of a minor travel disaster that turned out well."

Great family story to be passed down, Dale. Hugs"

Thank you!

My latest from Publishous: No Vacancy, a true story of a minor travel disaster that turned out well.

Thanks, everyone!

I have a new article in Publishous: How to Start a Story.

Indies Unlimited published my article on creating an ARC (Advance Reader Copy) yesterday. Enjoy!

Thank you!

A new flash fiction piece for you: Gentlemen's Agreement. I kinda think it might really need to be longer, but 250 words was the limit for the IU contest.

My wife and I are in the process of moving to a smaller home, so we're unloading everything we don't need. Unfortunately, I have rather a stack of paperback copies of original edition Ice on the Bay (like . . . probably close to 200) and a smaller number of The Fibonacci Murders (19 at last count). Because I released new editions with fancier covers, I'm not actively selling these anymore. If possible, I'd like to find some way to offer them as freebies (for just the shipping cost). Does anyone know of any good places to announce/promote something like that? Thanks!

Thanks, Carmel and Sam!

Thanks, Carole!

Got a new short story at Lit Up this morning: Bird Feeder. No angry birds in this one. ;-) I hope you enjoy it.

Thanks Sam and Gina!

Here's a little flash fiction horror for you: Angry Bird. I wrote it for last Saturday's Indies Unlimited weekly contest and won the Reader's Choice with it. I didn't even ask anyone to vote for me...

Sam (Rescue Dog Mom, Writer, Hugger) wrote: "I must be honest. I'm not doing well. I only earned $36 last month. I'm trying very hard to improve. That's why I searched for publishers."

$36 isn't that bad, really. Very few authors (only about 7%, I think) make over $100/month there. I've been able to get up to around $70 one month, but only once. Lately my lack of new material has lowered my earnings, so that last month I only got $18. You have to keep writing to make anything at all significant there, and even then it's usually only enough for a tank of gas or so . . .

Surprise, surprise, I got a second one published today, this one for the U.S. Independence Day holiday, through Publishous: A Prayer For America

Congratulations, Erica!

After a rather lengthy hiatus, my next stargazing piece for Dialogue and Discourse is up: The Summer Triangle.

A travel story from last week's vacation: The View From 14,000 Feet.

Sam (Rescue Dog Mom, Writer, Hugger) wrote: "However, since it actually got curated by Medium, only my second article to be so lucky, I didn't want to lose that, so I ignored their invitation."

You wouldn't lose curation due to inclusion in a publication. Indeed, The Writing Cooperative now requires all stories to be behind the paywall because only those stories can be curated, and curation increases a story's reach.

Carmel wrote: "Dale wrote: " I tried to find and look at the one from whom I got the invite, and could find little there. I saw an endless list of writers there, but few publications, and no info on any parameters they follow. Hmmm...does that even sound legit to you? "

What was the publication? It could be they are new or otherwise haven't published much yet, I suppose.

Sam (Rescue Dog Mom, Writer, Hugger) wrote: "
My question is if you publish to a publication, do they take their cut AND Medium takes their cut? I've noticed more new publications popping up and am curious how payment to the writer is processed between them and Medium. If they both take a bite out of our earnings, I prefer to publish solely to Medium."

I'm not sure that publications get paid anything by Medium, but it's possible they do. As far as I know, the payment formula isn't any different for publication stories vs. non-publication stories. I guess someone could ask Medium support about that.