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Randy Attwood posted an update in the group Coffee Shop 2 weeks, 1 day ago
First web based live radio interview today. What a hoot: http://blogtalk.vo.llnwd.net/o23/show/3/191/show_3191593.mp3
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Randy Attwood posted an update in the group Coffee Shop 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Well this is cool: I’ll be interviewed live on a web radio station 10 a.m. PDT Wednesay about Crazy About You.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kindle-books–money/2012/05/02/kindle-books-money-writer-wednesdays
And I am nervous as hell!
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Preston McConkieI signed up for a show reminder through the link. I guess you have to listen at the time of the broadcast? I look forward to it.
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Buck posted an update in the group The Crew 1 month ago
@Doug Lance – Suggestion. In the Profiles section, add a text field to link to one’s Amazon Author Page (or on other provider sites).
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Doug LanceThat’s under the ”Other” tab.
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Alan W JankowskiI get the impression Doug does not necessarily want to link to author’s pages judging by the ads…I think the ads without links are a great idea btw, and I suggested something similar to someone who is starting up in pub…I used your e-Zine as a good example of a well-formatted e-pub btw…
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Doug Lance
Thanks Alan! Somehow I missed this note.
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Buck posted an update in the group The Crew 1 month ago
@Doug Lance – Please visit this screenprint http://storytechnician.com/temp/efm/a-css-glitch-1.jpg . I did not take time to highlight the problem with a red box, but just look at the bottom of the page. That happens in the current version of Firefox and Chrome. I did not test in IE.
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Doug Lance
Thanks Buck! The notification plugin we use is a big buggy. How does it look on your end now?
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BuckThat fixed the bug. Now I get the entire window.
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Leila Gaskin mentioned @dougelson in a public message@dougelson Thank you! I’m so glad you enjoyed the story.
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Andromeda Edison posted an update in the group Writers 1 month, 1 week ago
My next Writer’s Circle meeting is planned for Saturday, April 21st at 5pm in Hollywood. You can email me for details: andromeda@independentwords.com
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Randy Attwood posted an update in the group Coffee Shop 1 month, 1 week ago
Authors: list some of your favorite lines from you own works:
Crazy About You
Dad had worked on his teeth and found him to be perfectly normal. “Now that he’s killed his family.”Others found here: http://www.randyattwood.blogspot.com/
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Preston McConkie
”And so Jamet tightened his vent and pushed with his bowels, and let a mighty fart that was admirable for its length and loudness.” https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OD6-SlPare1ZQjhOistyC2wBC5Ax7pLrpsf8hEbXsqM/edit
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Stasey Norstrom”Alice was tired of being dead.” – Wonderland
”The hands belong to wild eyes and a crank-shaft voice, hoarse from screaming truths at him all day long.” – The Dreaming
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Joseph E. Lerner”I awoke to the sound of a rat scrabbling at the wall inches from my head. It was a whirl of motion, thrusting its small body like a boxer, a flurry of paws and teeth, each swipe contributing to a small cloud of dust.”—Red Lotus
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Charity Parkerson”No one ever thinks about the flame. It always ends up alone and surrounded by a bunch of dead moths.”– Wicked Sinners
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Lisa VandiverThe sun? It’s so bright. I haven’t seen the sun in two hundred years, it’s so bright. it’s so beautiful. I’ve missed the sun.
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Kelly Thompson posted an update in the group Hire an Editor 1 month, 1 week ago
I know I’ve already posted around on other group sites, but I’m new to eFiction, and I’m also a professional freelance editor/proofreader. I would love to look at what creativity you have…shoot me an email at kelly@script-up.com if you need anything or have questions.
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Randy Attwood posted an update in the group Coffee Shop 1 month, 1 week ago
Just received a really, really gratifying review for ”Crazy About You,” from a former mental hospital patient: http://www.randyattwood.blogspot.com/
Would love to sell more books, but this is what it’s all about.
A reminder: I donate $1 of each sale of this book to the local folks to make the suicide hotline work in these parts.- 3 people like this.
