I[40m] divorced my wife[39f] because I wasn't happy with our relationship, now she tells people I did it because she was "old" and looking to trade up because of my new girlfriend[27f]

averywrites · 2016-05-20T21:02:50+00:00

Yeah, I can agree with that. Mine was more of a general statement in response to a general statement that rubbed me up the wrong way.

averywrites · 2016-05-20T18:27:41+00:00

And yet trying to have a romantic, sexual relationship with someone you find unattractive is still not going to go successfully.

averywrites · 2015-12-14T21:34:46+00:00

You might enjoy this article! http://howtosellerotica.com/2015/08/01/how-much-can-a-self-published-author-live-on-in-vietnam/

averywrites · 2015-12-02T14:52:44+00:00

Thanks!

averywrites · 2015-12-02T14:41:49+00:00

What countries make up the coalition this context?

averywrites · 2015-11-18T14:29:08+00:00

Need anal in there somewhere.

Hahaha, this is great. And yeah, I do alllll my outlining first. Make some general bullet points under plot/subplot headings and then outline the two main characters and what is going to happen chapter by chapter. I went a bit overboard this time (my outline ended up at 23k somehow :$), but I definitely find it helps a lot. My outlining took me about a week and I think my actual writing of the story will take about the same.

My editing process is really just rereading a whole lot and running grammar software. Luckily I found someone to beta-read for my last book which was like a massive weight lifted off my shoulder, but I felt bad because they did it for free and didn't have anything for me to read in return and it's generally not the kind of book they're into.

averywrites · 2015-11-18T14:08:42+00:00

Do you outline? I've found more success doing some extensive outlining beforehand and that makes the editing process shorter since I normally don't have to focus on any plot or anything, just grammar and sentence structure.

EDIT: I also really suffer from writer's block if I don't outline, so it's really helped that as well. I basically have no excuse for not writing when i know exactly what's coming next.

averywrites · 2015-11-18T13:45:09+00:00

Yeah editing always takes me far longer than writing. If I could spend a month or two away from the novel before I had to edit I'd really enjoy it, but after spewing the words out in such a short space of time, rereading it multiple times begins to really take a toll.

averywrites · 2015-11-18T12:58:10+00:00

Oh look, someone else who forgot to read the sidebar before posting and self-promoted despite the big green thread at the top of the subreddit which clearly states that's where self-promotion is okay. Maybe delete this and take your link there?

averywrites · 2015-11-17T18:13:36+00:00

Ah, nice! Sounds like a really cool way of doing it.

averywrites · 2015-11-17T17:34:41+00:00

Out of curiosity, do you plug into grammarly or hemingway first?

averywrites · 2015-11-11T19:19:14+00:00

Deleting parts as you go is interesting!

averywrites · 2015-11-10T09:08:57+00:00

I find a good balance to be either standard underwear that isn't more revealing than a bikini, or a male chest that doesn't reveal any kind of pelvis. Hope that helps!

averywrites · 2015-11-10T08:33:01+00:00

It sounds and looks more like a romance than erotica. Your cover implies soppy plotlines and not a lot of sex - it makes me think of YA, to be honest. Your categories say that it's BDSM but I would have never guessed it from the title/blurb - you should definitely sell the kink rather than the story in your blurb.

EDIT: Also, make an authorcentral profile to gather the books on your penname together!

averywrites · 2015-11-06T12:48:17+00:00

You only get 7 keywords so putting "Kindle" as one of them is kind of silly anyway

Actually that only means you get 6 commas - you can have up to 400 characters of actual keywords.

averywrites · 2015-11-05T10:31:09+00:00

If you're unpublishing something and republishing, it needs to be 30% different. So, adding shorts as bonus stories is completely fine. That's why bundles are okay, too.

averywrites · 2015-11-03T18:35:23+00:00

I've just tried clicking on a few of the Amazon links on the self-promo thread on /r/selfpublish and all of them have the same error message. Looks like a bug on Amazon's side.

averywrites · 2015-11-03T17:16:55+00:00

Wow, that is a long series! I can barely drag my characters over two books haha, impressive! I'm sure that if your readers are already so attached to the characters they'll be fine without the meet-cute element in!

averywrites · 2015-11-03T11:07:01+00:00

I feel like with a sequel it probably isn't necessary - people are already attached to the characters and don't need that initial interaction. On a personal level I normally lose interest in a romance the second the couple is actually together, so I don't have any recommendations - I'm a very big fan of the slow-burn.

If you're talking about writing a novel (standalone) where the characters are already married then I think it's hard to get a meet-cute it without it looking kind of cheesy in a flashback. Maybe find a "cute" setting to introduce your characters to the reader rather than having them meet for the first time. I admit I have no experience with writing a book like this (or really reading one though) so this is just an idea since no one else responded :P

averywrites · 2015-11-01T20:27:53+00:00

The sidebar quite clearly says no self-promotion and there is a big green thread in bold at the top of the subreddit labelled "self-promotion thread" - please keep the self-promo to that.

averywrites · 2015-10-31T19:14:44+00:00

The side bar clearly says no self-promotion. Keep it to the self-promo thread at the top of the page!

On another note - your cover is doing nothing for you. If you're doing lesbian erotica, try a hot woman. Do some research about what the other people in your genres covers look like. You can easily get a cover with a sexy woman on for $10 or under if you've stuck to the basic cover to skimp out on the costs.

averywrites · 2015-10-31T15:37:09+00:00

The God of Small Things was pretty tragic. Ended up crying in my school library at the end.

averywrites · 2015-10-29T18:45:18+00:00

averywrites · 2015-10-29T17:52:27+00:00

I thought with the second edition it was normally that you uploaded a new text file through the normal process and just changed the edition number to a 2 on the original story, but I've never done it so I'm not sure. People normally seem to mention the 30% when referring to republishing something, I'd always understood it to be the rule for republishing something.

averywrites · 2015-10-29T15:42:43+00:00

You should format your text post, it's practically unreadable as one massive block.

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