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[Carole]

Yay!!! Erica!!!!

[Nathan]

Erica wrote: "It is finally done! After two long months, I have an official website!!! Thank you to everyone in this group who has helped me with questions along the way. A special thank you to Alexis for your i..."

Congrats Erica!

[Sam (Rescue Dog Mom, Writer, Hugger)]

Wonderful Erica! Hugs!!

[Carrie]

Congrats, Erica!!

[Erica]

Thank you Carole, Nathan, Sam and Carrie! I held off on making a website because I felt so intimidated. It feels incredible to have this completed! I feel like I can do anything...I am ready to take over the world! Bwahahaha *takes deep breaths "calm down, your getting a little carried away"* lol :)

[Christine]

You did a great job with your website - it looks great. Congrats, Erica!

[Carole]

Happy Mother's Day to everyone out there!!

[Sam (Rescue Dog Mom, Writer, Hugger)]

Happy Mother's Day everyone. Hugs

[J.]

Ditto that!!!

[Nat]

Congrats Erica! Putting up a good website is a great thing to cheer about!

[Becky]

Congrats, Amy! We'll have to do a follow-up interview...How It Felt Before, During, And Immediately After Writing My Second Book. :)

Erica, your website looks divine!

[Carole]

Great news!

[Becky]

Fantastic!

[Amy]

Becky wrote: "Congrats, Amy! We'll have to do a follow-up interview...How It Felt Before, During, And Immediately After Writing My Second Book. :) "

Thanks Becky.

Well done Alex. Superb. See, I have this theory-people see a book that is a, call it a level of price expected from trad publishing, and they may see the book as "valid" if it's not priced the same as all the other free/99p books. A percentage of which (obviously not all) will be poorly written by people who cannot write. Please note I am not saying that anyone who has a book that is free or 99p cannot write. I am saying that a percentage might be perceived that way. That make sense?

[Amy]

Yes this is absolutely true, with pricing we can just change it as and when we want, which is a huge benefit.

[Erica]

Great news Alex!!

Thank you Christine and Becky!

[Carrie]

Amy wrote: "Finished writing my second book."

Congrats!!

[Aislinn]

Congrats, Alex! Hopefully it's just one of many!

As for me, I'm finally moved into my new apartment. I have my own space again, with a writing desk and everything. It's not perfect, but it's amazing to be on my own again. Hopefully it will mean I'm very productive over the next few months!

Side note: I won't have internet for a while because of course they are taking 100 years to set it up. That means I won't be around much, as I can't hotspot from my phone forever! Just more reason to be productive...

[Erica]

I am glad you had e settled into your new place Aislinn. That has to be a huge relief. :)

[Aislinn]

Thanks guys. :)

[R.L.]

Congrats Alex and Aislinn! I found moving my book price up hasn't hurt me either only helped, so go figure! I'll have to wait a while to see how iBooks etc all pan out over the next few weeks. Biting my nails going wide, but keeping the faith.

[Carole]

There's no place like home.

[Nathan]

congrats to e'erbody with the great news. Havent posted much myself, as not much is going on with sales...but I did get my spanking new, awesome book cover from RL for book 2 in my series.

And I got a 4 star review/rating on amazon from somebody I didn't even know or make a request to

[Amy]

Well done everyone. Nice to have your own place and a desk Aislinn. I'm still pushing my kneecaps out of place with my laptop.

Good luck with the sales everyone. I'm still at 1 or 2 per month and really not expecting that to change lol.

[Amy]

Tonight I came to a momentous decision. I've run my own business now for 16 years and at the moment it is struggling due to lack of custom. For years I have worked during the day and into the evening with clients coming to my house. I have in the past worked up until 9pm some years. Recently I've seen very few people in the evening. I have a condition that means I battle with chronic fatigue every day. Today I announced I will only be working 10-4 Monday, Wednesday and Thursday and no evenings. One of my consultants lives in my road, she finishes her day job and then continues with the same business I have in the evenings. As I'm barely seeing anyone in the evening any more I've sent messages to the most recent past clients and informed them that I no longer offer evenings, but that my colleague does. It is a huge weight off my mind and probably inconvenienced about zero people!

[Carole]

Congrats, Amy! I'm sure it will make your life much easier.

[Nely]

My book trailer for the Creatura Series got nominated for an award! http://bit.ly/VOTE_UTOPiAawards2017

[Carole]

Congrats- it's a great trailer. Voted

[Erica]

Wow Nely! Fantastic video and great honor. Voted!

[Becky]

Amy wrote: "Tonight I came to a momentous decision."
Good for you, Amy. It's not easy to tell yourself it's okay to NOT do something. Bravo!

[Amy]

Thanks Becky and well done Nely that's brilliant.

[Alice]

I got my first sale today.

[R.L.]

Congrats Alice!! First of many!

[Carole]

Book expo if anyone is interested. Last call for Foreword Book Expo. https://publishers.forewordreviews.co...

[Erica]

Looks like the cheapest show is $190 per title. Great opportunity though if you have the extra!

[Erica]

Alice wrote: "I got my first sale today."

Congrats Alice! So exciting!

[Amy]

Random paperback sale in the states. Quite willing to believe someone clicked buy now by mistake lol...

[Carole]

You crack me up.

[Nat]

Just cheer on the sale, Amy! Hug it tight!

[Nely]

Thanks so much for the votes and the nice comments about my trailer! Everyone in here has such great news! Celebs, interviews... I can't believe how much our group has grown! Every time I come in here to read up, there's so many more threads and posts. I can't keep up! But that just means now there's an overabundance of good advice and support. Thanks to the moderators and to the members for keeping it real. ;) Off to read more threads now. xx

[Carole]

You're welcome Nely. I love this place too.

[Eldon]

Congratulations Alex!! A very nice cover indeed :)

[Amy]

Alex that's amazing. Well done.

[J.]

That's fantastic!!! Congrats!!

[Erica]

Congrats Alex! That is wonderful news!

[Amanda]

Congrats, Alex! Awesome news :)

[Amy]

Alex wrote: "Thank you ladies, it really made my day/week/month. The only downside to these designers is the incredibly long lead time for a cover project, if they had less of a lead time I'd recommend them to ..."

How long? Is that the 7 month one for hundreds of £?

[Amy]

Ah um yeah. Maybe not them then. Plus Nate and Day is a mere 108 pages of action in a 9x6 trim. I think something with fewer numbers after the £ will suffice.

[Amy]

I wish!

[Amy]

Somebody wave a banner, I've paid for a cover for Nate and Day. Took me ages to choose someone. In the end I went with the first one that caught my eye. Isn't that always the way?