#draft2digital link

[valerielillis]

My new pulp story is available for Pre-Order now! Feel free to check out the first two chapters for free on my author website. The ebook is available on Amazon Kindle as well as several other ebook providers for the low price of $0.99.

#amazon doesn't play nice with draft2digital #hence the double links #writerblr #books #pulp fiction #new release #dark fantasy #quick read #99 cents

[faecorpspublishing]

Changes Upcoming.

Photo by Alexas Fotos on Pexels.com It has been brought to our attention that some of our older anthologies are being printed with some formatting errors. We changed where we do our print books – and due to just how busy we have been we failed to move the older volumes when we did so. First off – We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused. We are aware now of the issue. We will be over…

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#blogging #Draft2digital #indie community #indie publishing #indiepublishing #links #Print publication issues #supporting indie authors #upcoming

[thebibliosphere]

This is more of a problem on Facebook and Twitter, but there are some fellow authors who get a tad... upset when you talk about money and royalty earnings.

Needless to say, my frankness about how royalties work and just how little many of us are earning from our labor has drawn the ire of a few people, even here on Tumblr.hell.

I'm not particularly bothered by this. In my view, they're the same people who won't discuss wages in the workplace because they don't want anyone else to earn what they do. They know the system is unfairly rigged, but they like it that way because they're scared if more people are educated about how things work, they'll lose whatever competitive edge they think they have, thus enforcing the status quo.

Needless to say, I don't care for this view.

I'm very much a "holy shit, two cakes" kind of creator. I also very firmly believe in pulling people up behind me and spreading the wealth of information that was shared freely with me by other like-minded individuals who also believe that the mysteries around publishing are gatekeeping bullshit and everyone deserves the chance to earn money from their creative endeavors, not just the people who can afford to.

Anyway, David Gaughran's 'Let's Get Digital: How To Self-Publish And Why You Should' is an invaluable resource for indie authors and provides great insight into how publishing and distribution work. It is available for free through the retailers listed on his website.

If you don't want to publish exclusively through Amazon, draft2digital.com does global ebook and also paperback distribution. (I've only used it for ebooks, but I'll be trying out their paperback options for my next book.) You can pair it up with a books2read account to create easy-to-post buy links. Draft2Digital also allows for distribution through library lending services like Overdrive. So that's neat. (NB: if you use d2d, you can't use Kindle Unlimited, so be aware of what links you have active and where if you decide to enroll in KU. You can always opt for wide distribution again once your KU time expires.)

D2D also recently partnered with FindawayVoices.com for audiobook distribution. You can find voice actors there, or you can upload your own files if you already have them. You can submit to Audible through them, too, but you'll earn a pittance more if you upload directly through Audible. Findaway also allows for library lending distribution through Libby and several other global equivalents.

If you need ISBNs, you can buy them cheaper in bulk from Bowker at myidentifiers.com

Individual storefront options like Payhip.com and Gumroad.com are also great ways to allow people to buy directly from you, though I soured on Gumroad after the whole NFT thing and their CEO harassing people on Twitter over it. Payhip is now my preferred storefront, and as an added bonus, they calculate VAT in European countries as well, so that's one less thing for me as an indie author to work out. As an added bonus, Payhip can be directly integrated into your author website if you have one. It's a feature I'll be implementing soon.

itch.io also allows for the sale and distribution of ebook files, though I haven't used it yet.

If you don't have the means to hire a cover designer or the means to do it yourself in photoshop, Canva.com has some decent-ish ebook templates. Just make sure the images and fonts you're using have the right licenses for commercial use.

Editing and formatting are also extremely important, though I know not everyone can afford them. If you can, I highly suggest doing so and shelling out extra to have them format your work across mediums. Ebook formatting is different from paperback formatting, and it can look very strange if you just try to format an ebook into a pdf. It is a skill you can teach yourself (plenty of youtube videos) if you really want to, but I prefer to throw money at my editors, who provide formatting as an additional service. Whatever you can afford to do to streamline the process is money well spent.

Also, do not be shy about using affiliate links to sell your work. Authors lose a solid chunk of money to places like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple, etc., in distribution fees. Whatever pennies you can scrape back through affiliate links for directing traffic to those sites is hard-earned--and it is literal pennies sometimes. You can also integrate any affiliate links you do have into draft2digital, so they auto-generate, which is handy.

When it comes to paperbacks, BookShop.org offers the best affiliate earnings, and a percentage of the sale goes toward supporting indie bookstores. They do not take that percentage from your earnings, they pay it themselves. Libro.FM is the audiobook equivalent of BookShop.org, and they also give a percentage of sales to supporting indie book stores.

