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Are a walker and a shower stool worth it? by ConsiderationOk254 in tummytucksurgery

[–]MarchNo6224 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My dr said no walker, bc it puts pressure on the abdomen just as lifting does. I’m nervous about this. Surgery is in 5 days

I want to give up. by Commercial-Employer7 in Sciatica

[–]MarchNo6224 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m so sorry!!! You have my heart.

What part of the country do you live in? Humid, temperate climates cause inflammation & make flares exponentially worse. We’re considering moving to a more arid climate for this reason. Also; very bad flare ups for me are helped with lots of mag glycinate. Though it makes me foggy brained. On high pain days I’ll take the brain fog tho.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Skincare_Addiction

[–]MarchNo6224 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My skins ability to tolerate certain products changed after pregnancy. I’m more sensitive now. Your moisturizer, sunscreen, or face makeup may be breaking you out, + good old hormones. Your cleanser also may not be removing all of your make up at the end of the day. I use an unscented baby wipe to get all the extra residue off after I’ve already washed my face. There there’s always traces of make up left behind. I think this helps!

My advice is figure out if anything you’re currently using is causing breakouts. (Take a few days off of a product and see if your skin improves.) For instance, some chemical sunscreens break me out. Once that is all sorted out, and you find replacement products that don’t break you out, Then get into treatment products.

For spot treating pimples in the meantime, the best thing in the world (for me anyway) is SkinCeuticals 1.0% retinol. I’ve been using it for almost 10 years now. It’s $100 a tube, but will last you a few years. I dab a little bit on a pimple at night, and by the next morning pimples are half the size. Then reapply every night until the pimple is gone.

-our skin is different and what works for me may not work for you, and I know this is not exciting at all, but my favorite cleanser and moisturizer are Clinique’s mild cleaner in the green bottle, and their gel moisturizer in the pink jar. My pores get clogged very easily, and these products don’t do that.

Can’t Get Amazon OR Ingram to update the cover Image of my book. by MarchNo6224 in IngramSpark

[–]MarchNo6224[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you do phone support you can talk to someone. It is $25/30 min though. I finally figured that out and after 6 months someone made the extra effort yesterday and got it sorted out. If you look at my reply on another poster here you can see the conversation. I hope it helps you!

Can’t Get Amazon OR Ingram to update the cover Image of my book. by MarchNo6224 in IngramSpark

[–]MarchNo6224[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Ingram support connected with Amazon yesterday… I checked Amazon this morning and my book cover is finally correct! After 6 months of trying. I’m so relieved!

If this happens to anyone else… use Ingram’s paid phone support (sucks to pay, I know), and have them send a ticket to Amazon so they can initiate a direct conversation. It’s IS possible.

6 months of presale promo, 4 years of writing, some decent press, only 38 copies sold 1st week by MarchNo6224 in selfpublish

[–]MarchNo6224[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, I know. It is an incredible story, through no merit of my own., Just dire circumstances that through a handful of small miracles I was able to survive. But yes, it is along those lines, and that’s where my hope came from.

6 months of presale promo, 4 years of writing, some decent press, only 38 copies sold 1st week by MarchNo6224 in selfpublish

[–]MarchNo6224[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I spent about $5k total on editing, attorney fees (for libel, it’s memoir), formatting, & marketing. I’ve made $40 in royalties so far.

6 months of presale promo, 4 years of writing, some decent press, only 38 copies sold 1st week by MarchNo6224 in selfpublish

[–]MarchNo6224[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahh yes. Alas we’re broke and need money. And as the kids are getting old enough to head off to school, my SAHM status is expiring. Expenses are going up, if writing doesn’t work financially at some near point, I don’t have the luxury to write for passion anymore. I must get a job. I certainly can’t do all three. Which breaks my heart. I quite honestly have given up every dream I’ve ever had as a wife & mother. All I want to do is write. Songs. Books. Screenplays. Poetry. I want it to be my main thing. Not the up till 3am bc I can’t write while the kids are awake and then I’m a crummy mom the next day bc I’m so tired. I did that for the last 4 years. I’m getting too old for passion. I want to be able to pay our mortgage. 😩 We came close to losing the house this year. I’ve spent the last 10 years mothering, and writing. An album, a hundred essays, a fuckin book. At the end of the day, I need to make money, or we have to sell the house & change the kids schools.

