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Jul 03, 2020 11:25PM
Thanks Magnus and Hakon. Apparently, I have to wait until Tuesday for my copy. I'll be the last to know (as usual). May be I'll watch a Lassie movie to use up the time.
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Guess what I'm holding in my hands right now? Yep, I got it. And I'm looking forward to reading all the other stories.
Magnus wrote: "Guess what I'm holding in my hands right now? Yep, I got it. And I'm looking forward to reading all the other stories."That's good news. Let me know any imperfections. The KDP report says 51 units shipped in the first week, mostly paperbacks. I've set up an ebook promotion message to a popular mailing list on Wednesday.
I would echo everyone else's sentiment too Faith. I ordered a paperback copy myself to actually see something I wrote in print.Thank you so much for putting all this together and getting more interesting stories out there. I can't wait to delve into my copy.
Thanks to you for sending a quality story, Jeffrey.
Just received my paperback copy--wish I could post a photo. So thrilled to be included!
Carolyn wrote: "Just received my paperback copy--wish I could post a photo. So thrilled to be included!"Thanks Carolyn! I still haven't seen it and I want to check the font size is okay. That's the only thing I'm worried about.
Who called for short stories for an anthology?Frank
uhhh.. I can't believe I lost a shot in fulfilling my dreams :(
I got my copies the day before yesterday, coincidentally the same day I got my prize stuff for winning second place in a writing contest earlier. (I just wanted to mention that, but if it actually made someone curious, check out my blog here.) The book looks even better as a physical object than just seeing a picture of the cover.
Sharath wrote: "uhhh.. I can't believe I lost a shot in fulfilling my dreams :("Well, don't worry, it was only a chance. There will be more. :-)
Ville wrote: "Sharath wrote: "uhhh.. I can't believe I lost a shot in fulfilling my dreams :("Well, don't worry, it was only a chance. There will be more. :-) I get how you feel, though.
Ville wrote: "I got my copies the day before yesterday, coincidentally the same day I got my prize stuff for winning second place in a writing contest earlier. (I just wanted to mention that, but if it actually ..."Congratulations on the second place in the contest.
Ville wrote: "same day I got my prize stuff for winning second place in a writing contest earlier ..."Congratulations! Which contest was it?
Hákon wrote: "Ville wrote: "I got my copies the day before yesterday, coincidentally the same day I got my prize stuff for winning second place in a writing contest earlier. (I just wanted to mention that, but i..."Thank you.
Now you made me want to talk about it more. It was a pretty interesting contest. Here's more about the actual details:
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
Faith wrote: "Ville wrote: "same day I got my prize stuff for winning second place in a writing contest earlier ..."Congratulations! Which contest was it?"
Didn't see your message there. The 2020 Cosmos Prize: rewrite the ending of the serial science fiction novel Cosmos. See the links in my last reply.
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I got my book and started reading. So far, 4 stories down and liking what I've read. Hoping the rest of the book is as good or better.
Hope everybody is well and bathing in the glow of seeing their work in print. I know I am...Is it perhaps time to start thinking about the charity that the (eventual) proceeds will donated to? I'd suggest something Covid related. What does everybody think?
Sounds good to me!By the way, there is a hashtag #WritersInLockdown" - so lots of company. I posted a tweet this morning from Amazon:
Magnus wrote: "charity that the (eventual) proceeds will donated to? I'd..."I agree it should be covid-related. Is there a charity helping survivors who will have to go on living with the lung damage it causes? It could be a fair wait before the book moves into profit because I set the lowest retail price I could, with about a 30 cent or 20p margin on each paperback. Sales are going well by word of mouth from people who have read it but paid advertising to reader lists didn't work.
Glad to hear word of mouth is good. Bummer re paid advertising.I was thinking that the charity angle is something we can use when advertising, too, but I didn't realise the margin with printed copies was so small.
A couple more Covid ideas - people with mental health problems and/or new child poverty in marginalised countries.
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Stay well.
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One of the stories I read last night was by Stephen Mills. Really good but I don't see a bio for him in the book. Are you on here? Curious to find out what else you might have written.
All the best to everyone. Stay well.
J. wrote: "One of the stories I read last night was by Stephen Mills. Really ..."Hi J. Stephen Mills has a bio hidden in there somewhere. He is the author of Devil's Cohort and Isleman, which went on my TBR list after reading his short story.
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You guys are making me jealous. I'm still waiting for my hard copy to get here from Amazon. I'm really looking forward to it. I hope to consider you all colleagues in helping to bring this all to fruition, especially you Faith for all the hard work it must have been to finalize and get it published.
Me too Jeffrey, I’ve still not got my copy, but I’m hoping it will arrive on Monday.
Hákon wrote: "Me too Jeffrey, I’ve still not got my copy, but I’m hoping it will arrive on Monday."Cool Hakon. Happy reading!
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Hi J. Stephen Mills has a bio hidden in there somewhere. He is the author of Devil's Cohort and Isleman, which went..."
Hi Faith,
Thanks for the info on Mr. Mills. I have the print book edition and I still can't find his bio. I will follow up though thanks to your link.
Have a great day and stay well.
J. wrote: "Faith wrote: "J. wrote: "One of the stories I read last night was by Stephen Mills. Really ..."Hi J. Stephen Mills has a bio hidden in there somewhere. He is the author of Devil's Cohort and Islem..."
Hi J., I have the paperback as well. Hint, it's right before your bio but doesn't start with author name. :)
M.L. wrote: "J. wrote: "Faith wrote: "J. wrote: "One of the stories I read last night was by Stephen Mills. Really ..."Hi J. Stephen Mills has a bio hidden in there somewhere. He is the author of Devil's Cohor..."
Ah, I was just logging in to say that.
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Hello!I finally put a little something on my instagram account. I found that I was (as far as I could tell) the first person here to use the #writersinlockdown hashtag (though I know that Dale did put up a photo of the book a little while ago).
And Faith, I hashtagged you but I don't think any of the other Faith Jones were you... were they?
Last but not least, while I still haven't read all the stories I have come across at least two now that I thought were very funny. I'm looking at you, Faith and at Adam Corres. Well done, youse ;)
Thank you! I'm not on Instagram but it's amazing to get this sort of feedback. Usually when I think I've made a funny observation, people just look at me with a sad expression.
I'm not on istagram but I could email you a story for anthology any day from now.
dan wrote: "I'm not on istagram but I could email you a story for anthology any day from now."Hi Dan. The anthology has already been published but if you send me your email address, I will let you know if I do another one.
my email address is maelwedtshwn@gmail.com
Just out of curiosity, has Casey D. Sloop published something other than the short story in Writers in Lockdown?
Casey wrote an excellent story but when I asked for a bio, she didn't list anything. She is breaking into writing and hasn't many years behind her. I expect great things. There were two teenaged authors in this anthology and I think they both matched the experienced adult authors, so maybe the book will be notable as their beginning.
I agree. I liked Casey’s story, and if she is just beginning to write, then she is showing a lot of potential.
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