Harsh Truths About Writing from Some Writing Legends

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While sifting through the WordPress reader I came across this wonderful post. I just had to re-blog it. If nothing else it will make you smile. Thank you Margaret Jean Langstaff for posting.

Margaret Langstaff

Writers, if you are struggling, you are not alone. It’s the typical state of mind for a serious writer! I stumbled on this and thought it worth sharing here. No endorsements intended or implied. Just food for thought and a few reasons to smile.

21 HARSH TRUTHS ABOUT WRITING
From Thought Catalog

1. The first draft of everything is shit. -Ernest Hemingway

2. Never use jargon words like reconceptualize, demassification, attitudinally, judgmentally. They are hallmarks of a pretentious ass. -David Ogilvy

3. If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy. – Dorothy Parker

4. Notice how many of the Olympic athletes effusively thanked their mothers for their success? “She drove me to my practice at…

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Why is It So Hard to Get Readers to Write Reviews?

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Do you write reviews?..

Before I published my first and only book I must have read every article and every excerpt that came out about indie writing and publishing.

But the one thing they don’t tell you is how to get the readers to write a simple honest review.

I have to say that beside doing promotional stuff, getting readers to post a review has been the hardest part of writing.

But then I didn’t write many reviews before I became a published author either.

I had no idea writers count on reviews to sell their books.

But now that I do know I make sure I write a review as soon as I’m finished with the book.

It’s easy, just hit the star you think represents how much you liked the book, which for me is always at least a three.

Kindle Unlimited—Good or Bad for Authors?

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chrismcmullen

Read Unlimited Kindle E-books

Today, Amazon introduced Kindle Unlimited:

• For $9.99 per month, a customer can now read (and listen to) an unlimited number of Kindle e-books.
• There are 600,000 books to choose from. The books are enrolled in KDP Select.
• All KDP Select books are automatically included. (But authors can opt out of KDP Select by completing a form. See below.)
• Customers don’t need to be in Amazon Prime to enjoy the benefits of Kindle Unlimited.

You can read more about it at Amazon, including the terms of use: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_left_v4_sib?ie=UTF8&nodeId=201550610.

Authors can learn more about it at Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), where there is also a new form for those who wish to opt out of KDP Select: https://kdp.amazon.com/help?topicId=AA9BSAGNO1YJH.

Is Kindle Unlimited Good for Authors?

In order to participate in Kindle Unlimited, an e-book must be enrolled in KDP Select.

Here are some advantages of enrolling in…

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A Review for Second Chances : Sammy’s Story

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A review of my book by Jas at International Book Promotions..

International Book Promotion

First and foremost, a big thanks to Annie Edmonds for giving me a copy of her book entitled “Second Chances : Sammy’s Story”. Sorry for the delay in posting the review for this amazing story.

I must say that I am not a big fan of Erotica book. Fifty Shades of Gray has spoiled it all for me as I do not fancy stories with characters like Christian Gray. If you are reading this and you loved Fifty Shades, I would say this is my personal opinion of the book.

Coming to Annie’s book, I thought Jake has to be something like the hero in Fifty Shades too but I was proven wrong! I loved the book for the way Annie weaved the characters and story. I saw love in Jake. I saw love in Sammy! I saw how Jake treats Sammy with respect and I think this is what…

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Dreams

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Set a goal and write each day even it’s a hour..

Cristian Mihai

What I find funny about dreams is that most of the time we tend to attach a sort of vague hope to them. It’s like we spend an awful lot of time contemplating a distant future when all our dreams come true, instead of actually trying to make them come true.

But it doesn’t work like that.

I try not to regret (the things I did or didn’t do) but I can’t help but feel sorry that half my “career” as a writer was spent like this. I wasn’t writing that much, mostly because writing is kind of hard – especially when you’re just starting out and you’re worried about technical stuff, about the mechanics of writing. I suppose all aspiring writers spend more time wishing for stories to magically get written.

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From one author to another

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http://naplesmarketreport.wordpress.com/annie-edmonds-dear-annie-post-erotic-romancefiction-administrator/comment-page-1/#comment-27

Here is a blog post on WordPress’s authors Naples market report. Why is it called Naples market report for authors?  I have no idea.

All I know is that there are a lot of amazing indie authors there. They each have their books and bio’s posted on this WordPress page with the crazy name.

My name may be there but I didn’t name it. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it. 🙂