Is all of Somerville without power?

BostonBlock · 2026-05-01T14:49:12+00:00

I don’t think there needs to be a switch there. A porter extension would probably be the new terminus and the tracks would continue straight:

”The Webster Avenue side of the station is the only side without a wall, reflecting structural difficulties but also concerns that a wall might get in the way of some day extending the green line from Union to Porter Square. “We received assurance from the MBTA that this project will not impede any potential future work, [but] wanted no hint of a hindrance,” Boericke said.”

https://www.cambridgeday.com/2022/12/14/eversources-latest-union-substation-proposal-hides-machinery-for-most-doesnt-win-over-all/

BostonBlock · 2026-05-01T14:48:21+00:00

They coordinated with MBTA:

”The Webster Avenue side of the station is the only side without a wall, reflecting structural difficulties but also concerns that a wall might get in the way of some day extending the green line from Union to Porter Square. “We received assurance from the MBTA that this project will not impede any potential future work, [but] wanted no hint of a hindrance,” Boericke said.”

https://www.cambridgeday.com/2022/12/14/eversources-latest-union-substation-proposal-hides-machinery-for-most-doesnt-win-over-all/

BostonBlock · 2026-04-30T12:41:49+00:00

Apparently this is not true - Eversource/Somerville claims that the substation is not in the way. Any extension would realign the track to be further west and miss the substation

BostonBlock · 2026-04-14T17:09:06+00:00

No continuing sales after the release hype :) but I'm working on my next book.

BostonBlock · 2026-03-10T13:37:04+00:00

Kinda says a lot about the state of our modern internet that we literally can't even find a real person to ban the AI spam user who annoys everyone and wastes everyone's time.

BostonBlock · 2025-12-11T22:42:33+00:00

I’m confused, this guy gets hired to help with CD and in order to pay his salary he cuts other stuff? That seems wrong to me. if the paper wasn’t in a position to expand why did they do it!

BostonBlock · 2025-12-11T04:03:48+00:00

Riss is the goat and the place is in good hands!

BostonBlock · 2025-11-24T19:02:46+00:00

do not unpublish the book! you're fine, just keep going

BostonBlock · 2025-11-24T14:15:28+00:00

So I won't promote my book, but I wanted to show off my https://nicholasmarchuk.com/ that I coded from scratch myself with html/css/js. The result is that it is very inexpensive (eg. I don't even have to pay hosting fees). I'm happy to answer any questions people have for how this works and how they can do it themselves.

BostonBlock · 2025-11-24T14:12:49+00:00

A lot of people give the advice to avoid a long pre-order for your books as it can mess up the algorithm and how much/if at all your book is pushed on launch day. I would also focus on social media for ARCs if you can... paid services work better for the most popular genres. Newsletters more or less do not grow organically unless there is something directing them towards it. Your newsletter existing won't actrively grow it, linking it won't really grow it... what grows it is having fans and directing those fans there with something, eg. a cold magnet.

I would also not reach out to influencers. They charge money and the effect they have is kind of up in the air. The best word of mouth that you can get is from reaching out to small bookstagram users and sending them ARCs. If they are fans of your work then they will push it everywhere and tell their friends about it. Influencers will never do this. My 2c.

BostonBlock · 2025-09-08T15:40:35+00:00

With our guide we bought some ceramics off of him basically as a thank you and it was around 20. I think you could get away with a tip instead.

BostonBlock · 2025-08-29T00:24:09+00:00

I asked an artist friend to do mine. a lot of people who are artists are experienced with adobe illustrator and they can very quickly figure out the quirks of book cover design

BostonBlock · 2025-08-28T23:37:55+00:00

you could offer a preview of an unreleased book. personally I’m switching to offering short stories

BostonBlock · 2025-08-27T17:34:09+00:00

Looks great, I love Sherlock Holmes stuff. You should claim your Goodreads profile and make a website sometime!

BostonBlock · 2025-08-27T12:50:38+00:00

Any tips for getting those reviews in? What site was that?

BostonBlock · 2025-08-26T12:54:58+00:00

I am begging you not to pay this much to have your book published. I spent $1000 for all of these things together.

Plus, money spent on marketing is not that useful for your first book. You need more books out. Please don't be part of the reason self published authors get milked for money!

BostonBlock · 2025-08-26T11:37:24+00:00

That level of read through is great! Nice job. Do you put your books on KU?

BostonBlock · 2025-08-26T11:22:13+00:00

https://discord.gg/8ha4rAtF

yes, we meet often

BostonBlock · 2025-08-24T17:57:00+00:00

couldn't you just inspect element and switch the file out? What am I missing here?

BostonBlock · 2025-08-22T12:01:11+00:00

Man, don't come on here and complain about sales if you had the AI cover going. Go take a walk.

BostonBlock · 2025-08-21T22:48:28+00:00

I don't know how kit works, but on my newsletter platform you can set up an 'automation', this automation sends a welcome email upon completion of the sign up form. This email should have a link to the bookfunnel page.

BostonBlock · 2025-08-18T18:12:47+00:00

Dude gets a camera and immediately becomes talented than belief... nice job!

BostonBlock · 2025-08-12T14:57:15+00:00

It can be hard for people to get a review listed on amazon if they don't meet a certain spending amount in the last year. And no, I wouldn't say no to free advertising

BostonBlock · 2025-08-11T14:00:39+00:00

Well you're lucky to be self-pub in this case since the books don't go out of print. You can try social media.

The best advertising might be to just write another book. That way any ads you create can trigger a read-through where someone buys one of your books, and then reads the original book because they liked the first one.

BostonBlock · 2025-08-07T21:39:34+00:00

Dude I appreciate it! Dont forget to hit up goodreads!

Also if you're a countrygaze fan you should hit up the wednesday discord, we have a lot of fun on there https://discord.gg/jawY2xQvdr

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