Mary’s Comments (group member since Feb 18, 2017)

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

Hi Carole - did you mean "Julie (Gerber) once told me that IF you don't post regularly- people will drop you....."? Missing word I think.

Hi -- These are perhaps not quite new, having been published in 2017 and 2018, but they are all coming up for free Kindle downloads shortly from Thursday to Monday in successive weeks:

21-25 March: A Maverick Himalayan Way (new edition)
( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07M5VQPTJ )
28 March - 1 April: A Maverick Inuit Way and the Vikings
4 - 8 April: A Maverick Traveller Anthology
11 - 15 April: A Maverick Pilgrim Way
18 - 22 April: A Maverick USA Way
25 - 29 April: Una Viajera Disidente (A Maverick Traveller, Spanish translation)

Here's my blog too by the way: https://www.a-maverick.com/blog

Cheers, Mary Jane.

Hello all I am back from the Middle East, even Iran wearing a Hijab but anyhow I have published 50 stories on Medium.

https://medium.com/me/stories/public

It is thanks to this group that I ever got started. Thanks Carole,

I have had to really think about what I write about people get killed if you mention them, hm.

thanks I hope you are well

hello Carole after 6 months in the Middle East I am now back on medium.

I had to be careful and delete all my work in many countries glad to be home.

I hope you are well.

Blog tour groups look very interesting.

thank you

how do morons manage peace deals?

trump and kim.

hm

i am in Turkey under the radar and would be interested in this.

i have had to stay off social media they arrest writers here.

Yes I would like to have the template thank you

I will be sending you mine thank you

Carole wrote: "Julie (Gerber) once told me that you don't post regularly- people will drop you. I didn't think anyone actually cared- I never received any comments on my post- until one day- I did. It was strange..."

Great news.

Carole wrote: "Great response, Peter. Our local bookstore had a group of indie authors participate in a group signing. There were about ten of us, but we didn't get a great showing. Nobody had much in the way of ..."

I am glad I have not bothered with New York bookstores emailled out 1500 emails not one response .

I think book festivals and readers and writers festivals I gave that a go in Australia and got a great response.

I will get you the lists later.

My experience in New Zealand was far worse, I would have had to pay for 7000 dollars to get 1000 books printed for a price of $7.00 each that is a big cost for each of my five books.

My distributor said my book would have to sell at $20 or less to be competitive and many of my books have alot of photos.

I sent them out to bookstores all the independents and they are not interested, and furthermore Lonely Planet has exclusivity deals with my local bookstore.

Hm

I have been rejected by all literary agents.

I am yin Red Hook New York I may see who I can make contact with over here and why not.

I emailed all bookstores 2000 of them.in the US and not one reply.

Thanks

I will put my blogs on medium thanks all for the advice.

I have been sending out books to libraries but in New Zealand they do not print on demand for bookstores in fact in Australia they do not provide printed books either from Amazon.

Today on one site I said I was from Australia. It's like a Canadian saying they were from the USA.

moan and groan

I hope they continue pod being in New Zealand the cost is abominable they are not printing in Australia yet.

My first book is being translated into Spanish and Chinese.

I will see what happens in those markets and will keep the Chinese put of KDP.

The cost of translation was 500 US.

Has anyone had their books translated.

Grace wrote: "Anna Faversham wrote: "What a feat, MaryJane! I read just yesterday that writers need to shut out the cyber world for periods of time while they immerse themselves in writing-related worlds, so we ..."

haha I know that feeling but all the advertising I did nothing so emailling all the libraries in the US and all over the English speaking world is I believe a direct hit. All at once contracted out so I do not have to do it, I want a life. take care

Dale wrote: "Thank you, everyone. She's doing a lot better by now. The bleeding has stopped and her bloodwork is looking good. They want to do a second endoscopy tomorrow to see how things are on the inside. At..."

Angel wrote: "Dale wrote: "Thank you, everyone. She's doing a lot better by now. The bleeding has stopped and her bloodwork is looking good. They want to do a second endoscopy tomorrow to see how things are on t..."

Grace wrote: "Anna Faversham wrote: "What a feat, MaryJane! I read just yesterday that writers need to shut out the cyber world for periods of time while they immerse themselves in writing-related worlds, so we ..."

Grace wrote: "Anna Faversham wrote: "What a feat, MaryJane! I read just yesterday that writers need to shut out the cyber world for periods of time while they immerse themselves in writing-related worlds, so we ..."

Talena wrote: "Dale wrote: "Thank you, everyone. She's doing a lot better by now. The bleeding has stopped and her bloodwork is looking good. They want to do a second endoscopy tomorrow to see how things are on t..."

I am truly sorry to hear about your partners illness; my mantra will be with you today. Hope all is better Dale.

Anna Faversham wrote: "What a feat, MaryJane! I read just yesterday that writers need to shut out the cyber world for periods of time while they immerse themselves in writing-related worlds, so we expect people to 'go mi..."

thank you Anna you lived here that is great. I am going to New York and around when Oprah made her speech. thanks alot

I am so sorry to hear about everyones illnesses and have been absent for sometime.

I now have media lists for all english speaking countries for news and reviews, what a hard slog is all I can say and I take my hat off to you all here.

I am now targeting specific magazines in my genre and i am actually knackered- what alot of work this all is.

I will very soon have a list of libraries for all the US UK Canada Aust and New Zealand plus bookstores I will share with a select few.

thank you all