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Preston McConkie mentioned @mammon in a public message@mammon Hey, man. Thanks for accepting the friend invite. I’m enjoying your story, ”Corporate Monsters.” I left a lot of comments on the manuscript. The story seems to have some real life and I’m eager to discover its underlying plot.
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Preston McConkie
Oops, that last message was meant for someone else — the one about my uncle in Wisconsin.
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Kyle DameronI really appreciate you taking all the time you did to read over and leave all the helpful comments. It’s also good to know that you’re enjoying the story! Thanks again!
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Preston McConkie
My pleasure. I’ve been asleep all day but look forward to getting back to ”Corporate Monsters.” The man-eating bug-man really has me interested.
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Preston McConkie mentioned @atraus in a public message
@atraus Hey, Joe, hope to see more of you in here.
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Kelly Thompson posted an update in the group Writers 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Hi everyone-
I’m new here, my name is Kelly. I’m a professional editor and proofreader based in Toledo, OH. I’m looking to build a solid clientele base, as well as help out published AND nonpublished authors. I don’t charge an initial reading fee, and my rates are very reasonable (I started this endeavor in order to help, not hurt!). Please…[Read more]
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Doug Lance
Welcome Kelly! What other projects have you worked on?
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Kelly ThompsonI started my editing aspirations as an MA student, as I helped to form and publish The Mill, the only literary magazine based out of the University of Toledo Press. I’ve edited drama manuscripts for individual clients, and done copyediting and/or proofreading at the professional academic level for five years now. I’ve had poetry published in…[Read more]
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Jay DebruyneHi Kelly, welcome to eF. I’m new here also. It’s a beautiful community, I’m sure you will love it as much as I do.
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Kelly Thompson
Thanks Jay!
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Marie GlendenningWelcome Kelly!
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Lisa Vandiver
Hi, Kelly.
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Kelly Thompson
Hi Lisa – thanks for the contact!
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Stasey Norstrom
Howdy and welcome! A great little community we have here and look forward to your participation and insights.
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Kelly Thompson
That’s welcoming. I already love it!
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James DarrowWelcome aboard, Kelly. Here’s hoping you enjoy your stay here at eFiction. I might find myself in need of your specific skill set somewhere in the near future. Working on my first novel manuscript; the first draft and a couple rounds of edits are done, but I know I’ll be requiring some further help in the future. Either way, until the time comes…[Read more]
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Kelly Thompson
Thanks, James. Feel free to email me anytime – kelly@script-up.com, or k.a.thompson6@gmail.com.
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James Darrow
I still have, at the very least, one more full sweep of edits and revisions I need to handle before I move to the next step, so it’ll be some time. That said, I do appreciate the offer and will keep your email handy.
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Preston McConkie
Hi and welcome. I joined just yesterday, but already I have been treated well by people and I’m excited to work with folks. It’s great to meet another experienced editor, and it looks like there are a lot of people with some great professional and academic training in h ere.
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NorvWelcome around, Kelly!
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Quinn CullenHi kelly,
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M.T.Nice to meet you!
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Richard GazalaHello, Kelly.
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Joshua GonzalesThanks for the offer! I’ll keep this information around.
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Randy Attwood posted an update in the group Coffee Shop 1 month, 2 weeks ago
This was fun: two blog interviews published within one day:
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Phyllis (Maggie) DuncanCongrats on the interviews! Gets your name and your works out there.
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Kali Amanda BrowneNice! Double the exposure is never a bad thing. Gotta go check ’em out later. Good show, Randy!
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Randy Attwood posted an update in the group Coffee Shop 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Way cool. Did another interview with a blogger who was interested in Rabbletown: Life in These United Christian States of Holy America. http://riftwatcher.blogspot.com/2012/03/religious-dystopia-interview-with.html
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Randy Attwood posted an update in the group Coffee Shop 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Kinda fun to see all the covers together. This is JPEG from microsoft publisher file that I use to print out on my color printer a 11 by 8.5 sheet of paper that folds easily into a brochure for shoeleather marketing: dropping off at coffee shops, etc. http://www.randyattwood.blogspot.com/
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Doug Lance
Very cool. How are you tracking the results of your efforts?
