Amy’s Comments (group member since Jan 15, 2017)

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

Ack, rough week. It’s a really good book. I’ll get it out there and see what happens.

Thanks everyone. Yes I’m ok. Actually taking everything into account, I’m bloody amazing lol.

Thirty years in the writing. I finally got this one off my chest. I guess for all you normal humans out there it's not an easy read. Clap anyway, I need the money! Thanks.

https://medium.com/@debzcooper/your-c...

I have enough hobbies that take money to sustain-I don’t do many of them anymore because of lack of finances or as my dad put it the “waste of money”. I’d rather not publish a thing than spend money on the process and never make any of it back. Writing is a business for me, not a hobby. It may be a tiny business but it will never be a hobby. I think that’s upbringing talking. Hobbies, according to my dad, were a waste of money unless they were sport.

Weeeelllll I suppose that makes sense. Although my lack of enthusiasm for how they do things is because I don’t consider myself in the game. Few sales, fewer reviews. To me personally it makes no difference what they do.

That’s a great article, Alexis.

I love that you took a chunk of door with you Carole. I really want it to have been it right in the middle.

Will do. I’m finding it a challenge to think of the right bit.

Seeing as it's a short book, I was thinking of using a smaller trim size for Missing Remnants. I'm not sure I can, financially it doesn't make sense. I wouldn't be expecting to sell many paperbacks, but if I went for the price and size I was thinking of, I'd end up with 20p per copy after print costs are taken out. I'll have to rethink that.

I don't think anyone in my family does anything like that. When our son was at nursery school they arranged for them to put their hand prints on tea towels. I bought a couple for grandparents. My in-laws loved theirs and kept it. My Dad gave it back saying they didn't keep things like that. Needless to say I was quite hurt by that.

I'm more of a hit and run promotion type of person too. I think it comes from the lifestyle I have at the moment.

Thank you both. It's a lot of work, time and money to put in for some obscure little book that barely gets read. But I'll do it anyway because I can and it is very good.

Carole wrote: "Nice article Amy. You are a thoughtful mom.

Here's the gift I was talking about.

http://caroleproman.blogspot.com/2014..."

Thank you. That's a lovely idea for a gift.

Having a rubbish week for no other reason than I'm working my way through another edit of Missing Remnants (which is good) and starting to believe the voices in my head that keep telling me I'm wasting my bloody time because it won't sell. Meh.

I'm still trying to get something out on Medium every week. I've not got a lot to say, but I wrote this:

https://medium.com/@debzcooper/the-an...

I'd appreciate any claps for it.

Whoops

Useful, thanks Ted. I always struggle with that.

It's better than no agent which is where I’ll always sit!

They look great, Alex.

I am just under £10 away from earning back my annual Medium membership. I paid around £38 three months ago. It’s not mega bucks but it’s something.

It’s mainly down to people here.

I can’t imagine me being truly happy with more than copy editing. (Hope I’ve got my terminology correct.) I’d do it if it meant more money. Even that isn’t a guarantee.