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Just curious.

I'm moving apartments, so I'm packing and it's distracting me from editing the novel I wrote last month. So, I'm starting my next eBook.

What are you up to?

Rewriting a mystery novel and working on 3 short story ideas

Working on the 3rd and final volume of my science fiction / superhero series "313". The first and second volumes are MISSING TIME and TIME SPENT and this one is TIME LOST. Putting the finishing touches on Chapter 2. The series is about a group of high school kids who survive a school bus crash only to find that each one of them now possesses their own unique power. In Vol 1, they found out basically what happened to them and why they are being hunted down one by one. In Vol 2, they are drawn back together to deal with an even greater threat, and learn who/what was behind what happened to them, and in Vol 3...well...let's just say things get really strange.

I just finished edits/rewrites on chapter 15 and 16. The beginning of the book took forever to fix. Now I'm zipping through much quicker.

completed (and posted) a short story, just to entertain myself, but mostly i'm studying marketing.

lessons learned so far: very few writers make sales because of their twitter presence. (agreed?) very few writers make sales because of their facebook presence. (agreed?) very few writers make sales because of their pinterest presence. (agreed?)
or am i wrong? i know some writers wrest a buck or 2 out of their presence in the social media universe, but aren't those sources far and away less lucrative than the traditional sources?
i've read that the average eBook author earns under $500/year. if that's true, then aren't all the articles saying that twitter, etc., are essential... wrong?

Trying to convert my NaNo from straight up adult horror to YA horror, and make it all sound nice and make sense for Camp NaNo. Plus rewrite huge chunks of it, cos it was a bit poo in places.

I'm plowing through the first draft of a chick lit, my first attempt at the genre. Having a lot of fun with it. I'm usually a pantser, and wrote the first two novels cold turkey. This time I actually outlined the plot. I'm not sure if it's making it easier or harder to sit down at the keyboard. I know what happens next, so somewhere in my subconscious, I'm like "it's already written." NOT so. Gotta plow through until that crappy first draft reaches The End.

I can't write linear, even with a plan!

Today I wrote a maybe 5min script and a short story. Trying to make the short somewhat readable. Then I'm going back to writing eBook. Only have one more day on it before I go back to editing on monday. Can't see much editing happening during the weekend...

@tony Since the average indie author doesn't have access to traditional avenues of marketing, I think you'd have to say social media are pretty essential to them, which makes all those articles...right. But you're not wrong, I have made very little so far, and I've actually made more money when I could make appearances and hand sell books, but unfortunately have not been able to do that much.

I'm currently finishing a short story about a man who falls in love with his stepladder, and starting a story about a cat who wants to become an art critic.

I'm also finalising the redesign of my Casanova paperback, and trying to decide whether it's worth doing another promo week on my film crit book or just taking it out of Select all together.

I just published my 7th ebook. Trying to pimp that biznatch. :) It's about 4 months late though, due to the craziness that is my life. Oh well- it's out now!!

Biznatch? lololol

@Tony & J.David I think promotion really depends on the person. It's very hard to make yourself known, especially if you live in the middle of no where like me, haha, without social media.

I got a 200 dollar donation last year. But I dunno if that counts since it wasn't for a book it was "because you got me writing again and I want you to keep going."

But I wouldn't have gotten it without twitter ^^

Hello to all, I'm a newcomer to this group.I was writing a historical and fighting art fiction named (The Chinese devil castle))(I've written 30 pages of it)) .But when my sister told me about the hard life of a 12 years old girl; I decided to write a book based on this girl's real life.I think the authors are responsible about what happens around them. If I would write it, I will call that book: ((The Real Pains Of A Girl)).

I'm kind of on-and-off working on the next two installments in The Calypsis Project trilogy whilst trying to finish up some digital art commissions. Both at the same time, actually. If I don't feel like working on one book, I'll work on the other. Unfortunately, I haven't gotten much writing at all done the last few days as I have been lacking motivation. :I

I probably need to read more sci-fi books in between writing sessions. That used to help me a lot, and lately all the books I've been reading are few and not in the right genre.

