The Great Content Business Challenge: Publishing Premises references: Creative Penn - Trends for Authors 2019 Self Publishing Advice.org - A Look Back at 2018 Self Publishing 2019 Book Industry Predictions: The Butterflies Will Flap Their Wings The Premises of This Year's Challenge Last year, I worked on an Fiction Writing Challenge - and it was a great success. I … [Read more...]
Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Mistakes and Opportunities
Great Fiction Writing Challenge - Mistakes and Opportunities Along with lessons learned, there are also "things I should have done differently." While a shorter list than all the gains and benefits, it's still a list that needs compiling. Wattpad & Medium: Build a free audience. At the start, I'd dug out of Chris Fox and other's books that you want to find the avid … [Read more...]
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 50 Results
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 50 Results 100 original short stories written and published! It can be done by anyone - given enough discipline and persistence. Now digging into Content Inc. to get my content-business growing - the next challenge. Metrics Published Words Fiction: – free – 0 (Own Site) – paid – 20444 (D2D, Amazon), 0 (Medium) Published Words … [Read more...]
9 Key Lessons From A Year of Pulp System Fiction Writing
9 Key Lessons From A Year of Pulp Method Fiction Writing I sat out at the beginning of 2018 to write fiction short stories every week, following the footsteps of Louis L'Amour, Jack London, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, and many others. The general consensus was that meeting the target of 50 short stories was the first step. (You can review all these … [Read more...]
Fiction Writing: What I Learned From A Year of Self Publishing
Fiction Writing: What I Learned From A Year of Self Publishing (With apologies for not linking all the multitude of posts for this past year. But you're weleome to wade through the hundreds I posted - here.) (And you can download this article as PDF) I set out with the purpose of doing a full year writing challenge - to test what I was recommending new and existing … [Read more...]
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 42 Results
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 42 Results Just finished another novella - four-parter with serious cliffhangers. Means five original books published this week (with its anthology) … Metrics Published Words Fiction: – free – 0 (Own Site) – paid – 48152 (D2D, Amazon), 0 (Medium) Published Words Non-Fiction: – free – 2305 – paid – 0 … [Read more...]
