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CREATING CHARACTERS - Ten tips for writers who want great characters.
1. Characters are the heart of your story. Take time to get to know them as if they were real people. Where did they come from? What motivates them? What do they want? What do they need?
#writingtips
1. Characters are the heart of your story. Take time to get to know them as if they were real people. Where did they come from? What motivates them? What do they want? What do they need?
#writingtips
2. Make your characters memorable and different. You can do this by giving your character a distinctive:
*backstory
*speech pattern
*motivation
*responses
*behaviour
*personality
*perspective.
#amwriting #authors
*backstory
*speech pattern
*motivation
*responses
*behaviour
*personality
*perspective.
#amwriting #authors
3. How many perfect people do you know? Don't be afraid to make your characters flawed. Perfection can be dull. Give your characters imperfections that make them relatable and interesting.
#writingadvice
#writingadvice
TEN TIPS FOR AUTHORS LOOKING FOR IDEAS
1. Write what you know. Reach into your past for inspiration. Use personal experiences and emotions to create relatable characters and compelling storylines.
#writingtips #ideas #creativity #WritingCommunity
1. Write what you know. Reach into your past for inspiration. Use personal experiences and emotions to create relatable characters and compelling storylines.
#writingtips #ideas #creativity #WritingCommunity
2. Explore your passions and interests to find inspiration for your novel. Think badminton is run of the mill? Think again. Your local sports club might contain someone who inspires the hero or villain of your next book. #writingtips #creativity
3. Observe the world around you – read the news, trawl the Internet, pay attention to the stories unfolding before you. Scratch beneath the surface and try to figure out how and why things happen, and why people respond in certain ways. #writingtips #ideas
Here it is: #marketing for #indie #authors, a 🧵.
About me: I am a bestselling author who self-published my Aestus series and am now an SFWA member (and other achievements I’m v. proud of, thank God). I learned much of this by trial/error. Thx to those who have supported me!
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About me: I am a bestselling author who self-published my Aestus series and am now an SFWA member (and other achievements I’m v. proud of, thank God). I learned much of this by trial/error. Thx to those who have supported me!
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Things I didn’t do:
- book launch (covid, whoops)
- TikTok (for a long time) or many ads (still don’t)
- KDP Select
- Medium
- Paid reviews or blog tours
- Selling books in person (haven’t been able to)
- Utilizing my backlist
BUT:
Things I didn’t do:
- book launch (covid, whoops)
- TikTok (for a long time) or many ads (still don’t)
- KDP Select
- Medium
- Paid reviews or blog tours
- Selling books in person (haven’t been able to)
- Utilizing my backlist
BUT:
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Things I *did* do:
- Interact!
- Professional product/image and authenticity
- Visibility!
- Research and persistence
- Mapping and understanding of the indie book world “ecosystem”
Let’s discuss:
Things I *did* do:
- Interact!
- Professional product/image and authenticity
- Visibility!
- Research and persistence
- Mapping and understanding of the indie book world “ecosystem”
Let’s discuss:
Author Susan Meachen died from suicide 2 years ago. Except it turns out she didn’t. What an absolute piece of shit #authors #MentalHealthMatters
Happy #ShamelessSelfPromoFriday to the #WritingCommunity who is up for a #writerslift? Drop those links, retweet, follow your favorites and buy what you like. See mine in the comments below
#writers
#authors
#BookTwitter
#AuthorsofTwitter
#writers
#authors
#BookTwitter
#AuthorsofTwitter
My Current WIPS are The Queen and The Prophet
Skyfall Volume One
Skyfall Volume One
My second article on Police Abolition medium.com/@rstubb326/why…
Happy #ShamelessSelfPromoThursday to the #WritingCommunity who is up for a #writerslift? Drop those links, retweet, follow your favorites, and buy what you like. See mine in the comments below
#authors
#writers
#BookTwitter
#AuthorsofTwitter
#authors
#writers
#BookTwitter
#AuthorsofTwitter
My Current WIPS are The Queen and The Prophet
Skyfall Volume One
Skyfall Volume One
My second article on Police Abolition medium.com/@rstubb326/why…
Happy #ShamelessSelfPromoWednesday to the #WritingCommunity who is up for a #writerslift? Drop those links, retweet, follow your favorites and buy what you like. See mine in the comments below
#authors
#writers
#BookTwitter
#AuthorsofTwitter
#authors
#writers
#BookTwitter
#AuthorsofTwitter
My Current WIPS are The Queen and The Prophet
Skyfall Volume One
Skyfall Volume One
My recently published second poetry volume amazon.com/Rain-Desert-Wi…
#MondayMorningMailbag Q: How do you deal with bad reviews and all the other negativity that comes with being an author?