Anyway, I hope that helps someone. Good luck out there.

Also, if you're the person who sent me the irate email about "giving away trade secrets," feel free to die mad about it. 😘

#long post #indie publishing #indie author #author resources #I've posted all this before #but I figure it never hurts to post it again #also lol at that email #what a sad and bitter view

[robinwoodsfiction]

One Link to Rule Them All

One Link to Rule Them All

Fabulous time savers for busy writers (and other media professionals). Make life easier by minimizing the places you need to go to update links. I admit it. I’m a teensy bit behind. I’ve been seeing all sorts of new links all over the place and hadn’t really paid attention in my mad dash to finish editing my latest novel (which turned out beautifully by the way). While helping with the herculean…

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#author page #book management #book pages #books2read #budget friendly #draft2digital #FREE #how to get a universal link #hypage #link tree #linktree #resources #robin woods #robin woods blog #robin woods fiction #social media #social media management #storm and solace #streamline #time savers #universal link #updating links #where to get a universal link #writing

[juleskelleybooks]

Welcome to the Show - Now Widely Available!

Hi friends! If you were waiting for the ebook of Welcome to the Show to become available through your favorite retail store (except Barnes & Noble, sorry, we’re having a dispute over my file types) or digital library, I’ve got great news! I finally got around to uploading it to Draft2Digital and opted to have it distributed as widely as possible.

Here’s the universal book link that will take you to Books2Read, which will take you to the Buy Link at your favorite retailer: https://books2read.com/u/4ARqpo

(And as always, if you need it for free, go to my Payhip store and use the code QUEERJOY at checkout.)

#welcome to the show #polyamorous romance #authors on tumblr #selfpub authors of tumblr #selfpumblr?? oh no that's terrible nevermind #(it may take a little while to become available on multiple sites) #(but check back!)

[gaslightgallows]

Please imagine a pithy title about fresh starts here.

(crossposted from Patreon)

Coming into 2024, I had big plans for how I was going to get back on track and get back to posting once a week and yeah, obviously, that hasn’t happened.

But what I have been doing is looking at my Patreon and at my own projects and figuring out some things I need to do differently. Last April, I changed my nom de plume because I wanted a fresh start. Now it’s time to give this entire Patreon project a refresh.

Here’s what’s happened so far:

Deleted my old A.F. Linley website and gave up the domain; the cost for hosting has risen by $200/year and I wasn’t using it as much as I thought I would back in 2018. Also I kept getting spam emails through the contact page.

Took down my Smashwords account; the single title I had managed to self-publish, a short story collection called Creeps, Ghouls and Jewels, had some serious formatting issues that it was not going to be worth the time/money to correct. Plus, I’m not happy with the changes that have come since Smashwords merged with Draft2Digital. (I’m considering moving to Payhip for future self-pubbed titles but that’s a discussion for a different post.)

I’m starting the process of taking down my Redbubble shop and....Okay, actually, I might have done that already? I just went to grab a link to the site in case anyone wanted to order a Moonicorns t-shirt before I deactivated but uh, it looks like it might’ve deactivated itself? Anyway, merch isn’t the right direction for me at this time, but I’ve still got all the actual designs and I really do like the “Finishing Things is Hard” logo, so I’m definitely going to hang onto that and slap that onto some stuff at a different print-on-demand site in the future.

Here’s what’s happening next:

New posting schedule: Starting in April, patrons will receive one short non-fiction post every week (500-1k words) and a piece of fiction every month (2-2.5k words). Oddments posts will continue to be free to read, but these take a decent amount of research and will be sporadic, basically happening around patron-only posts.

Revised patron tier perks: Getting rid of physical rewards and adding more digital ones. More details to come.

Current and long-time patrons: Thank you for sticking around while I get my shit together. I say that frequently. I mean it every single time.

Potential new patrons: Hello. I have just met you, and I love you. My name is Ethan, I live in a 200-year-old house and I’m writing a novel called The Lion’s Paw. It’s set in 1925 and is about an immortal queer disaster woman and what happens when 400+ years of terrible decisions catches up with her.

(I will neither confirm nor deny that she was inspired by H.G. Wells from Warehouse 13.) (Yes I will confirm it, she totally was.)

There are séances and ghostly possession and psychics, there is historical romance, and psychological horror, there are haunted houses and artists behaving badly and a lot of ladies making out.

