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The hardest part for me about writing and publishing is getting so involved with social media. I went from having no face book page to having fb, a website, twitter and instagram. I am getting better at it, but man, all that eats up a lot of time.
Lora wrote: "The hardest part for me about writing and publishing is getting so involved with social media. I went from having no face book page to having fb, a website, twitter and instagram. I am getting bett..."I agree, I really don't want to use social media! Really love Goodreads though :D
Zuzu wrote: "Lora wrote: "The hardest part for me about writing and publishing is getting so involved with social media. I went from having no face book page to having fb, a website, twitter and instagram. I am..."Hi Zuzu. But we have to though. That's harder for me than writing the book.
Lora wrote: "The hardest part for me about writing and publishing is getting so involved with social media. I went from having no face book page to having fb, a website, twitter and instagram. I am getting bett..."I have found Twitter to be pretty accessible and to be a good way at least to make people aware of my book. I also have a Facebook page for myself as a writer, but it gets less interest than my Twitter account. I have an Instagram account but have barely used it.
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Any good tips on what to do in Twitter? Or perhaps more importantly, what NOT to do?
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There are also writers' communities on Twitter that are pretty welcoming.
Eugene wrote: "Lora wrote: "The hardest part for me about writing and publishing is getting so involved with social media. I went from having no face book page to having fb, a website, twitter and instagram. I am..."I am getting to where I love twitter. You're right fb is kind of pushy about wanting us to boost our post for $30.00 and if we don't, not everyone who follows or likes our page sees our posts but twitter does not do that.
Michael wrote: "Any good tips on what to do in Twitter? Or perhaps more importantly, what NOT to do?"Hello Michael. If I had to suggest what NOT to do on twitter I would have to say don't direct message. Some of the people who have DMed me were, shall I say, in need of a dating service or at least they think that's what twitter is and it's not.
Even if a DM isn't, ahem, that kind of DM, it still comes across to many on Twitter as pushy and annoying.
Hey, not sure how well known this is but on Twitter there are two #writingcommunities. The second one is spell with 3 m's. I have followed and picked up many followers from #writingcommmunity.
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Dear authors of the group.
Maximum exposure for you books is the need of the times.
1 To ensure your book is seen or heard, please do not hesitate to offer free samples in lieu of reviews. There is no other way!
2. As fellow authors, one secret to raising one's ranking seems to be the number of times one's book has been marked as read or reviewed. As a group of 550 members, we can greatly benefit if we mark eachother's books as 'Want to read'
Just drop in a message that it's done, to the member and get your book marked too!
It is pretty genuine and legal.
3. Am not sure if number of comments about your book/yourself boost rankings, but make sure you mention a book/autbor by using the add book/author tool.
4. Use the Listopia option to list eachothers books to improve rankings.
PS. Am launching a 'Maximum reviews' contest for the same soon. Do participate and boost your rankings.
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Light and Dark is seeking short stories for its first issue of the new year. They are particularly interested in stories that deal in some way with the dichotomous nature of existence. Please send nothing longer than 3,000 words. All stories will be published on their website: www.lightanddarkmagazine.com. The author will also receive a token payment. Deadline: May 15, 2019. www.lightanddark.submittable.com/submit.
Meat for Tea: The Valley Review (MFT Press) This is a non-academic affiliated magazine committed to recognizing and featuring the work of the artists, writers, and musicians living in western Massachusetts and beyond. Writing submissions should be works of poetry and short prose no longer than 1500 words in length, 8000 words for short fiction and essays, 1200 words for flash and microfiction. Deadline: May 18, 2019. www.meatforteathevalleyreview.submitt...
Salty at Heart Journal is now accepting poetry, stories, interviews, art, and photography. In this issue, space and flight are the overriding themes, recognizing the universal connection of all things, appreciating the science and philosophy of the cosmos, and acknowledging the human desire to take flight, voyaging both on this planet and beyond. From sea level rise to cosmology, the editors are looking for inspirational pieces that embrace the human connection to our earth system and the universe at large. They are also accepting submissions that fall into one of these categories: Creativity, Empowerment, Oceans, or Sustainability. Deadline: May 20, 2019. www.saltyatheart.com/submissions.
Kosmos Quarterly. The magazine's summer theme is focused on people's relationships with animals, plants and minerals – our living Earth and all beings. This is a continuation of the magazine's recent edition, Rising Earth Awareness, with a closer focus on factory farming, fossil-fuel extraction, animal exploitation, species loss, forests, oceans and wild places. They're looking for essays up to 1000 words, one to three poems, and artwork. Deadline: May 20, 2019 www.kosmosjournal.org/contribute-to-k...
