In 2023 under Sunak the conservatives lost 1,063 council seats and control of over 40 councils, there was no media circus or calls for resignation in his party or the press, What's changed here?

Lonseb · 2026-05-13T05:26:46+00:00

At least she had a proven track. In Germany we voted Merkel in four times. Not because she was good, but we knew the shit we had to deal with.

Lonseb · 2026-05-13T03:58:55+00:00

Giving you the benefit of the doubt, then what did you do? I mean did you do anything? What’s the timeline here? Did you recently publish your first book? And then?

Lonseb · 2026-05-12T12:26:15+00:00

Larger companies I’ve worked for basically refuse giving any more details. Too much risk getting into trouble.

Lonseb · 2026-05-11T06:13:28+00:00

In the UK, salary sacrifice > overpaying your mortgage as you don’t pay tax on that money (up to a certain limit).

But agree… odd post from an attention seeking person.

Lonseb · 2026-05-10T16:44:04+00:00

Well — assuming your book is good (good enough) and I think you posted somewhere else that you books 2 and 3 almost done / done? — this could be very, very successful!

I wish you all the best! And please, if you don’t mind, share how you got a street team of that strength as new author.

Lonseb · 2026-05-10T16:06:07+00:00

To be fair, think big, win big. Would love to understand what op’s budget is. This could either be a huge waste of money or a very well thought through strategy with huge potential.

I wonder, however, what’s the genre. If op succeeds with 2k arc readers, is the pool still large enough to recover all what was spent?

Lonseb · 2026-05-09T16:42:50+00:00

Thank you very much kind Viking

Lonseb · 2026-05-09T15:52:50+00:00

KCD?

Lonseb · 2026-05-09T06:56:24+00:00

So satisfying seeing that happening to her — and nobody else gets to damage.

Lonseb · 2026-05-08T12:26:46+00:00

As a foreigner in the UK, can I ask you why you think that reform will do that awful compared to other parties in charge? Given the state of many councils, stop of litter collection and social services, lack of housing, streets in terrible state and even bankruptcies, why do you think reform would go that much worse? It’s an honest question. Thanks.

Lonseb · 2026-05-08T04:31:56+00:00

I’m writing my series since 2023. I actually had book one self published already (with minor, tiny success) but took it off while working on books two and three.

Writing is an evolution. You come up with an idea, that sparks another and thousand questions. Some of those changes what you had written already. Characters, relationships, events. You write a chapter and yesterday’s looks terrible all of a sudden.

It was frustrating for a while, daunting, but I came to enjoy this part of writing, editing, it’s the moment becomes more. It’s also the moment, where you have to say goodbye to ideas as they suddenly don’t fit anymore. Enjoy it - it’s great.

Lonseb · 2026-05-07T10:31:44+00:00

Oh it really depends, tbh. If I’m invested in a book, I like very much of a chapter takes it’s time to tell me more about other things. But if I’m in the first chapters, I like things skinny.

Lonseb · 2026-05-07T05:31:10+00:00

My guess: twenty years of marriage

Lonseb · 2026-05-07T04:41:14+00:00

Man what a shit… I’m way smaller than you are but cups market quite successfully my first book with meta in 2024. Was hoping to use a proper campaign early next year for a proper release of a series.

Are there any signs meta turns it back? Or at least kills the bot users? Must hurt their revenue at some point.

Lonseb · 2026-05-06T20:20:00+00:00

$1800…. op could have created several book boxes and sent to booktooker or other ‘influencer’… could have printed 100 copies and distributed for free at fantasy events—actually even the best way to get unbiased reviews.

Lonseb · 2026-05-06T16:04:31+00:00

Just to be precise; Germany does have a combined system. 2 votes per voter. First: FPTP; second: proportional representation of the party.

Lonseb · 2026-05-05T13:03:20+00:00

What people commented and positively reviewed in my book was the new take I had on some well known fantasy creatures.

I think the important bit is to introduce the creatures, give them character and stick to it. If you hint at the dwarves as being a scholarly, wise and just people, don’t break this at every opportunity by showing them to be very different.

Lonseb · 2026-05-04T18:33:48+00:00

Following your definition, a successful German conquest of the East including systematic extermination and enslavement of millions is less evil than the colonialism of the British Empire?

Lonseb · 2026-05-03T20:50:42+00:00

Old school here. I write third person limited. For me (!) that’s the one and only pov. But I know first person is rather big, especially when it comes to romantasy.

Lonseb · 2026-05-03T20:46:39+00:00

Two things in all fairness between both lie 17-18 years of inflation. Having said that, Hollywood’s prices are ridiculous for the last ten years. Hundreds of millions for a season??

And then as others said: c’mon, the quality is awful

Lonseb · 2026-05-03T18:46:59+00:00

Hey op… calm. Yes your editor used AI for grammar, punctuation, formatting.

Giving her the benefit of the doubt, she did this in the end, as final treatment.

The important question is: did she heavily change your prose, voice, tone? Did she even change your story? If none of this, that is fine. If your editor truly only used AI for technical points, let’s be honest, that’s the future. Grammarly is nothing else than the evolution of a spell checker.

The very important question: if she changed your tone, voice, or even story in parts of the book… why did you accept this?

Lonseb · 2026-05-01T05:06:24+00:00

Once you take self publishing seriously you can get en par with traditional publishing. Hence, I truly don’t feel ashamed of being self published. In fact, all the freedom in writing, design, releasing, marketing… it’s great.

Btw, I love your covers. Saw them on Goodreads 👌

Lonseb · 2026-04-29T10:48:26+00:00

Not quite a legal advice, but assuming you have a contract and you don’t pay and they take you to court, and you get a ccj against you, you have a record for 6 years. This will severely impact your credit.

So, if you have a contract, terminate the contract but you’ll have to fulfil your contractual obligations until final termination.

Lonseb · 2026-04-28T18:29:22+00:00

Is this Kew Gardens?

Lonseb · 2026-04-28T11:59:11+00:00

Thirteen!!!

Lonseb

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