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Randy AttwoodI wish I knew how.
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Doug Lance
You could use a link shortener on your page like http://bit.ly and track the visitors that way. Also, you could think about including a QR code for people with smartphones (here’s an easy generator http://qrcode.kaywa.com/).
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Randy Attwood
Thanks, Doug. It’s good to have young, tech-savy friends. Both of these are excellent suggestions that I’ll pursue!
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Richard Sutton posted an update in the group Writers 2 months ago
Just anote to Doug to mention how much I like the re-design. Nice work — really accessible and more fun to browse!@
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Raven M RidleyIt really is an easy to navigate plac, I agree with you, Richard
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Doug Lance
Thanks guys!
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ladyjaiI’ve always liked the nice, clean cut, clean shaven guy..er design.
Good Job Doug.
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Randy Attwood posted an update in the group Coffee Shop 2 months, 1 week ago
Ever lose a novel? It’s a real kick in the gut.
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Raven M Ridley
OUCH ! – no I’ve never lost a novel – I did accidently erase an entire scene (roughly three pages) and had to re-do it. As a writer who writes organically rewriting is very hard but I eventually was almost as happy with it as the first time.
I know I should back up my work more….think I’ll go by more thumb-drives now-
Raven M Ridley
also – very glad you did finally recover it
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Fabien RoyBack in 1995 I lost half of a first draft. I did not even know the difference between word and apple back then Poor computer tech saw how desperate I was that he tried to retrieve it all to no avail. Now whenever I finish a few paGES, EVEN A FEW PARAGRAPHS , i PRINT A HARD COPY AND SAVE IT in at least two places if not three. whoopps hit the cap…[Read more]
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Richard SuttonMe. too — I had a drive disaster in 2009, and the WIP was the only one I hadn’t backed up. I had to rewrite the whole thing from memory. Normally, it would have been a good exercise, but the result just never seemed to have the same spark, so it got shelved. Maybe someday…
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AtiyaThats something very scary. I now am going to go save all my work on at least three different drives my mac, my thumb drive and my hard drive. I haven’t lost anything yet. I don’t think I even want a scare.
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Randy Attwood
And do a paper printout. Paper has been around a lot longer than electronic storage devices. Another easy back up is simply emailing to yourself the document.
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Randy Attwood posted an update in the group Writers 2 months, 3 weeks ago
On Amazon there are 23,403 vampire titles and 10,085 zombie titles. Wakee, wakee zombie writers.
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Jeff StonerI’m sick to death of vampires and zombies (pun intended.) Those poor wights and ghasts….they never get any love.
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M.T.
Seems like vampires & zombies are as popular as westerns were back in the 1960s.
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Steven M MooreI didn’t know the numbers were that high, but I’m not surprised. Fads are fads are fads…I stay away from them. Well, sure, my October story was zombie-esque, but it was really about covered bridges and classic Corvettes
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Atiya
I feel like if this came in hard cover, confetti would explode everywhere the first time you’d open it.
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Randy Attwood
That’s funny. And, actually, when you get into the book there are several explosions of literary confetti.
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Randy Attwood posted an update in the group Coffee Shop 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Tax time. Any tax folks out there. I publish my books through my LLC and consider publishing as a business with associated expenses and revenues. What about free downloads. Can they be counted as an expense for advertising/promotions and can you deduct the lost revenue for each sale as the deduction?
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Buck
”Can they [free books] be counted as an expense for advertising/promotions and can you deduct the lost revenue for each sale as the deduction?” No.
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Randy Attwood
Drat! I hate such simple definitive answers. Especially when it wasn’t the one I wanted to hear.
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Doug Lance
It would be awesome if they could!
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Randy Attwood
Hmm..had an acquaintance who does HR Bloch tax work say ”of course, a no brainer.” Any other tax experts out there?
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Jeffery M. AndersonI have gotten the same advice from an HR Block preparer. She told me anything that is a legitimate expense in your business can be claimed. I buy the insurance policy every year, so, if she’s wrong, she’s on the hook for it.
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Good interview, Randy. Makes me interested to read more of your stuff.