Wandering Aengus Book Awards. This press will publish up to three prize winners in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction (including hybrid).Winning manuscripts will be published as perfect-bound books by Wandering Aengus Press or our imprint, Trail to Table Press, with full distribution via Ingram. Winners will receive 50 copies of their book. Authors will have input into the cover design and interior design. Deadline: May 31, 2019. For full guidelines, please go to http://wanderingaenguspress.com/submi...
Chicken Soup for the Soul: I Can't Stop Laughing! special issue. The editors are looking for 1200-word essays or poems about a situation that is not necessarily supposed to be humorous, but that turns into something that makes us laugh. Stories must be in the first person, not "as told to." Those chosen will receive a check for $200 and 10 free copies of the anthology, worth more than $100. Deadline: July 31, 2019. For details go here: https://www.chickensoup.com/story-sub...
Jewish Fiction.net invites submissions for its Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 issues. This is the only English-language journal devoted exclusively to publishing Jewish fiction, and they showcase the finest contemporary Jewish-themed writing (either written in, or translated into, English) from around the world. They're looking for short stories or novel excerpts. Deadline: open. www.jewishfiction.net/index.php/conta....
I retweet my promos and giveaways regularly. I also follow a lot of publishers, agents and authors in my main genre.
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If you published a book in the previous year, you might want to submit it to the New England Book Awards. The New England Book Awards, sponsored by the New England Independent Booksellers Association, are given for books about New England, set in New England, or by an author residing in New England. Hardcover, paperback originals, and reissues published between September 1, 2018, and August 31, 2019, are eligible. Entry fee: $25. Deadline June 14.http://www.newenglandbooks.org/progra......
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The BLUE LIGHT PRESS 2019 Chapbook Contest and BLUE LIGHT POETRY PRIZE is open for submissions. We publish poetry that is imagistic, inventive, emotionally honest, and pushes the language to a deeper level of insight. To enter, send 12 to 24 pages of poetry and a reading fee of $10.00. For more info go tohttp://www.bluelightpress.com/contest... June 15.
The Cosmos Issue of The Poeming Pigeonwants cosmic poetry. From learning how to locate the Little Dipper to standing awe-struck under the Milky Way, humans have been asking: What's out there in the great beyond? Could we survive on Mars? What is dark matter? Are wormholes the secret to time travel? Our curiosity is as vast as the universe itself. Send us your best stargazing poems exploring the great beyond, string theory and blackholes. Make a case for Pluto--planet or not planet? This theme is yours to take to the outer limits. More info athttps://thepoetrybox.com/the-poeming-... . Deadline June 15.
Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction.Previously unpublished works of fiction up to 8,000 words. Please note, "published" includes any work published in print or online, including online magazines, blogs, public social media sites, etc. Multiple submissions will be accepted for the contest only. Simultaneous submissions are also accepted, however, we must be notified immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. $15 reading fee. Only authors currently residing in the United States are eligible. For more, got tohttps://philadelphiastories.submittab...... Deadline June 15.
Willow Springs Books is now accepting submissions for the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. We offer a $2,000 prize for a previously unpublished book-length manuscript (minimum 98 pages, 3 short stories). Willow Springs Books in a non-profit press housed in Eastern Washington University’s MFA program. Reading fee $27.50. Submit athttps://wse.submittable.com or visithttps://willowspringsbooks.org for more information. Deadline June 15th.
The Emerald Coast Review is looking for new, emerging, and established authors and artists living along the Florida Panhandle and coastal Alabama for their biennial anthology. To submit visit https://WFLF.ORG/ECR Deadline June 15.
Fleas on the Dog.com is itching for quality short fiction and nonfiction for upcoming Issue Three. Fiction includes mainstream, literary, crazy, sci/fi, spec, nano, flash, metafiction, outsider, you name it, they’ll consider it. Nonfiction includes op-eds, essays, articles on any topical topic that raises your hackles or soothes your savage breast.www.fleasonthedog.com Deadline June 16. No fees to submit.
Annual Hard Times Essay Contest. Write about a difficult experience in your life, how you overcame this obstacle, and how you were changed by it. Winning stories will be chosen for originality and creative writing style. Stories should not exceed 5,000 words (double-spaced, 12 point font). The entry fee per submission is $25. For more go tohttps://www.twwoa.org/contests.htmlDe... June 30.
Ah, looks like I can't submit in any of those. Too bad.
