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Okay Writer question, from what I can tell. A personal website is a thing?
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@Desiderius Price has a point. The editor needs to focus on the elements of the story, rather than act as a proofreader. If you don’t want to do an editing pass, have someone who’s good at it beta-read for you, and listen to them.
I rely on my editor for things like making sure I haven’t screwed up the chronology between events and chapters, haven’t left some dangling threads or gaping plot holes, and that my characters won’t cause the average reader to think they’ve stumbled into the literary equivalent of Madame Tussaud’s. My editor also watches for repetitive phrasing, run-on sentences, and other abominations against the language. We both rely on the proofreader to catch any spelling or grammar mistakes we missed (damn those homophones!) and to keep an eye out for anything else that rings false on a clean read-through. But first and foremost, it’s my job to turn over a manuscript that I’ve read, re-read, proofread, spell-checked, grammar-checked, and cleaned up to the best of my ability. If I piss off my editor by being sloppy, or lazy, you can bet the publisher is going to be less willing to take another manuscript from me. Authors are a dime a dozen; good editors are rare, and therefore precious.
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I’m grossly simplifying of course, but at if you want to be an author you do need at lest a couple pair of eyes to catch what you can’t.
my editor was well compensated and tipped in gratitude.
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I always try to respect the hired help, because they’re people too. (Good plan in life, TBH.)
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Another Small Step Down. <3
As long as I can get it published by atleast the end of the year I’ll be happy. Reading Copyright law was horrible but at least legalese is at least legible. Understanding what is and isn’t culpable…
But hey, at least 70 years
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There is a copyright lawyer on youtube, by the name of Leonard French, if you want to watch about copyright and other cases. Might be easier than reading through law, though few of his videos are short.
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Ah the pitfalls of doing this thing solo.
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Copyright is boring af.
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Maybe, but it’s also there to help dissuade people from ripping your stories off and claiming them as their own.
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True, that said 70 years after my death if people would still like my stuff I’d like them not to ruin it with whatever bile that is the propaganda of the day.
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20% of all evil witches end up being shanked by children.
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Sounds like a perfect time to have a better-house-keeping course for witches, to help mitigate the possibilities.
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Instructions unclear, Decided to found a school dedicated to Hansel and Gretal
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The Hansel and Gretel Cookbook?
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Updated Tarnished Lion.
By far the darkest chapter I’ve written.
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Dark Lord Leo, The Black Lion That Stalks Unseen
-Slain Narcissa Malfoy on the crossroad to knockturn Alley after being provoked
-Subjugated The locket horcrux, Found Rowena’s Diadem.
- Plunged into the abyss and fought off the horcrux that infested him and ate it. Violating the fundamental law of magic on a level much worse than Voldermort did.
-Dark Lord finally matures. Leo has taken over. And is about to make a play for Azkaban.
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@Desiderius Price Slowly catching up
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Nice thing with where I branched off, I don’t have to mess around with horcruxes!
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One more step down. The cover art is done
oh lord… I can almost believe its happening
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Making Progress. Slow progress but a step is still a step by any measure
@BronxWench you were right It was way more cost effective to buy 10 ISBNS
I feel like that’s how they suck you in. Well you only wanted one but….
You got the rest of your life to use the rest of them ahaha.
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Didn’t know that. But for right now going to focus on Ebook first.
Before I try for print…
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Print is usually much more expensive, and has a lower rate of return for a self-published author. You have to pay the costs of printing, and even when books are only printed after they are ordered. you need to price them in order to recover your costs. My novella doesn’t offer print copies, but my novel sells on Amazon for $5.99 for a Kindle ebook, and $15.95 for the paperback. I don’t sell a lot of print copies…
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Oh good I feel like I made a good decision by going for E first
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Recursionate
is definitely going to be a WIP but I made a promise to myself I’m not going to delete.
Also did anyone one know.
Ate- Is the goddess of Foolhardy and ruinous Impulse?
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Writer Question has anyone used Ebook Launch?
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I haven’t used them, but they look pretty damned good from what I’m reading. The prices for editing are fair, and so are the cover prices. If I were to self-publish, I think I’d give them a shot myself.
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Okay I decided to give them a shot they look and feel legit.
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I did notice they don’t have developmental edit services, so you’d have to budget elsewhere for that.
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Offering Sorrow is complete and it’ll be awhile before I return to this particular verse.
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*touches fingers together self-consciously* yeah…. I tend to delete stories
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I’ll get it read and reviewed as soon as I can – thursday maybe!
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Ok, I’ve been drowining in shit due to a sick relative. Next week looking more likely. Sorry for the delay! Want to see how it goes.