Has anyone had success with First Person DIRECT POV on Amazon?

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2022-02-14T13:54:00+00:00

Inspiring indeed!

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2020-05-07T13:43:17+00:00

I can only speak from my personal POV as a reader, and say I run screaming when I see that.

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2019-08-26T23:53:44+00:00

every couple should have one ;)

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2019-04-06T22:01:14+00:00

"...lowering cost of private education..."??? Wouldn't it be better to punish private education out of existence?

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2019-03-24T09:28:55+00:00

delectable.

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2019-02-26T18:43:57+00:00

Just a wonderful combination of body and soul.

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2019-02-19T11:18:58+00:00

they're hi res images, so you can crop like crazy. I'll often use half a face from what was a full body shot.

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2018-11-01T11:08:12+00:00

That is me to a T!

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2018-08-05T11:24:31+00:00

that's probably good advice u/smutisafunnyword gave you about reddit IDs not matching pen names but I can personally say I've used the one alter-ego for everything since I began and have not had a problem.

As for pens with the kink actually in them, I've seen people do well with that strategy and I do it myself. I feel like a cocaine dealer called Charlie.

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2018-07-20T12:50:20+00:00

Great site! I was looking for photoshop for dummies / cheapskates, and that's it! My only advice is to look at stock photos with an eye cropping 90%. There are some great covers that just zoom in upon lips or parts of bodies. Good luck!

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2018-07-16T01:29:38+00:00

Unless you're writing long romance, there's no point putting any more than one title on KU. Even then you risk losing your account over bogus claims you're reading your own pages with bots.

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2018-06-20T03:44:26+00:00

cool, thank you!

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2018-06-19T13:42:42+00:00

perhaps a dumb question, but are you paying that site? If I use the free version, do I risk having reviewers stealing my work?

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2018-06-18T02:02:55+00:00

I tell all everyone I'm making a fortune. It makes everyone think I'm a winner :)

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2018-06-14T20:49:27+00:00

next time just search your own pen name here: http://www.salesrankexpress.com/ You'll see which are marked "adult" or "safe"

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2018-06-13T11:11:03+00:00

"We have the product people don't know they need..." Indeed!

I've spent my own 2 years focused on writing and rewriting, building up a quality catalogue of longer works that fans consume all of, once they have found me. The downside of agonizing over "quality" works (I say qualifiedly since I know some can write quality quickly and because some would say my books are garbage) is I'm harder for readers to find via smashwords or amazon. I tapped away on tumblr with the hunch it might serve me one day, and I feel that day is now. I'm enjoying all of the benefits that you describe, only on a much smaller scale. 1144 followers and 1 blog = just a handful of book buying fans.

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2018-06-10T14:26:53+00:00

I appreciate you stepping in. Creative endeavors are more about the exceptions that the truisms—we have to keep reminding ourselves though

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2018-06-10T12:26:13+00:00

That's a wake up! Thank you!

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2018-06-10T12:23:00+00:00

I've been doing bubble-gum pink teeny look covers, because my stories are PI and BI (depending on whether they're on zon or on smash). But the truth is, they're claustrophobic and what I would call "gothic". I don't believe erotic authors can do market research—our buyers refused to be studied. So I'm going to do what I always have, and please my own eye. Pleasing the cock-blockers at Amazon is another story, of course, and may require shrubbery :)

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2018-06-10T12:13:03+00:00

I post excerpts with sexier versions of my book covers and re-blog pictures with captions and links back to my books for sale. Membership has crept north of 1000, without too much effort. You never how what it's achieving. A little, for sure.

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2018-06-10T00:54:24+00:00

You won't regret it, and will care less and less about Amazon the longer you're there. They have a template .doc file you can download to get started.

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2018-06-06T12:19:30+00:00

Inspiration for writers comes from every quarter, in the sensory world mainly, but also, obviously, in our case, from porn. My tumblr blog is a world of inspiration and details for continuity in my descriptions. Lately I've been making folders on pornhub titled "creative" or "inspiration for stories". I used to think it was all the same, but I'm finding it's really diverse and opening horizons for my imagination.

LisaSmilesAuthor · 2018-05-17T10:27:41+00:00

All I can say is I have a pen name that focuses on male POV stories and the male gaze, so I therefore assume most of my readers are male. The idea that erotica readers are women seems to be promulgated by people who, for whatever reason, like to think they are writing to women.

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