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

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

It was fun to listen to, Aislinn! I was always curious to what "degree you were pretending never happened" and now I know. :D

My first book, a novella, is basically my way of starting to get my name out there. It will be 0.99 on a permanent basis so the chances of me becoming rich off it are pretty low lol. Anyways, since my main goal is too get readers acquainted with my writing, I'm considering enabling lending. Has anyone done this before? If so, can you offer some insight into the benefits, if there are any?

Nathan wrote: "Well, at least in book one, I've had people tell me that they have rarely read a crime novel without course language or sexually explicit themes and that also had the Gospel message in it. And I th..."

The criminals don't curse either!?

Carole wrote: "I can't answer that for my books. I feel too close to them. I can say that my son puts a twist in each of his books that people usually never see coming."

Ah but if you had to pitch your books to a major book retailer, what aspects of them would you highlight?

I live in Rotterdam, write erotica and drink COCA COLA. Sometimes Pepsi. Depends on my mood, really.

What are the things that make your books or your writing stand out?

Aislinn wrote: "So, I guess this belongs in random chit chat. A while back I did an interview with Tara Woods Turner. And it's finally live! If for whatever reason you've ever had a burning need to hear my voice o..."

Oohhh. Let me go watch. Do you still have a (stereotypical sorry) Australian accent or did Qatar ruin it?

I hope you told her to sign up for your newsletter to stay up to date. :p

Posting a very thought provoking article on Nav Indie in a second. The author says: promoting does not work.
That should lead to some interesting discussions lol.

Thank you ladies. I got them and will be sending you a version of the anthology for you to approve tomorrow. You ladies rock. I want to thank you again for writing the stories on such short notice. :)

I postponed my book. Yes, again. I haven't been able to concentrate to write because my mind is filled with like 6382819 worries about 647281911 things. Luckily, the bloggers I contacted were nice about postponing and I promised everyone who marked my book as to-read on Goodreads a free ARC. The rest of my pre orders were from friends who won't mind the wait, I hope.

The world is insane and I'm losing my mind a bit more every day lol. I wish I could care less. I HAVE to get this first book out man. It's like a hurdle that I need to jump but every time someting happens that ruin it. Okay, anyways. That's my GRRRR. On the upside, I got contacted to write a really interesting article for a law journal so my day did not suck as bad as it could have.

Kay wrote: "It's crazy o clock in the morning for me here, but I hope you have an awesome time!"

Oh shit.

I'm such a dummy. Why did I think that was 12am European Time? Did Google lie to me? Was I asleep when I booked this crap?

Oh well, I'll probably be awake around that time anyways lol.

Groovy wrote: "I think if I changed my keywords my books would probably do better. I just can't get the hang of getting the right keywords. I could sure use some tips."

How about a cover revamp for your older books?
It is something that I've seen other authors do: e.g. Kresley Cole.
You can make a whole event out of it with the unveiling etc, and you can also hold a sale.

Examples of other authors doing it
Kresley on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/KresleyCole/...

Julia Quinn added a second epilogue when she changed the cover. Which helps because old fans can then buy it again knowing they're not just getting a new cover but also new content (and at a bargain!)
http://juliaquinn.com/news/old-favori...

So yeah, that could be a fun way to blow some life into your back catalogue. :)

Jon wrote: "Amy wrote: "If I could get away with a plain black cover I would. The whole issue of covers makes me shudder."

Well, it worked for Metallica...

If you ever have any questions about covers that I ..."

If you can think of more tips, you should consider writing an article for www.navigatingindieworld.com! :)

April 12, 2017

We're back!

Newsletter will be out soon. We'll post a message when it is send. :)

Alexis wrote: "Aislinn wrote: "Is one of those three articles the one I wrote? I can't remember when I sent it to you (time is passing strangely for me now) but I feeeeeeel like it was a month or so ago? Who know..."

In addition to views to your personal blog, some are also seeing an increase in sales!
https://s4.postimg.org/lvn7wwej1/1492...

So yes everyone, let us publish your articles. You could be one of the lucky ones too. :)


*p.s. I only DM people if I did not like article and would love to see some changes or if I'm about to post it.

Aislinn wrote: "Is one of those three articles the one I wrote? I can't remember when I sent it to you (time is passing strangely for me now) but I feeeeeeel like it was a month or so ago? Who knows.

Anyway, if y..."

No, it's coming.
Plus my own articles on NavIndie always send tons of traffic to my blog so you're killing two birds with one stone when you let us publish. :)

https://s1.postimg.org/roi55y2dr/IMG_...

Erin wrote: "Anything I can do?"

Yes, this:
Http://s2.postimg.org/aprcbnd4p/IMG_8...
To me.
LOL

No save your energy because I will be sliding in your DMs with a completely unreasonable request soon. :D

Hint: https://s9.postimg.org/5ocwx56cv/IMG_...

April 11 2017

The website is down currently..
We were having too much fun..



It backfired.

But all is not lost.

We WILL be back tomorrow with THREE fantastic new articles. :)
Thank you for your patience and for visiting!