@Hamid Hello and welcome to the group. Remember to change the names to protect the privacy of that young girl.

G.G. wrote: "@Hamid Hello and welcome to the group. Remember to change the names to protect the privacy of that young girl."

hello. thanks. I will surely change everything.

What am I working on? Hmm, what am I working on? What am I working ON??

(The answer is too much and Nicole has lost her mind)

@j. david and @bisky: interesting.

i'm not ruling out use of the eUniverse as a necessary component of marketing. rather, i'm working on how to redeploy within it. twittering 'read me, read me, read me,' is valueless. pinning a 100 pinterest boards is valueless. compare: twittering a specific twist that demands interest might be valuable, as can be a specific pinterest board or whatever other implementation on a social site. but the bulk of eAuthors are horrible, are in many cases nearly illiterate. we, as eAuthors, may be fiction's next rembrandts, but why should anyone learn that we exist? that is the crux of my concern. plastering twits and boards while friending ad infinitum on facebook, are valueless because of context.

so that's what i'm exploring.

1776. the colonists couldn't fight the british on the conventional field of battle, so developed guerrilla tactics.
and won.

margarine sellers couldn't sell their oleo, so they wrapped it in tin foil which, back then, was believed by the buying public to indicate quality, and added food coloring to make it look like butter, and renamed it 'imperial.'
sales shot up 1000% and kept rising.

how can we be guerrillas, fighting the sloth in new ways? how can we add food coloring to twitter? that's my issue. the 'old' social media techniques have become the techniques of failure. all margarine is now yellow, therefore adding yellow to oleo cannot increase sales. how can we make our oleo green to increase sales?

@hamid: welcome to the group. relax, put your feet up by the fire, and enjoy.

Nicole wrote: "What am I working on? Hmm, what am I working on? What am I working ON??

(The answer is too much and Nicole has lost her mind)"

this has immediately jumped to being my favorite response to any question ever asked!

Hi @Tony. ,Hi @ Nicole,when you have a lot of works you can do 2 things, first you can go to a trip and leave your works behind, or you should lay down, close your eyes and try to think to noting.(a relaxation practice) Then after you felt relaxed,get up and try to list your works.Then you can choose to do which job first .You can perform your jobs one by one based on their priority.

Oh, I am working on the 3rd House book too. It is called The Stolen House. :)

Hi everyone,

What am I working on? I do not know where to start ... I'm writing my first book, but now i'm blocked in chapter 21 ... I think I need to review it to continue... Is a typical YA book. The story comes down to: Sarah Bellona Enid, 17, she can manipulate the four elements, air, fire, water and earth. She falls in love with Nathaniel O'collins, beautiful 19 boy, that and can also manipulate the four elements. Only one of them can ascend to the highest place in the Coven. What will be? But like all teen books, there is a loving trio. Nicholas. Brother of Nathaniel. A lot of magic, fun, suspense ...
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I am working on a escape route out of the Twisted Isles temple. I am in the middle of an epic show down between priestesses and pirates, with a dash of handsome water deity. Good times.

More creative nonfiction short stories about people's physical scars. People have got some crazy tales.

Hamid wrote: "Hello to all, I'm a newcomer to this group.I was writing a historical and fighting art fiction named (The Chinese devil castle))(I've written 30 pages of it)) .But when my sister told me about the ..."

I LOVE the title The Real Pains of a Girl. I'd check out a book with that title. Give it a great first few pages and nice cover and I'd be a customer. :)

Jenny wrote: "Hamid wrote: "Hello to all, I'm a newcomer to this group.I was writing a historical and fighting art fiction named (The Chinese devil castle))(I've written 30 pages of it)) .But when my sister told..."

hello Jenny. I will try to write it if I overcome my problems.

Another story set in fiction Michigan county, Rever Nord. Three guys walk into a bar...and wish they hadn't.

I'm working on the third instalment of my Sci-fi DRAGON series at the moment (Dragon: The Temple of Tamerlane) Only the first book is out so far. BUT... I saw a ZEN watch a few days ago that only had now, now, now, now on it instead of numbers.

