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Drue "Dee" Miller replied to Dairenna VonRavenstone's discussion 'Marketing' in the group Self Publishing
Lisa R.Brereton left a comment for Dairenna VonRavenstone"Hi Dairenna,
Welcome, it is so nice to have you here, and would like to learn more about what you write, and have you published? I am an Author of self-help guide books and poet.
It would be nice to here from you
Lisa Brereton"
David Bowman replied to Dairenna VonRavenstone's discussion 'Marketing' in the group Self Publishing"...which is to say that self-publishing companies do about the same as "traditional" publishers."
Dairenna VonRavenstone replied to Robert L. Allen's discussion 'Book size for new writers'"I wasn't told to cut down my book size, then again, I went the self-published route. My book ended up being 157,000 words which worked out to be about 420 pages when printed. It's fantasy though so it's somewhat expected of the…"
Dairenna VonRavenstone replied to scribbler's discussion 'Mark Twain's memoirs unsealed after a century'"Personally, I would want to be released right after my death was confirmed. I would be too afraid to upset people if I was still alive and well and it got released. And, with any luck, there would more then likely be a bunch of media hounds at my…"
Dairenna VonRavenstone replied to Richard Leto's discussion 'Good luck'"And good luck to you too! Although my actual writing is bascially dead right now, maybe the next four days I have off will help me get inspired...lol."
Dairenna VonRavenstone replied to Viviana Arteaga's discussion 'Planning stories: is it encouraging or blocking?'"On planning: I do a bit of both, depending on the story. Sometimes I just write what comes to mind, other times I outline the whole thing. Most of the time I just write a basic idea, the characters and the ending then go from there leaving notes as…"
Kay replied to Dairenna VonRavenstone's discussion 'Marketing' in the group Self Publishing"Dairenna, have you thought about doing a book trailer? I wrote about this recently here and also explained about virtual book tours in the same thread. You might consider those as options."
Anna L. Walls replied to Dairenna VonRavenstone's discussion 'Marketing' in the group Self Publishing"Sounds like you're doing the same thing I am. Keep plugging at it. I've been working on it for a year now. It's a long slow haul, but baby steps though they may be, they are each and every one of them accomplishing something."
Dairenna VonRavenstone added a discussion to the group Self Publishing
Marketing
I've just got into self-publishing with my first book and I was curious to see what other people are doing for marketing. Self-publishing companies don't really help much with the whole marketing thing. I mean yes, they give you promotional copies of the book, some business cards, bookmarks and such but as for actual PUSHING your title, they don't do much. Right now, I'm on Facebook, Twitter, have my own website and have about...five or six people on the ground spreading the word. I'm not…See More
Dairenna VonRavenstone commented on Lora M.N. Riznyk's blog post 'One thing every writer hates...'"I only get writer's block when I'm highly stressed. That being said, I've been highly stressed for about two months so really, every single story I'm writing (and there's five or six of them!) have suffered.
I usually walk…"
Dairenna VonRavenstone replied to Kay's discussion '"Show, Don't Tell" - explained.'"I'm always conflicted on this. The first groupings of stories I wrote, people told me I 'showed' TOO much. Now, reviewers are saying I don't have as much 'showing' as other people in my genre. I try to balance it in…"
Dairenna VonRavenstone replied to scribbler's discussion 'How Stephen King creates suspense'"I read the stand and Regulators too long ago to rememeber anything...lol. I have most of King's books (including the original prints, or close to the original prints of the Gunslinger series) as well as most of Bachman. But again, I read them…"
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Dairenna VonRavenstone replied to scribbler's discussion 'How Stephen King creates suspense'"I read somewhere that a good author has to read at least 1,000 books of varying genres. It makes sense, the more you read, the more you can pick up.
Under the Dome is pretty good thus far. I'm kind of reading about 60 pages a week in a book…"
Dairenna VonRavenstone replied to Kay's discussion 'Banned books slideshow'"I think people from those eras would die if they saw some of the romance novels today.
Personally, I think it's up to the individual if they should read a book or not. I can agree with some novels not being allowed in say, an elemtry school…"
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A bit about myself...
Posted on May 20, 2010 at 3:09am 5 Comments 0 Likes
Since there doesn't seem to be a lengthy place to put up author bios or such (or I'm missing it), a bit about myself:
I live in a small town in Southern Ontario, Canada and have been writing mainly for my own amusement (and partially my friends' amusement) since I was about 10. This means I have in and around a decade of writing experience under my belt...so to speak.
Most of what I wrote long ago is unusable now but I am gleening some ideas and characters from the…
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- At 12:31am on April 27, 2010,
scribbler said… - Nice to meet you Dairenna. You’ve come to a good place to meet other authors. :) Welcome aboard. I’ll look forward to learning more about you. Is that a pen name?
- At 1:21am on April 27, 2010, Kay said…
- Welcome to Authors.com Dairenna! :) Have fun. You’ve discovered a nice crowd here.
- At 7:23pm on April 6, 2011, Lisa R.Brereton said…
Hi Dairenna,
Welcome, it is so nice to have you here, and would like to learn more about what you write, and have you published? I am an Author of self-help guide books and poet.
It would be nice to here from you
Lisa Brereton
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