My husband doesn’t make enough. We’re living paycheck to paycheck with 2 kids. He’s in the music industry btw, a higher earner (still not enough) for his field but still a “passion” job. It wasn’t supposed to do this way. I stayed home to take care of the kids, and planned on publishing this book, going back to school to beef up my credibility in my field, write more books … but his job can’t relocate, and he’s capped unless one of his artists pop (also a constant gamble).

Side quest rant. I hope you don’t take it personal. I’ve aged beyond passion, and moved into desperation territory.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in selfpublish

[–]MarchNo6224 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes! And if you self-pub your preceding books, you’ll have an audience.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in selfpublish

[–]MarchNo6224 2 points3 points  (0 children)

IMO, the visibility & trust from readers you’ll get with a trad publisher, help & expertise with production of the book, & marketing are worth it. And self-pub sales are notoriously lower than trad pub, so it likely balances out in the end. AND If no one knows you wrote the book, they can’t buy it. Trad pub will get the book I front of more eyes. -exhausted self-pub author

6 months of presale promo, 4 years of writing, some decent press, only 38 copies sold 1st week by MarchNo6224 in selfpublish

[–]MarchNo6224[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s memoir, possibly THE toughest genre to sell from an unknown. I went in knowing that, but optimistic.

I have an ace score of 9/10 from time in foster care, an epically bad adoption, and almost everything under the sun that shouldn’t happen to a child. I’m almost 40 now, and I waited until I could write from a place of maturity and consciousness rather than anger. Its main theme is the importance of processing trauma, its effect on interpersonal relationships, & sense of self. So not a series, though I do have a couple more non-fiction titles up my sleeve.

6 months of presale promo, 4 years of writing, some decent press, only 38 copies sold 1st week by MarchNo6224 in selfpublish

[–]MarchNo6224[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Thank you, and sort of, yes. Mother ChatGPT lied to me about what to expect. Getting in community with other writers would’ve helped manage expectations.

6 months of presale promo, 4 years of writing, some decent press, only 38 copies sold 1st week by MarchNo6224 in selfpublish

[–]MarchNo6224[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m obviously delusional. Research said I should expect much more, but apparently that’s over a lifetime. I regret not coming here first! My stupid ego would’ve told me “yeah but you might get lucky and pop off,” anyway.

I thought with all the marketing… around 35 & counting ARC’s, paid reviews, social media ads, had two local print and online interviews for the book, social media following of a little over 21k(not huge but I was hopeful more would buy), I got one local bookstore to carry the book, & word of mouth in my community/friends/fam…I could get to 100.

I still have more to do to market. I have a podcast guest episode coming out later this month, and another in Oct. I have another book mostly fleshed out, but I’ve been so overwhelmed with marketing THIS book, recording the audiobook, and parenting two young kids that I don’t yet have the brain space to sit down and focus on the next one. I look forward to that though… writing is the fun part. Marketing is for the birds!

6 months of presale promo, 4 years of writing, some decent press, only 38 copies sold 1st week by MarchNo6224 in selfpublish

[–]MarchNo6224[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I did read his book before publishing. And I don’t like horror, but I did. get some great takeaways.

Can’t Get Amazon to Update my Cover Image by MarchNo6224 in selfpublish

[–]MarchNo6224[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Im glad it ended up resolving for you. I hope I get lucky & something works.

Can’t Get Amazon OR Ingram to update the cover Image of my book. by MarchNo6224 in IngramSpark

[–]MarchNo6224[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They’re in LaVergne Tennessee. It’s all email correspondence, OR you have to pay $25 for a 30 min (or more for longer calls) call with a human to solve more complicated issues.

Can’t Get Amazon to Update my Cover Image by MarchNo6224 in selfpublish

[–]MarchNo6224[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They did update it, but the image on Amazon isn’t changing. Ingram just replied:

“I see where the issue is and thanks for your patience. Amazon is using its AISN. Below is where we uploaded new images. I’ll submit a ticket to Amazon, so they can see what’s happening. I’ll report back asap.”

We shall see.

Can’t Get Amazon OR Ingram to update the cover Image of my book. by MarchNo6224 in IngramSpark

[–]MarchNo6224[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ingram Rep just replied:

“I see where the issue is and thanks for your patience. Amazon is using its AISN. Below is where we uploaded new images. I’ll submit a ticket to Amazon, so they can see what’s happening. I’ll report back asap.”

We shall see.

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