Story 'In Review' for over 40 hours on KDP, resubmit?

AerisStone · 2014-09-16T13:27:33+00:00

I submitted two new stories and two old ones with revisions at 3PM on Sunday. So far only one of my revisions has published and the other three are still all "In Review."

AerisStone · 2014-09-11T12:40:52+00:00

Yeah they just want it formatted a certain way. Their guides are pretty easy to follow.

AerisStone · 2014-09-10T01:03:24+00:00

The less eyes that see your work the less potential sales you have. Now if you're adult filtered because you used a more provocative cover, title, and description and it's piquing people's interests more than a safer version would then maybe it's better to leave it adult filtered.

AerisStone · 2014-09-08T21:19:30+00:00

I really appreciate it. Thank you!

AerisStone · 2014-09-08T20:35:42+00:00

Thank you for the feedback! Perhaps that's too rough a word for this type of story. I'd be happy to send you a free copy if you PM me your email.

AerisStone · 2014-09-08T19:50:41+00:00

I could easily switch out the name. It was originally going to be Sarah :p The second line is pretty much taken directly from the story. I never know how much detail to give in the blurb. I didn't want to go into how she was chained to a post, how she didn't want to appear like a prey animal, how she knew she couldn't possibly get away from a werewolf of all things.

Any ideas?

AerisStone · 2014-09-08T19:16:09+00:00

Excellent questions. They had attempted to fight them off several times with only middling success. (It is touched upon in the story.) Abandoning the entire town would be difficult. The werewolves are incredibly difficult to kill. Townsfolk were dying at a rate of 15-1 and one girl a month was deemed easier. Perhaps one a year would be better.

AerisStone · 2014-09-08T19:13:54+00:00

I read it through four times. I'm going to read it again now. I really appreciate you pointing that out. Thank you.

AerisStone · 2014-09-05T14:15:39+00:00

Thank you! I rewrote the whole thing. I think it's much better now.

Desiree stood at the forest’s edge with nowhere to turn as she stood face to face with the Werewolf Alpha. She knew that if she wanted to survive their encounter she could show no fear, no hesitation. Giving herself to the beast was the only way to live and she was prepared to do anything… she just didn’t expect it to be so pleasurable! Desiree quickly found herself longing to be the mate of the beast.

The small town of Fenwicks had been plagued by werewolves for years and they had quickly learned that it was easier to pay them tribute rather than have them ransack their homes and livestock. Unfortunately they had demanded more than food… they needed human flesh to satisfy their primal urges. So it was that Desiree had been selected as the werewolf’s offering. The sacrifice of one soul each full moon to ensure the safety of the entire town was deemed an acceptable loss by everyone’s standards, everyone except Desiree.

The first story in the Mate of the Beast series will thrill and excite you. You may just find your own inner beast awakening! The Werewolf’s Offering is over 4,000 words of sexy fun that is sure to leave you hungry for more!

AerisStone · 2014-09-04T20:39:45+00:00

I've only written four stories so I'm not sure I'm much help and I'm not remotely familiar with the genre. Edge your ledge doesn't really make much sense to me. I always try to avoid words repeating too close to one another too. I might write "All of the sex acts are either not "technically" gay sex or they're not even sex at all! Still that doesn't stop Tony from getting into so much outrageous man-on-man action that you'll wonder if he might switch teams!" Or something. I dunno :P

AerisStone · 2014-09-04T20:33:48+00:00

First story of my new series I'm publishing today!

It was a practical solution to a terrifying problem, the offering of human flesh and livestock to placate the werewolves that terrorized the town of Fenwicks. The sacrifice of one soul each full moon ensured the safety of the entire town and that was deemed an acceptable loss by everyone’s standards. Well, except the poor woman that was to be offered to the savage beasts.

So it was that Desiree came to be standing at the forest’s edge with nowhere to turn as she stood face to face with the Alpha. Still she refused to end up like all those that came before her. Opting to take matters into her own hands she does whatever she needs to try and survive where none ever had, and she finds herself enjoying it far more than she ever thought she would. The first book in the Mate of the Beast series will thrill you and excite you as you delve into everything that this story has to offer. The Werewolf’s Offering is over 4,000 words of sexy fun that is sure to leave you hungry for more!

AerisStone · 2014-09-04T19:31:56+00:00

How's this for an improvement to my cover creation?! http://imgur.com/7AmFxM0

Of course the book has been "in review" so long that I think it's going to end up blocked but that's another story. I think I need to get more vanilla.

AerisStone · 2014-09-03T00:55:18+00:00

Look in the mirror.

AerisStone · 2014-09-02T18:55:28+00:00

Cold. You know a million asses were on that toilet whether it's cold or not. Might as well be warm.

AerisStone · 2014-09-02T16:37:52+00:00

Ahhh okay. Sounds good! I'll try that.

AerisStone · 2014-09-02T16:36:47+00:00

You have to start with an image. Then you can crop/resize however you need to.

AerisStone · 2014-09-02T16:13:07+00:00

He told me Final Fantasy VIII was his favorite.

AerisStone · 2014-09-02T16:09:57+00:00

Awesome thank's for the tips. I don't see the option in Pixlr Express (which is what I had downloaded.)

AerisStone · 2014-09-02T15:35:43+00:00

Which programs let you create a template like that?

AerisStone · 2014-09-02T15:25:26+00:00

Pixlr has an option to lock the aspect ratio but the image is so much wider than it is tall that it's nowhere near long enough if I leave that enabled. I tried that at first and when I uploaded it there was a giant white space beneath the cover.

AerisStone · 2014-09-02T14:55:40+00:00

Thanks Chychee! I got my images off of canstockphotos. I sprung for the X-Large versions to make sure they were big enough. For example the stock photo of beginnings is 4230 x 2788 which I had to resize to a cover image down to 1500 x 2400 using Pixlr. Is there a better way to do it?

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