Just wondering. My story centers around four sisters in their early twenties. I haven't said their ages, just their birth order, like Lucinda is the youngest, Millie and Tina are twins, and Veronica is the oldest. Or is saying they are in their early twenties enough?
Do you have to state your character's exact age?
What's up with 1de0mancer?
Are they dead?
There could be another explanation of course ... I've enjoyed Andr0mache 4nd th3 Drag0n immensely; perhaps in it they've found the ideal story and no longer consider their own existence necessary?
What's up with 1de0mancer?
There could be another explanation of course ... I've enjoyed Andr0mache 4nd th3 Drag0n immensely; perhaps in it they've found the ideal story and no longer consider their own existence necessary?
The Secret Life of Winnie Cox -- SALE! Now only 99p/99c
As the thread title says! This is for the Kindle edition. Click on the links in my signature for more info. The book cover is in my avatar.
The blurb:
1910, South America. A time of racial tension and poverty. A time where forbidden love must remain a secret.
Winnie Cox lives a privileged life of dances and dresses on her father’s sugar cane plantation. Life is sweet in the kingdom of sugar and Winnie along with her sister Johanna, have neither worries nor responsibilities, they are birds of paradise, protected from the poverty in the world around them.
But everything can change in a heartbeat ...
When Winnie falls in love with George Quint, the post-office boy, a ‘darkie’ from the other side, she soon finds herself slipping into a double life. And as she withdraws from her family, she discovers a shocking secret about those whom are closest to her. Now, more than ever, Winnie is determined to prove her love for George, whatever price she must pay and however tragic the consequences might be.
The blurb concentrates on the love story. I prefer the coming-of-age aspect to the book: how Winnie gradually become of her privilege and matures from a flighty girl into a socially conscious young woman.
The Secret Life of Winnie Cox -- SALE! Now only 99p/99c
The blurb:
1910, South America. A time of racial tension and poverty. A time where forbidden love must remain a secret.
Winnie Cox lives a privileged life of dances and dresses on her father’s sugar cane plantation. Life is sweet in the kingdom of sugar and Winnie along with her sister Johanna, have neither worries nor responsibilities, they are birds of paradise, protected from the poverty in the world around them.
But everything can change in a heartbeat ...
When Winnie falls in love with George Quint, the post-office boy, a ‘darkie’ from the other side, she soon finds herself slipping into a double life. And as she withdraws from her family, she discovers a shocking secret about those whom are closest to her. Now, more than ever, Winnie is determined to prove her love for George, whatever price she must pay and however tragic the consequences might be.
The blurb concentrates on the love story. I prefer the coming-of-age aspect to the book: how Winnie gradually become of her privilege and matures from a flighty girl into a socially conscious young woman.
What qualifies as adult content?
I'm not sure what qualifies as 'adult content' in a book. Given that it is not a visual medium, there is way more that you can get away with in text than in a movie (notice how Harry was not naked in the spirit scene of the last movie). I have two books now. Both of them have a fair amount of violence, and lots of nudity. What level of violence is considered not R rated in a book? I've noticed you can get away with a lot more violence in print than in visual media. For example, RA Salvatore can be pretty bloody, and they're still considered YA books. When I say violence, I mean a fair amount, but it's presented in a comedic setting. For instance, most of my characters are vampires and there's a scene where they pop the head off an animal and spray the blood like a champagne bottle.
Now, as for sex and nudity. All my sex scenes are fade to black, but I have a couple characters that parade around in the nude, both from post coitus and due to their nature as a werewolf. This not being a visual medium, I would think nudity would be perfectly fine. No in detail description of their intimate parts, though I do draw attention to their nudity, for instance, the female character being very happy at all the eye candy.
Now for language. This is where it gets tricky. The first book might have a little profanity sprinkled here and there, so I might could slip by on the profanity. But my second book has a character who swears in pretty much every sentence (he's a parody of Blade). Would profanity kick me into 'adult content'?
The reason I ask is I'm trying to self publish on createspace, and in order to get wide distribution, I have to mark yes or no for adult content. It also asks if I want to distribute to schools, which I'm probably not going to do. Any help would be appreciated.
What qualifies as adult content?
Now, as for sex and nudity. All my sex scenes are fade to black, but I have a couple characters that parade around in the nude, both from post coitus and due to their nature as a werewolf. This not being a visual medium, I would think nudity would be perfectly fine. No in detail description of their intimate parts, though I do draw attention to their nudity, for instance, the female character being very happy at all the eye candy.
Now for language. This is where it gets tricky. The first book might have a little profanity sprinkled here and there, so I might could slip by on the profanity. But my second book has a character who swears in pretty much every sentence (he's a parody of Blade). Would profanity kick me into 'adult content'?
The reason I ask is I'm trying to self publish on createspace, and in order to get wide distribution, I have to mark yes or no for adult content. It also asks if I want to distribute to schools, which I'm probably not going to do. Any help would be appreciated.
Thriller Betas needed
Hi all,
I have a 62,000 word thriller with sci fi elements to be beta read. It has gone through 2 betas already, however they provided standard reads, I need someone to read through the entire thing and note suggestions/feedback on the actual document.
Here is the synopsis:
In the year 2085, Seth Langdon travels the world via rifts in time, carving a successful career in murdering corrupt men and women. He's the top dog hit man working for elite underground agency Haroun, known for cleansing society of criminals and wrong doers. During a simple and routine kill in Oklahoma, Seth questions his beliefs as a human being when he murders arms smuggler David Bloom.