This idea has really worked its way into my brain- I have no idea how I will make a story of this but I do know my subconscious is already working on that.

James
@Jimbomcc69

Finished with book 2 of my fantasy romance series, but want to re-work a few scenes that don't mesh for me.

I finally got back to revising my YA Victorian fantasy novel A Shadow Story. I hadn't worked on it since January, but nestled among those words once again reminded me why I loved it in the first place.

Let's see:
Books 3,4, and 5 of the House collection
A sci-fi YA superhero book
A historical romance that is 3.5 years old
Another HR that is 2 years old

No wonder none of them are done. >:-\

WOW that's a lot to work on at the same time!
I'd be so mixed up I think some of my characters from one story would find their way into the next.

I'm working on a collection of sci-fi fantasy short stories to give away.

But I keep getting delayed because sometimes a story becomes so interesting that it branches out into a whole new collection.

Bisky wrote: "Just curious.

I'm moving apartments, so I'm packing and it's distracting me from editing the novel I wrote last month. So, I'm starting my next eBook.

What are you up to?"
I'm 90,000 words into RANA II, the book is longer than expected. Just need to think of an ending. It'll come to me.

Thanks for the invite.

Busy writing horror, must keep going to get it out there. 90,000 words in and no end in sight.

Nicole wrote: "Let's see:
Books 3,4, and 5 of the House collection
A sci-fi YA superhero book
A historical romance that is 3.5 years old
Another HR that is 2 years old

No wonder none of them are done. >:-\"

Yay I can't wait to see your superhero book Nicole! We'll be playing in similar sandboxes finally. :)

G.G. wrote: "WOW that's a lot to work on at the same time!
I'd be so mixed up I think some of my characters from one story would find their way into the next."

Stephen King would approve. ;)

I've written 3 short stories so far this year, and have 2 more planned already. I've been working on them in between periods of activity on my other series. Sometime toward the end of last year I thought, I ought to plan a collection for when I have enough of them to publish. And today while driving the title of the collection suddenly popped into my head! :D So now in addition to the 2 novels I want to get done, I may have a ss collection by the end of the year to boot, if the other stories cooperate. Woot!

I'm writing RANA II at the moment, obviously follows on from RANA. Book 1 has been received well, hoping to maintain the standard. Hopefully it will be available in June - if I can think of an ending. I'll let the characters find one.

Characters are great at that. You're in good hands. :)

I'm vegetating in england for a week :/ I feel abit guilty. But I think you need a break every now and again :3

Back in England? Cool! I mean you can see your family and all. :)

What I'm working on? Hmm Right now I'm working on trying to remember how to format the cover for Createspace. Once I figure that out, I'll be able to publish Destiny, Fate's sequel. The problem is, I can't remember how I did the first one. /cry

Jevon wrote: "I'm working on a collection of sci-fi fantasy short stories to give away.

But I keep getting delayed because sometimes a story becomes so interesting that it branches out into a whole new collection."

It's wonderful and crazy when the muse gives you more than you can handle. But I love the 'branching off'. I have the same thing. Your collections sound great.

@Bisky Should've waited a month :p

Andrew wrote: "I'm currently finishing a short story about a man who falls in love with his stepladder, and starting a story about a cat who wants to become an art critic.

I'm also finalising the redesign of my ..."

Andrew wrote: "I'm currently finishing a short story about a man who falls in love with his stepladder, and starting a story about a cat who wants to become an art critic.

I'm also finalising the redesign of my ..."

Not sure where I add my comment. Surely this is your space Andrew, so forgive me for trespassing. I just love the idea of the man in love with his stepladder but even more the cat who wants to be an art critic.

I'm almost screaming with frustration trying to get my new website finalised. One step forward, eight back. Only when it's finished can I load my books onto Kindle, finish editing the children's story and start another book. Sigh.

@nicole, ill probably be back next month too :p

Bisky wrote: "I'm vegetating in england for a week :/ I feel abit guilty. But I think you need a break every now and again :3"

YOU MONSTER!