I post about my writing process and all the weird little historical niches that pop up during my research. Frequent topics include: 

Spiritualism

Cryptids

Historical curiosities

Medical quackery

Weird tech

General oddball occurrences and serendipitous intersections of history, folklore, and culture

And sometimes when I’m really bored I write short fiction via random prompts.

If any of that appeals to you, please consider subscribing! I’d love to have you along for this journey and my caffeine habit needs all the support it can get.

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#patreon #original writing #the lion's paw #warehouse 13 #pinned post #reblogs welcome!

[marlynnofmany]

Not that anyone asked, but I have a recommendation on ways to self-publish. TL;DR -- if you have to choose one to start with, use Draft2Digital.

Details:

I’ve used BookBaby: they do everything for you, and it’s great, if you don’t want to actually earn money. They’re expensive up front and keep a high margin.

I’ve used IngramSpark, and while their reach is impressive, their user experience is bad in every way. Yes, they can make your book available in physical bookstores, and that’s nothing to sneeze at, but wow do they not want anyone to figure out their requirements. My single experience with their customer service was amazingly unhelpful.

I’ve used Draft2Digital, and it was nothing but easy & simple. They even have how-to videos. They give you a universal link page and everything. After dealing with IngramSpark, it was unspeakably nice.

Now, I haven’t done near everything. I haven’t worked directly with Amazon, though with the whole ebook returns fiasco going on, I’m not eager to go exclusive there. Plenty of other options exist. Heck, I still want to get an agent someday, but the traditional publication industry is a dumpster fire of professionals leaving from burnout and layoffs. What was already very hard has become nigh-impossible. I’ll write more books. I can wait.

In the meantime, self-publishing is very doable, and I have a backlog of books that I wrote while I was holding out on an agent. I’m gonna go for it on my own.

I’m learning more every day, and I’m sure that my approach will change when I hear about other Cool New Opportunities. (If you know something important that I’ve missed, do say so!)

But for now, if you want a recommendation, I will tell you that IngramSpark has great availability if you can stand the colossal headache of dealing with them, but Draft2Digital is a delight. Affordable, too. If I can avoid Ingram entirely on my next book and go with just D2D without missing out on bookstore opportunities, my day will be made.

#do let me know if there's a great one I don't know about #I haven't tried Smashwords yet either #there are so many options #that's why I went with BookBaby in the first place #they had everything in one place #I didn't realize how much more expensive they were #and I didn't have any friends who could explain things to me #now I have lots and it's great #onward and upward #self-publishing #getting published #recommendations #seriously save the link #they don't even charge you a thing to set up; it's just a percentage of your actual profits #good people

[karen-carlisle-off-the-artboard]

Another reason to buy direct from author

https://karenjcarlisle.com/2024/04/18/another-reason-to-buy-direct-from-author/

… or anywhere but the ‘River App’.

I just don’t understand Amazon’s pricing. I just found my Blood Ties (Paperback RRP AU$16.99/US$11.99) on Amazon AU for $46.55! Holy sh***! Please note I have absolutely no say in how Amazon prices my books (which they source from Ingram Spark or Draft2Digital.

For comparison, Booktopia is selling it for AU$20.56.

I know bookshops need a markup, but Amazon’s price is over twice the RRP – and I don’t see a cent more!

And the current eBook price (RRP US$1.99) is AU$4.39!

  I’ve heard similar stories from other indie authors, especially for books published this year.

All the books in my website shop have a ‘universal link‘ for online bookstores they are available to purchase. So, please, when you’re buying a book, shop around. And remember, the author doesn’t get paid any more just because the price is jacked up!

#amazon #books #buying books #competition #ebook #no control #not choice #overpricing #paperbacks #pricing #processes #where to buy

[em-dashes]

also, question for peeps who have used draft2digital for paperback publishing: where do you find the link to all the retailers that carry your book? mine has been uploaded and is already available for author copies, but i can't find a link to share anywhere. is this something that will take a while to show up? does it not work for pre-orders? will it only show up after the book's publication date?

#em dashes #writing community #writers on tumblr

[tommock]

I did a Boobub Promo: here's what happened so far...

Bookbub international deal: $359 (US)

Category: Horror

Price: $0.99

Flexible date (they picked)

Links provided: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple Books

Promo went out on the Wednesday newsletter. I was allowed to pick how long the sale would last. Based on Bookbub's recommendations, I entered a 5 day discount, taking the sale thru Sunday. The book stayed on their sight as a featured deal for that time period.

