Alexis’s Comments (group member since Jan 04, 2017)

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

Carole wrote: "Hey guys- list some of the jobs you've done over the years.

I been a teacher, sold jewelry, dispatched car service, and ran a cleaning service called Partners in Grime."

Quite boring for me.

Tax compliance
and now corporate law

Ohh, and I TRY to write

Carole wrote: "Check out my latest post. https://medium.com/@caroleproman/the-..."

Carole, the more I read about you the more impressed I get.
I really wish you’d write a book about how to build a business or a career from nothing while also being a wife, mom, sister and daughter. You have such a wise, unique voice... Please write a motivational book.

R.L. wrote: "Waiting on “Veni” Alexis! Lol"

*tip toes out of Thread* :p

Carole wrote: "It will wait- Everything will wait for you. Stop setting such high standard. They are artificial. We put too much pressure on ourselves for perfection.

I like the dips and hollows. They make me re..."

You are a wise woman Carole. A wise woman. :) :p

Catherine wrote: "Does anyone else feel like they are spread too thin? There is so much to do as an Indie - writing, publishing, editing, sourcing professionals, business operations, financial procurement, marketing..."

I don’t.
My life is insane right now.
Truly insane.
God, it’s insane.
Did I say it was insane?
*slams head*

I need about a million dollars right now to allow me to just WRITE lol.

Anyways, I promised myself that I’m going to get everything together in 2018.

Carole wrote: “Hi Carole,

We're reaching out because several of your recent comments were flagged by Goodreads members. "

By Goodreads members eh?

https://image.ibb.co/gVbuum/78_D0_FB5...

Prakash wrote: "Amy! Is there any option to return a kindle book and get the money back?

If so, they would let me know. But, they are saying that there was no sales, while I have seen that day the book sales was ..."

Yes, it's possible.
I've returned books myself.

Carole wrote: "Ice-cream! My favorite."

We get free Ben and Jerry ice creams at work.
Damn those evil enablers!!

There are not enough hours in a day.

Carole wrote: "I love coffee. It's the best part of my day- that first cup."

I don't understand you coffee drinkers. :p
They make fun at me at work because I only drink hot chocolate. No coffee. Ever. Lol.

Aislinn wrote: "I don't know. I can't imagine continuing to write after this. I'm too devastated. And I don't want to keep writing if no one will read it. There's just no point to it unless I'm sharing it. And sad..."

Grab a pillow. Punch the shit out of it.

Congrats!!!

Thanks Erica and everyone! I look forward to catching up with everything soon!! And talking your ears off. Lol

Has it really been two f#cking months?



Life, with all its ups and down and awful things and great things, got in the way. I shouldn't have just disappeared though but would you all believe me if I told you I was so consumed with so many stuff that I barely even thought about Goodreads? That's how crazy my life got. I hope everyone is doing well. :) And I apologize for disappearing.

Two months, jeez.
Seriously felt like two weeks.

Alex wrote: "This is intended to further group knowledge about possible marketing avenues.
I had a blog tour running last week through Xpresso Book Tours for a serial killer thriller, it ran from Monday 8th to ..."

That's a bummer Alex. How much did it cost? Someone recommended that authors contact blogs on their own to set up tours. That way you can be certain that the blogs get good views, aren't just used for blog tours, and fits your genre.

Just one. Some people use two? :O

Amy wrote: "I partially packed away my other business this morning. It's still there, but it's currently making a loss on a weekly basis, with a small monthly profit that I am coming to the conclusion isn't wo..."

I think you shoukd write that book. Get all that frustration OUT. I hope that the estate issues get handled soon.

Alex wrote: "I've just found that Amazon has the wrong price on my books; they're supposed to be 99c/99p but for some reason Amazon has them at $1.54/£1.19.
It's bloody frustrating because I've been marketing ..."

Isn't that just VAT on top of the 99p?
Yeah I think it is.
It's 99p + 20% UK VAT = 1.19p and then the dollar price is 1.19 pound x $ exchange rate = 1.54 USD

I don't think there's anything you can do about it for the UK market.

Great new article up on the web! :)

Alex wrote: "Alexis wrote: "Alex wrote: "Umm, I'd like to add here that Amazon sales do not count towards NYTimes or USA Today bestseller lists according to an article I read a while ago, I really wish I could ..."

It's probably this one
https://www.fastcompany.com/1813678/w...

But the article says: "Just last year, the New York Times began counting online sales along with books that are in brick-and-mortar."

And that was in 2012. They count online sales these days.