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Grasshopper wrote: "The links seem to working fine ..any other issues?"Oh I just meant I don't have any material that meets those criteria.
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Haha none at the moment! And I’m too busy writing a sequel to try and cook something else up.
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Although, I'm sure there is always scope for hidden poetic gems.
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That's a lovely location to write. Ideas probably just flow in naturally there. I write on my notepad on a hammock when I stop dozing!(view spoiler)
A hammock..hmmm🤔Any wonder why you spend more time dozing?
I use more rigid environments, but my Masterpiece is perpetually a work in progress 😓
Grasshopper wrote: "📖Book Award 🏆
If you published a book in the previous year, you might want to submit it to the New England Book Awards. The New England Book Awards, sponsored by the New England Independent Bookse..."
Robert wrote: "I retweet my promos and giveaways regularly. I also follow a lot of publishers, agents and authors in my main genre."
WOW! Thank you for this great information.
If you published a book in the previous year, you might want to submit it to the New England Book Awards. The New England Book Awards, sponsored by the New England Independent Bookse..."
Robert wrote: "I retweet my promos and giveaways regularly. I also follow a lot of publishers, agents and authors in my main genre."
WOW! Thank you for this great information.
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When you offer a giveaway, do you just email the epub or mobi file of your work? or do you prefer to send out hard copies? I am just thinking of the copyright of sending out a file which can be easily distributed by a recipient.It takes too long to wait for each promotion period for your 5 day Amazon allowance for giveaways.
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I agree with GB. I spent the first half of my career, guarding the copyright & holding the book close to my heart. Now, I realise a few good reviews go a longer way to boost sales.
A review in hand is worth 2 sales in the bush😁
Hi everyone, looks like I need some advice again! So I'm waist deep in the sequel to my first novel His Name Was Zach which clocked in at about 480 pages (very long for a debut novel, I know, but so far it hasn't seemed to bother anyone). I just crossed 100,000 words and it's looking to be much more. I'm estimating now that by the time I'm done the final draft could reach up to 600 pages.So my question is: do you think I should break it up and release them as two separate parts or keep it as one? I'm hesitant to release it in two parts because I've always conceived of the story as a 3-parter (a third book will come after this sequel), and I'm really not sure yet where a good middle split would be. Plus I don't want to give them impression that I'm trying to milk the series and make readers buy two books instead of one.
Thoughts? Opinions or experiences?
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While the length of a novel is to a large extent up to its writer, lengths may also vary by subgenre; many chapter books for children start at a length of about 16,000 words, and a typical mystery novel might be in the 60,000 to 80,000 word range while a thriller could be well over 100,000 words.
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Grasshopper wrote: "Hi Peter.While the length of a novel is to a large extent up to its writer, lengths may also vary by subgenre; many chapter books for children start at a length of about 16,000 words, and a typic..."
Oh, good point. I forgot to mention its genre is dystopian/post-apocalyptic fiction. I guess it also shares traits with a thriller, which is why the first novel came in at 129,000 words.
Leon wrote: "When you offer a giveaway, do you just email the epub or mobi file of your work? or do you prefer to send out hard copies? I am just thinking of the copyright of sending out a file which can be eas..."I was worried once about the same thing, about protecting my work. But after reading a bunch of opinion pieces on the subject, I came to realize that no one is gonna try to steal our work as relatively obscure authors. Stephen King needs to make sure his work is copyrighted and protected but not us. I still haven't filed for an official copyright because I think it'd be a waste of money.
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Re: Copyright
I think once your book is published, any form of reproduction, would be considered as plagiarism if it is without your permission.
Grasshopper wrote: "Well done Peter.Re: Copyright
I think once your book is published, any form of reproduction, would be considered as plagiarism if it is without your permission."
Correct. In fact, the moment your pen meets paper you own the copyright on your work. Filing for an official copyright with the US government just makes it easier to recoup damages if your work is in fact stolen.
I’ve got two random emails in the past 24 hours, from a Jim J. and a Cheryl Jenner, declaring that they can do book reviews and to contact them if interested. It seems weird and oddly specific. Are these some kind of scam? Anyone got anything like this?
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My suggestion: Don't look a gift horse in the mouth! 😅
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Grasshopper wrote: "Just checked. Don't see them listed here."Thanks for checking! I also posted in another author's group and it looks like it's just people looking for free books. I'll probably not respond.
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The Flexible Persona, a literary magazine based in Troy, NY, seeks fiction, flash fiction, and poetry for its Spring 2019 print issue (Vol. 04 No. 01) and online. They pa..."
WoW! Thank you!