The big spike in sales was all Wednesday when the book went out. ~400 sales on Amazon.

Total sales: 663 ($252.66)

Amazon: 540 ($190.51)

B&N: 38 ($26.22)

Kobo: 47 ($16.55)

Kobo pluss: ??? (won't know until next month)

Apple/draft2digital: 38 ($19.38)

Projected real cost for prom: 106.34 (less than a trip to the grocery store)

This doesn't account for mysterious Kobo reads.

(A note on Kobo: I entered into and was selected for a spring reading feature at no cost to me, but this stacked promotions. Kobo took an additional 10% of sales. This account for the lower royalty.)

Since the promo last Wed, I already have 2 new 5-star ratings on Amazon US. ~15 people added my book To Read on Goodreads (this stat has bounced around a bit as people have actually read it or stopped reading it).

I reached #1 in all my Amazon US categories (some international #1s and top 10s) during the promo and stayed there for more than 2 days. The book also made it onto B&N bestseller lists and Kobo bestseller lists. I'd love to know how much this impacted sales.

If I had more books or especially more books in the series, I expect this would have been even more successful, but the full story of the promotion is still ongoing. All of this stuff adds up.

Compared to my feature on NetGalley last month, which cost $50 and got 31 interested readers (still no non-NetGalley reviews), this has had greater reach for less money. NetGalley had several booksellers request my debut, but I haven't seen anything from that yet.

That's the full story!

#writing #indie books #authors #bookbub

[johnbetts]

Smashwords/Draft2Digital

Well, my Smashwords account has now been transferred to Draft2Digital. It looks good but I am still finding my way around the site and working out how it works. Initially, it seems harder to use but with more functionality, I am sure it will work out better in the long run. https://books2read.com/u/merNAZ I hope the new link works, we shall see, (yes it does) One-TimeMonthlyYearly Make a…

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[backroadbob]

The Cloisters - A Paisano Party In Pennsylvania Dutch Country

by  Robert H. Miller

©1996/2024 RHM Co. Intl.

This is a condensed version of the full-length article with photos that appears on my Motorcycle Road Trips Roads & Road Houses CD (Vol. 7) available from my Backroad Bob’s Motorcycle Adventures website or as an ebook under the title Motorcycle Road Trips Roads & Roadhouses Compilation (Vol. 34) from Apple, Amazon, Draft2Digital, Kobo, and Nook books under the series title Motorcycle Road Trips. Lots more tall, but true, tales there.

After many decades, this event was cancelled at the end of 2023! If you didn't attend this annual rite of Spring, here's what you missed. It was a classic. Hopefully, someone will pick up the ball on this one.

The Ephrata “First Sunday” meet was held at the Ephrata American Legion Post #429 where they served you a hearty breakfast before you hit the road home. The Legion sponsored the March through November event since 1999. Before that it was hosted at the Cloister Restaurant.

This story from the Way Back Time Machine rekindles fond memories of my RD350 Rider Days (which you can find on Tumblr). It was on the way to this meet in the late '70s that I saw my first MV Agusta 750 America – a motorcycle I had only seen in magazines, but had dreamed about many times as a teenager after reading about the winningest Grand Prix rider of all time – Giacomo Agostini. Museum photos courtesy of Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum.

The Cloisters – A Paisano Party In Pennsylvania Dutch Country

“Going to the cloisters” may connote a lifetime of seclusion for some, but to southeastern Pennsylvania riders it means the first Sunday of the month is already here. The Cloisters Restaurant is pretty plain looking from the front, but out back, in the large parking lot, is where the action takes place. For over twenty years it has been an early morning gathering spot located at the western edge of Ephrata - a medium-sized hamlet in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country.

Originally a Ducati meet, with an occasional Moto Guzzi by invitation only, it expanded in the '80s to include Japanese sport bikes and in the '90s to the cruiser crowd. A couple of hundred riders faithfully crash the paisano party for the six to eight monthly opportunities that East Coast weather allows. In the beginning, it was a way for high brow Ducatisti to show off their exotica back when owning a Ducati was a real commitment and actually meant something special. Dealers were few and far between and spare parts were just something someone heard about one time despite being less than a hundred miles from the Ducati importer in Philadelphia. This was back before anyone in the States had ever heard of Ferracci and a young Jimmy Adamo had just met Ducati (in the US) racing pioneer Reno Leoni (you youngsters will have to Google that one).