For days after the kill, he is haunted by his actions. What made Bloom so different than his other targets? After a coveted promotion, Seth becomes an Expult agent, an assassin with the freedom and rights to eliminate specific targets. As one of his first tasks, he's ordered to kill animal activist Terra Bloom, the daughter of David. His moral compass spins out of control as he fights against what is right and his duty as an assassin. His willingness to protect Terra will lead to tragic consequences as they embark on a journey fleeing from the very organisation Seth dedicated his life to.
I'm more than happy to read someone else's work if need be. I don't have a particular time frame for my MS to be read, but a 4-5 week timeframe will be appreciated.
Please email me at kelliewallace85@hotmail.com or reply if you are interested :)
Thriller Betas needed
I have a 62,000 word thriller with sci fi elements to be beta read. It has gone through 2 betas already, however they provided standard reads, I need someone to read through the entire thing and note suggestions/feedback on the actual document.
Here is the synopsis:
In the year 2085, Seth Langdon travels the world via rifts in time, carving a successful career in murdering corrupt men and women. He's the top dog hit man working for elite underground agency Haroun, known for cleansing society of criminals and wrong doers. During a simple and routine kill in Oklahoma, Seth questions his beliefs as a human being when he murders arms smuggler David Bloom.
For days after the kill, he is haunted by his actions. What made Bloom so different than his other targets? After a coveted promotion, Seth becomes an Expult agent, an assassin with the freedom and rights to eliminate specific targets. As one of his first tasks, he's ordered to kill animal activist Terra Bloom, the daughter of David. His moral compass spins out of control as he fights against what is right and his duty as an assassin. His willingness to protect Terra will lead to tragic consequences as they embark on a journey fleeing from the very organisation Seth dedicated his life to.
I'm more than happy to read someone else's work if need be. I don't have a particular time frame for my MS to be read, but a 4-5 week timeframe will be appreciated.
Please email me at kelliewallace85@hotmail.com or reply if you are interested :)
Self-Publishing previously published work?
samedi 10 octobre 2015
I've searched the forum, but I apologize in advance if this has been asked before and I managed to miss it.
A few years ago, I published a handful of short stories and novellas with a small e-publisher. The contracts for these stories have long since expired. I presume that alongside that, the rights have reverted to me? I've had emails from the publisher confirming that the books are no longer under contract, and the contracts themselves granted electronic publishing rights to the publisher for a fixed term of 2 years. As far as I can ascertain, none of these stories are still being sold anywhere online. They're not listed in the e-publisher's catalog, and they're not on Amazon, ARe etc.
A couple of these stories were part of an anthology, and another three are standalone novellas. I'm wondering how this affects ISBNs, given that the individually published works had their own ISBNs (and the anthologies obviously had theirs too, although the individual story didn't). I was considering publishing via KDP in the first instance, and I believe I'm correct in saying that they assign their own version of ISBNs to books? Would there be any conflict there if the book already had its own ISBN?
The stories were also edited by the small press -- is this something I need to mention? I'm planning on gutting and revising at least one of them to the point where it'd be substantially different to the original, but a couple of them are ready to go virtually as-is. Do I need to state somewhere that those stories were edited/published previously?
I'd like to self-publish a few of these older stories, mostly just to get a feel for self-publishing in general. Is there anything I need to bear in mind when it comes to previously published stuff vs. new?
Thank you for any advice!
Self-Publishing previously published work?
A few years ago, I published a handful of short stories and novellas with a small e-publisher. The contracts for these stories have long since expired. I presume that alongside that, the rights have reverted to me? I've had emails from the publisher confirming that the books are no longer under contract, and the contracts themselves granted electronic publishing rights to the publisher for a fixed term of 2 years. As far as I can ascertain, none of these stories are still being sold anywhere online. They're not listed in the e-publisher's catalog, and they're not on Amazon, ARe etc.
A couple of these stories were part of an anthology, and another three are standalone novellas. I'm wondering how this affects ISBNs, given that the individually published works had their own ISBNs (and the anthologies obviously had theirs too, although the individual story didn't). I was considering publishing via KDP in the first instance, and I believe I'm correct in saying that they assign their own version of ISBNs to books? Would there be any conflict there if the book already had its own ISBN?
The stories were also edited by the small press -- is this something I need to mention? I'm planning on gutting and revising at least one of them to the point where it'd be substantially different to the original, but a couple of them are ready to go virtually as-is. Do I need to state somewhere that those stories were edited/published previously?
I'd like to self-publish a few of these older stories, mostly just to get a feel for self-publishing in general. Is there anything I need to bear in mind when it comes to previously published stuff vs. new?
Thank you for any advice!
Anyone else psyched for Jessica Jones?
I'm a big MCU fan, I loved Daredevil, I thought Kristen Ritter was alright I Breaking Bad, and I have a massive man-crush on David Tenant, so I'm pretty excited for Jessica Jones and the rest of the Defenders super heroes. Anyone else excited?
Also did you hear about how they've decided to make another Ant-man movie called Ant-man and the Wasp and they're gonna launch another CBS series called Marvel's damage control. All that plus the original MCU films, plus the other shows, plus the netflix series, plus the Spiderman movie they're doing with Sony is going on. Does anyone else think this has the slightest chance of falling apart? I mean I don't want it to, but we gotta understand that's a possibility...
Anyone else psyched for Jessica Jones?
Also did you hear about how they've decided to make another Ant-man movie called Ant-man and the Wasp and they're gonna launch another CBS series called Marvel's damage control. All that plus the original MCU films, plus the other shows, plus the netflix series, plus the Spiderman movie they're doing with Sony is going on. Does anyone else think this has the slightest chance of falling apart? I mean I don't want it to, but we gotta understand that's a possibility...
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