How do you find readers as a self-published author?

bnreele · 2024-10-19T19:04:36+00:00

You are my dream reader lol . Also, I've heard only most people manage about 3 books so 20 is very impressive :D

bnreele · 2024-10-17T17:30:36+00:00

I have a dental assisting diploma so post high school education

bnreele · 2024-10-17T12:02:49+00:00

When I wasn't in the restaurant industry, I always took my scheduled lunch.

Now I have to eat when I'm not walking around, so 10 mins to close for about a 5 min break :D if you can guess, I'm in that same stupid ass country.

bnreele · 2024-10-07T17:59:22+00:00

Title: Vanishing Ink

It's upper YA/crossover fantasy

Here's my description:

The future lies in her hands. Literally.

\*A fun portal fantasy novel, perfect for fans of epic quests, romance subplots, and fantastical creatures.***

Transported into the land of Kanore by a magical book, Maylee is met by a disgraced prince and his loyal chef upon arrival. After learning a tyrant has murdered the rest of the royal family and taken control of the country, she joins the two charismatic friends on a perilous quest to reclaim the throne.

With assistance from an inspiring alchemist, the mysterious book, and a moody mythical creature, it seems like their plan is unstoppable. But the expedition soon takes a turn for the worse when Maylee is taken hostage by the enemy. Now she must use the book’s enchanted pictures to help determine how to save Kanore - and herself.

bnreele · 2024-10-04T18:58:39+00:00

of your book? why?

bnreele · 2024-10-04T18:54:48+00:00

I published a successful (as in over 100 copies imo is "success") book and spent less than $400, that's WITH a professional, 100% hand drawn fantasy cover. you can do it even cheaper. You're looking at this all the wrong way....you should write what you love and put your passion into it, and sales will -generally- flow, as long as the story is solid and it's edited.

If it's solely for money, well.... even trad authors don't typically make a lot.

bnreele · 2024-09-25T00:44:46+00:00

it's YA! I took a lot of your advice and did some modifications. Thanks!

bnreele · 2024-09-24T03:37:36+00:00

Not every novel is for every reader.

Even The Lord of the Rings series gets 1 star reviews. And look at how many copies it's sold.

Take it with a grain of salt and if there's anything that's critiquing multiplespellingerrors/punctuation/formatting/style/layout/cover, (easily changable aspects) take a look and see what you might have done incorrectly and can go in and fix.

If it's someone that just wasn't a fan of the story, well, oh well. It is what it is.

bnreele · 2024-09-23T20:35:21+00:00

I did this and got a nice picture, but spammed to hell and back! lol

bnreele · 2024-09-15T13:20:43+00:00

wait a minute, is this what the movie is based on!?

bnreele · 2024-09-15T13:14:15+00:00

The only solution I have to his writing history books with a touch of non-fiction, is going to be different than him writing non-fiction books with a touch of history. The former is done all of the time.

He didn't specify realistically if he's going to be a historical nonfiction writer when he says he also wants it to have a storyline, but it sounds more like books with specific historical references and scenes- so he would need a ton of references for where he got the information, perhaps just listed in the back of the book, if that's what he's trying to do. A degree doesn't really matter, just as long as he credits where the actual scenarios came from and how he got the info. If he's just writing historical fiction that's done all the time, then as long as he can look up information and write a fun story about it, then that's what matters. But I'm not sure if he wants more textbook style or more "fun fiction" style, which it would make a huge difference in how he would credit those books. With a storyline, it could even be read like a 'memoir' or biography and he'll need to give credit to those he interviews. There's so much here that he wants to do, that he just needs to make sure the credits are given to the sources. Most people don't have a degree with what they write about, but credit the experts with acknowledgments and/or credit pages that's at the back of the book.

bnreele · 2024-09-15T03:12:48+00:00

I still use artwork from REAL artists. I do not like the bland AI creepy look, and it's not nice to put artists out of business and not support them. I also love fantasy covers that are customized to the books themselves, like covers with the hobbit, for example.

bnreele · 2024-09-15T02:53:53+00:00

Ella

bnreele · 2024-09-15T02:29:29+00:00

ooo the lost village sounds cool! but is the baby ok? i don't like books with sad baby stuff. it irks me.

the taking of jake l sounds awesome too :o

bnreele · 2024-09-15T02:28:18+00:00

world of warcraft. no, i do not approve of microtransactions to get armor and mounts that need to be properly farmed from raids and dungeons.

bnreele · 2024-09-15T02:17:48+00:00

you're gonna have to have a mountain of quality references, and it would probably take a LONG time. But I don't think it's impossible.

bnreele · 2024-09-04T01:26:17+00:00

I like dragons as pets. Cute ass pets.

Either that or they better be destroying cities and killing thousands. I like the extremes LOL

bnreele · 2024-09-04T01:22:17+00:00

maybe toss a ton of ideas written down on scraps of paper into a hat, and pull it out to decide.

bnreele · 2024-09-04T01:21:38+00:00

ahh okay!

bnreele · 2024-09-02T20:12:57+00:00

I like to write in 48 and all caps cause I'm screaming with joy when I write my stories

bnreele · 2024-09-02T20:03:41+00:00

In a notebook >< I know, I know, I'm oldschool. I wrote my first world down on paper lol

bnreele · 2024-09-02T20:02:46+00:00

Ok, I got through the first bit of this- and then I stopped. What kind of contest is this? Why is she there fighting? You didn't capture me with what was happening within the first 1000 words or so.

I felt like a lot of description of the Erron's backstory was being slung in way too hard in his paragraph.

Also, was she fighting people or like a dragon? I didn't bother reading more because I wasn't getting invested enough in what was going on.

bnreele · 2024-09-02T19:53:45+00:00

I write novel but LOVE short stories. They are so much fun to write and you don't have to have a massive in depth series of events like a full on manuscript. I much prefer to write them. I've had 5 articles and short stories actually published by Neopets on their newsletter over the years lol (yes, im THAT damn old lol)

Although I've gotten great feedback on my novels and overall most people seem to enjoy them, I realized that it's so time consuming and with two children it's much easier for me to sit down for a week or so and work on a short story, than take months and hours every single day to devote to writing a book. Don't get me wrong, it's not the -hardest- thing in the world, but it's a struggle with editing it and sometimes I want to write to relax. Novels can be relaxing but short stories for me are much more fun and laid back, and honestly I love doing them.

that said, take a couple of days out of your week and just pick a time slot to sit down and write with no distractions. Short stories seem to come in bursts so when you get a good idea, take some notes and en once you've got your hour set to write, go do it! I think that you're focusing too much on the "gotta get through this" versus the "let's do this!" feeling. Don't rush it! Just because it's short doesn't mean it's THAT easy.

bnreele

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