The road through town, US Route 322 is known as the “28th Division Highway” and is the only continuous southeast to northwest route in the Keystone State. It covers almost 500 miles as it cuts across the Allegheny Mountains linking Philadelphia with Harrisburg (the state capital) and State College (home of Penn State) before it runs west just shy of Lake Erie, but it's not this route they gather for. It's the local roads that attract the riders. Like PA 897 as it winds through the Amish farmland or PA 501 as it goes up and over Blue Mountain. If you want to ride with any of the regulars that strafe the roads you'd better be there early because they are there by sunrise and the parking lot's empty by 10:00 a.m.

If the good food at good prices breakfast isn't enough, you can stop at any of the numerous family style eateries that the area is famous for. Good 'N Plenty (Smoketown), Miller's Smorgasbord (Lancaster), and Zinn's Diner (Adamstown) will all fill you up with home cooking until you plead for mercy. Try the Shoo Fly Pie or Tapioca Ball Pudding for dessert. This is also the area of the state with the curious town names like Intercourse and Bird-In- Hand. Ask if you dare.

#backroad bob's motorcycle adventures #motorcycle adventures #the cloister's #first sunday ride #Ephrata

[mthomasapple]

Bringer of Light available for pre-order!

#BringerOfLight #SciFi #ebook now ready for pre-order!

The moment we’ve all been waiting for is nearly here! Bringer of Light is finally set to be released on March 15, 2024! (Click the link to see a book synopsis and two brief excerpts; Smashwords also has an excerpt from the beginning chapters.) Stop by Draft2Digital to see links to your favorite bookstore online! (Some stores are still “publishing,” but should be ready by the drop date.)

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#asteroid mining #asteroids #BringerOfLight #Centaur #Ceres #Dysnomia #ebook #Eris #Expanse #Greek #Jupiter #Mars #Moon #myth #mythology #Neptune #Saturn #science fiction #SciFi #space opera #space pirates #Trojan #writing

[booksbydlwhite]

Bookcast Episode 70: First of the Month

Welcome Episode 70 of the Bookcast, my platform for sharing short fiction and updates on what I'm reading and writing. If you love what I do as an author and you look forward to this show every week, I desire support of this podcast. At bookcast.buzzsprout.com you can offer a one-time or recurring monthly gift, for which I would be ever so grateful. Every little bit helps. Thank you so much in advance for your support. 

If you would like to offer up a comment, a question, a wish for the new year, here is the link to my blog post with the speakpipe function or the form listed. Use your voice or your fingers and send it on through! I’ll add the post to the show notes and share your input in a future show. 

 In this episode, I'm excited to share with you my latest writing plans, recent book reviews, and we talk MONEY. I share my earnings and sales across different platforms, offering some honest(and earnest) insights into the financial side of being a writer. Alongside this, I'll be talking about future book releases,  fan fiction writing, and what's on the horizons. Grab a snack and a drink and settle in for a good chat. 

I talk about the following books on today's show: 

-The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni -Somebody Somewhere by J. Nichole -Yours for Now by J. Nichole -King: The Life of Martin Luther King by Jonathan Eig -Erasure by Percival Everett -Another Country by James Baldwin

Listen to the show (grab a transcript HERE):

2023 In the MONEY

So, every year, author and author coach Rachael Herron does a money episode where she talks bout how much she made and how she made it. I wanted to share a bit of transparency on what money looks like as a very small time indie author. SMALL TIME is not me insulting myself, it's bringing levity and realness. There is a reason I work a full time job.

All told, I made $3708: $700 more than 2022. Imagine if I didn't put any books out?

The breakdown:

Amazon KDP $2,042.63

BookFunnel $490.57

Draft2Digital $455.64

Google Books $28.55

Findaway $458.61

ACX $232.30

Ebook/print : $2,791.01

Audio: $736.41

Paperback: $172.49

Ebooks sold: 1243

eBooks gifted 15440

Audiobooks moved 3818 (free + reduced price)

Paperback sold: 87

KENP- 566 pages (my books have been out of KU since 2019 but if they never turn the book in I still get paid for pages) $2.39

My highest selling platform is of course KDP, followed by draft2digital. No surprises there because those are the major players. And of course book funnel is my 3rd. I've love for book funnel to be #1, but I think readers still don't really trust direct sales. My readers are on Amazon.

Paid units by market are overwhelmingly US readers. The next largest percentage is literally 'other' so that's likely Canada, UK, etc

Paid units by title- Biggest seller was Hey Lover with 491 copies,, then Elysium at 155 units, Then second time around, then Never List, then Ruby's.

