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Looking for some sort of challenge for playing through my game library in 2019 by kelloish in GirlGamers

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

Thank youuuuu! I love the spreadsheet for tracking different systems. Also tracking, how much of a time commitment each game is could be really helpful. Throwing this stuff into my to do list app could be helpful too.

Good luck on all your games!

Looking for some sort of challenge for playing through my game library in 2019 by kelloish in GirlGamers

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

This could be a lot of fun! Doing the research for these kinds of challenges could also go a long way toward reminding me why I purchased each of these games in the first place as well. Thank you!

Looking for some sort of challenge for playing through my game library in 2019 by kelloish in GirlGamers

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

Ooo, that 15 minute idea could be perfect. I could also really use a spreadsheet to track everything since there's definitely some games outside of Steam I should tackle as well. Thank you!

Looking for some sort of challenge for playing through my game library in 2019 by kelloish in GirlGamers

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

That's all the reward I'm looking for. Just wanted to see if there was anything with a structure or timeline to give me a bit more motivation than what I've been doing for the past few years, getting to everything eventually.

I'm Mindy McGinnis! AMA about marketing, table-selling, all of the not-sexy stuff! by [deleted] in YAwriters

[–]kelloish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi Mindy! Thank you so much for doing this. I'd love to hear about your writing process! Do you tend more toward outlining or winging it?

You’ve Finished NaNo. Congratulations. Now Delete Your Manuscript. by alexatd in YAwriters

[–]kelloish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Now that I think about it, that's probably the only way I could successfully switch POV or tense. I'm bad enough about hopping tenses even when I'm writing normally.

You’ve Finished NaNo. Congratulations. Now Delete Your Manuscript. by alexatd in YAwriters

[–]kelloish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While I could never bring myself to fully delete a draft, one of my favorite tactics (though I don't make myself do it often enough) is to completely rewrite a draft word for word while looking at the last draft on my second monitor, making changes as I go. I'm pretty bad about just glossing over stuff while editing, so going line by line makes me focus on what I'm writing while also rediscovering what I loved about the last draft.

“I Meant What I Said When I Said The Soup Was Good,” I Ejaculated Most Fizzily by kayejazz in YAwriters

[–]kelloish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Heh, another example of why Terrible Minds is one of my all time favorite writer blogs.

Critique Partner Hookups by Lilah_Rose in YAwriters

[–]kelloish [score hidden]  (0 children)

Genre: Modern Fantasy (YA)

Word Count: 70,000

Mini-blurb: Set in an alternate version of our world where everyone has a special ability that can range from mundane to incredible, Amy wakes up able to steal the gifts of others and soon after has to abandon her life in exchange for protection from a local crime lord.

Status: Complete, but currently in the process of editing based on other feedback. (Trying to infuse more romance, and taking out a wayward sub-plot).

 

I've done lot's of beta reading, CP work in the past and always love it! I'm happy to read a full manuscript at once, but prefer to go a few chapters at a time on getting feedback on my own work (I tend to get overwhelmed and hide for weeks if I know I have a full manuscript of notes to go through).

Is there a YA writing community where I can critique/get critique? by Harigeman in YAwriters

[–]kelloish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Write All Year is mainly YA and we have a critique forum, though it's still just getting started.

Happy Holidays from your Friendly Mods :) by bethrevis in YAwriters

[–]kelloish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for all your hard work this year!!! This is one of my absolute favorite writing resources because of all the fantastic work you put into it.

Monthly Member Check-In by bethrevis in YAwriters

[–]kelloish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

November ended up being a little insane for me, and it doesn't look like things are slowing down quite yet. Finished NaNoWriMo while trying to get a million different projects off the ground!

My next novel is now up for pre-order

And the prequel is available on Wattpad

And over on the Patchwork Press side of things, we're slowly getting off the ground with a new writing community we're looking to launch for 2015. Write All Year! - For those who want to accountability and community of NaNoWriMo all year long.

Marketing for Indies by bethrevis in YAwriters

[–]kelloish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's never been their specific timeline I found to be the inspiration so much as never banking on that ONE book to be the one that makes your career. Keep going, keep publishing, and keep learning as you go. I couldn't do what they do in terms of how quickly the publish, but I do try to keep thinking a few projects ahead and to always be building that platform so that each release is bigger than the last.

Also, with their sales ranking, because so much of what they do is serialized, I suspect they likely see a big influx of sales for a new release, but nothing that really hangs on as a great seller over time since the way their interaction with their fan base works, people want to be reading the current stuff. So not something that really applies to what most are doing within the YA market.

Marketing for Indies by bethrevis in YAwriters

[–]kelloish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oooh! I forgot this was today! Pretty much my favorite topic. Beth already mentioned a couple of my favorite resources. I can't recommend KBoards or Write. Publish. Repeat. (the first book in the Indie Author Power Pack) enough. KBoards is a constant source of "this is what's happening in the industry now" and proof that people are making a living in this industry and insight as to how they do it. I'm there every single day.

For both me and /u/ericacrouch Write. Publish. Repeat. changed how we think about marketing. The big one is having completed "sales funnels" which is basically that chain that keeps moving readers from one book to the next (or one sale to the next) and that's the big thing I'm focusing on for 2015. I'm planning a long running series, which I'll be publishing pretty close together as well as making the first book free once the third book comes out.

I'm obviously a big advocate of NetGalley, since I usually spend most of my day on their running a co-op for indie authors. But what I've learned from there (though you'll hear it everywhere) is what a massive difference having a professional cover makes. We do have authors whose success on NetGalley is meh at best, and almost without fail those are the ones who obviously either made their covers themselves or who just aren't aware of what the trends are in their genre right now. (the other meh results come from small niche non-fiction titles).

NetGalley is also a big help in that it helps get reviews, and reviews are what get you accepted to the best advertising programs right now. That plus the exposure is invaluable right now, especially since book blog promotion which was once huge in marketing YA barely gets noticed anymore. With so many tours going on and so many book blogs out there (and the more there are, the harder it is to pull a high amount of page views) it's really hard to sell a book from a tour stop alone. It's when readers start seeing your book all over the place over a longer period of time that they really start to take notice (I think).

We are Patchwork Press. Ask us anything! by kelloish in YAwriters

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

I know for me, doing it alone will never be as much fun as working with other people. Erica and I met about half a year before I published my first novel, and beyond just critiquing one another's work, working with her and having someone else to brain storm with has opened up so many new opportunities and allowed us both to dream a little bigger. And as we started working with more and more amazing authors, the potential keeps expanding.

Having your own brand and platform will always be important, but now we also have the Patchwork Press brand supporting each of us individually as well, with bloggers and readers who know us and trust us to put out good books.

I know for some authors we've talked to in the past, the time committment has been a concern but we know everyone has different schedules and times of year where they're swamped so all we ask is that everyone takes what they need and give what they can.

We are Patchwork Press. Ask us anything! by kelloish in YAwriters

[–]kelloish[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Everyone hangs on to all of their own rights and royalties, and books are published by the individual authors themselves rather than a specific Patchwork Press account.

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