The Case of the Naughty Nightmare, Part 2 - by J. R. Kruze (This book is available almost everywhere. If you want your own copy – see https://calm.li/CaseNaughtyNightmare for details and immediate access.) (Continued from Part One.) III I moved our two plates to the side, as well as our coffees. Just so she would have room to talk with her hands (something I'd seen … [Read more...]
The Case of the Naughty Nightmare, Part 1 – by J. R. Kruze
The Case of the Naughty Nightmare, Part 1 - by J. R. Kruze (This book is available almost everywhere. If you can't wait to see part 2 (or want your own copy) - see https://calm.li/CaseNaughtyNightmare for details and immediate access.) I I'd heard a scream in the storm-filled, rainy night, but thought at first it was just the peacocks roosting in the shed on my … [Read more...]
Finding Success in Fiction Writing In Spite of – Everything
Finding Success in Fiction Writing In Spite of - Everything Of course, after acid-testing everything you know to be "true" for a year - occasionally some things slap you upside your head. Because you should have started with these. The reply of course is: "The next best time to start is - Now." I started the Great Fiction Writing Challenge on January 1st, 2018. This was … [Read more...]
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 38 Results
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 38 Results Distractions and diversions cut across some forward steps. Still got my two original books out, through... Metrics Published Words Fiction: – free – 0 (Wattpad) – paid – 9801 Published Words Non-Fiction: – free – 4992 – paid – 0 (Medium) Subscribers: Mailerlite: 0 (non-IF), MailChimp: 0, Instafreebie: 236 ( … [Read more...]
How to Avoid “Death by Sales Funnel” in Fiction Writing
How to Avoid "Death by Sales Funnel" in Fiction Writing (Or: A Preliminary Conversion Pattern for Fiction Writers) I found out during the last couple of weeks that I've been doing something horribly wrong for months. The first indicator is that my book sales have been very poor to get off the ground, while my subscribers were skyrocketing. Now the conventional wisdom is that … [Read more...]
How to Self-Publish Your Book for Free: Sequences and Why’s
How to Self-Publish Your Book for Free: Sequences and Why's You want to know two things when you self-publish: How to publish your books(s) for no upfront cost (and no or low residual fees) How to do this efficiently so you can spend the most time writing your next one. After I've been self-publishing for over a decade, things always are changing. Another reason to … [Read more...]
What You Should Know to Get Started Writing Fiction
What You Should Know to Get Started Writing Fiction After over 6 months on this Great Fiction Writing Challenge, the acid-testing has resulted in some data being proved solid, and others have dropped by the wayside. All I want to talk about here is just writing. Marketing is a completely different animal, and has far too many cooks to make any decent broth from just one … [Read more...]
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 29 Results
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 29 Results Shifting gears with email oopsies, a rise in unsubscribes with the IF change, while finding and handling the hidden IF freeloaders… Metrics Published Words Fiction: – free –0 – paid – 23362 (note: this means I'm producing nearly a half-NaNoWriMo novel in a week.) Published Words Non-Fiction: – free – 2508 – paid – … [Read more...]
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 26 Results
The Great Fiction Writing Challenge – Week 26 Results One of my fiction books hit a giveaway feature. And always trying new things… Metrics Published Words Fiction: – free – 0 – paid – 25623 Published Words Non-Fiction: – free – – paid – 0 Subscribers: Mailerlite: 22 (non-IF), MailChimp: 2, Instafreebie – 825 New Total: 2704 Book sales this week: Amazon – 4, … [Read more...]