Paid Units by series- my standalone works clock in first (The Never List, Hey Lover, A Thin Line), then Black Diamond and Potter Lake series are basically neck and neck, then the holiday shorts and then Ruby's.

Support the show

Support this show with a recurring gift HERE. Buy books by DL White at https://BooksbyDLWhite.com/books. Buy Merch by DLWhite HERE. Find the Bookcast on booksbydlwhite.com/bookcast or your fave podcast app: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts |Stitcher| Youtube

#bookcast #podcasta #Rachael herron

[jreynoldsward]

Writing Accountability Post #24

The summer front porch evening office is BACK! Doesn't quite look like this for 2023, but it's close.

I sat down and did some looking at the first and second quarters of the year as far as sales were concerned, and was pleasantly surprised to see that Q2 sales were significantly better than Q1--however, that's also reflective of a new release in February that got some much-appreciated support from Deborah Ross, amongst others, and reflects March sales that didn't get posted until April. What doesn't show up necessarily is the degree to which both Ingram and Amazon have supplanted Draft2Digital as my primary sales sites. D2D just went completely flat for sales in Q2, and I'm still not sure why. Barnes and Noble is now a complete and total bust, where previously it used to be my best venue. I suspect it has something to do with changes in their management, because it was pretty dramatic. That, plus the Books2Read links became unreliable. Sigh. I think it's time to tackle Linktree.

Ingram has been a complete and total surprise this year. I hadn't been selling much there until suddenly, with the release of A Different Life: Now. Always. Forever. books started to sell. Well, the paperback of Beating the Apocalypse did decently, too, as have some of the Netwalk paperbacks. I'm somewhat falling down right now because I haven't really been keeping up with the process of editing and getting those paperbacks OUT. I swear, there's something in the air that keeps holding those books back. Too bad, because as my first series, I really like those books and I think they're pretty decent. Oh well. We shall see.

But this isn't the first year that I've foundered on the rock of April-May-June when it comes to productivity, especially when it comes to promotion. Oh, some of it is due to health issues--cataract last year, reacting to Covid shot and a couple of other things this year--but that doesn't really explain other years. I really hit the shoals in April. Possibly due to the time and seasonal changes. April is all about the time change, followed by the need to adjust the horse schedule to later in the day to reflect more daylight and warmer weather. Then comes May and June, with woodcutting and recovering from woodcutting days in between those woodcutting days. We shoot for anything from six to ten pickup loads in the spring, depending on the state of the woodshed and our health. This year, we hauled nine loads of wood.

This year, we also had work on the Portland house, which sucked up a week of time working hard and not doing much fun because we were either a.) working or b.) recovering from physical labor. Plus two weekend virtual conventions. One involved paneling, the other one didn't, but that still took up time.

Essentially, what seems to happen from April-June is a lot of disruption at about the time that any new routine I might institute needs to be revised and reconsidered. And I think that's where I flounder in the whole organization thing. I don't always get back on track as a response to the disruption, and that's not a good thing.

Still another piece is that my office setup for winter doesn't always work for summer. I instituted some changes in ergonomics and rapidly became unhappy with the layout. I've since fixed it, but it's entirely possible that I may need to reorganize my office twice a year to reflect the different needs of the season as far as what lives in my office, what sort of paper-sorting organization I need to set up due to what's happening, and what my responsibilities may be, as well as expanding places where I can work (in summer) and contracting spaces (in winter).

When it comes to promotion, I really need to get my act together. Part of "getting my act together" includes reducing complexities. I sat down and made a list of my social media platforms, sorted them by "these platforms I can post something somewhere in some group on a daily basis," those where "targeted promotion once a week" is appropriate, and those where "only when something new--blog post, cover reveal, new release--is to be posted." I sorted them out, grouped 'em, and made that list part of my monthly promo plan list. We'll see how well it works.

The other piece with regard to promotion is that I really, really need to organize how I solicit reviews and interviews. I'm very hit and miss on that aspect of organization, and I need some sort of system to make it function. Some of that is a result of dropped emails--I need to set up a daily time to review and either respond or delete responses. Not sure how I'm going to set that up.

My biggest problem is that I've written and published a lot of work without building the supports I need for easy promotion organization. Now I'm playing catch up, and it's making me a wee bit frustrated.

Ah well. It just takes time. Deep breath. Onward.

[aurorariversworld]

Proud to link to my first published work -“New York City Confessions” - https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1356421?ref=draft2digital

#smut #smut writing #smut writers #erotxcism #steamy books #indie smut rp #new york city #nyc #my fic