A: Being an author is very, very hard, and publishing is often a tough, soul-crushing business. 1/ #authors #authorlife #writinglife #books #publishing
A: Being an author is very, very hard, and publishing is often a tough, soul-crushing business. 1/ #authors #authorlife #writinglife #books #publishing
No matter whether you are indie or traditionally published, so many bad things can happen to you as an author – terrible covers, low sales, books/series being misnumbered, books being taken off sale for no reason, accounts being frozen . . . The list goes on and on and on. 2/
Plus, everyone is going to have an opinion about EVERY LITTLE THING in your book – good, bad, and ugly – whether they have actually read your book or not.
Y'all wouldn’t believe some of the comments I’ve gotten over the years, including the following:
3/ #authors #authorlife
Y'all wouldn’t believe some of the comments I’ve gotten over the years, including the following:
3/ #authors #authorlife
Tips for authors and publishers to foster interaction with #OAbooks – a weekly COPIM 🧵 series
Chapter 1️⃣: open #annotation can enrich a document by enabling multifaceted conversation between a text and its audience.
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Chapter 1️⃣: open #annotation can enrich a document by enabling multifaceted conversation between a text and its audience.
1/20
Kicking off this showcase with @hypothes_is – this #opensource project has evolved out of years of work undertaken in conjunction with the @w3c Web Annotation WG, and is nowadays featured in a variety of #openpublishing & #openeducation projects. #socialannotation
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On a 🛠 technical level, a provision of plugins helps with the integration of hypothes.is functionality in a variety of platforms such as @WordPress, @omeka, or @pkp's Open Monograph System - platforms that are also used for #OAbook publishing
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After listening to drumbeat of #War I was decided to share my vision on ongoing crisis of #Ukraine
Long thread
#Russia #Ukraine #WW3 #history
Long thread
#Russia #Ukraine #WW3 #history
In the wee hours this morning I heard the heartbreaking news that Anne Rice died, surrounded by loved ones, due to complications from a stroke.
Anne revolutionized gothic horror writing with her layered, humanizing, and sensuous approach to storytelling...
Anne revolutionized gothic horror writing with her layered, humanizing, and sensuous approach to storytelling...
Anne Rice initiated a trend toward more sympathetic portrayals of (say) vampires, telling the story of their eternal power and anguish from *their* point of view, which became the de facto norm for later shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Twilight, and True Blood.
Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 09/01/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/09/01/dai…
"The Unthinkable Has Become Possible" - Germany Faces A Political Revolution In 4 Weeks
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#germany #PartisanPolitics
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#germany #PartisanPolitics
Probability and rationality — trickier than most people think
larspsyll.wordpress.com/2021/08/26/pro…
#probability #rationality #heuristics #judgement
larspsyll.wordpress.com/2021/08/26/pro…
#probability #rationality #heuristics #judgement
"We ❤️ #FAANG #monopolists " Beware #Goebbles says :" If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." (Hint: Count how many times we have heard this same #theme, in the same #media, by the same #authors)
2/goe #Economics101: If in an industry, u create a counter to an existing monopoly, u turn it into a duopoly, if u create 2nd counter it becomes an oligopoly. The first step in creating completion. The second step is to create a regulatory system that fosters/promotes competition
3/goe #RegulatoryEc The danger to society from #Asymmetric info & #moral hazard in #Finance was 10x that of goods monopolies, the danger from #SocialMedia & #E-com monopolies is 10x that of Financial collapse! Need 21st C regulations for latter! 🙏🏼don't make it a partisan issue
A thread of book awards 1/?
Book awards are great. They help bring attention to less mainstream titles, provide useful starting points for finding new books to read, give recognition to quality work of #authors and #illustrators, bring together great books on thematically, ...
Book awards are great. They help bring attention to less mainstream titles, provide useful starting points for finding new books to read, give recognition to quality work of #authors and #illustrators, bring together great books on thematically, ...
... help us discover wonderful materials to recommend to readers, fill libraries with, use in lessons. Here are a bunch of UK-based (I've avoided local and intenational) awards that are worth a look, with the list featuring awards from the genral to the specific, & covering ...
... fiction; non-fiction; graphic novels; poetry; funny and more, across all the age ranges from EYFS all the way to post-16. Again, not comprehensive or intentionally exclusive, but ones that I think are useful to be aware of if you are in the business of teaching, working ...
Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 02/25/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/02/25/dai…
Geoff Cameron on Twitter and ThreadReader
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#refugees #resettlement #religion #politics #NorthAmerica
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#refugees #resettlement #religion #politics #NorthAmerica
**SARDINIAN AUTHORS' thread**
Thread of my #Goodreads reviews for Sardinian fiction writers
#Sardinia #Sardegna #authors #books #narrativa #SardinianAuthors #letteratura #LetteraturaSarda #IscritoresDeSardigna 🌅
Thread of my #Goodreads reviews for Sardinian fiction writers
#Sardinia #Sardegna #authors #books #narrativa #SardinianAuthors #letteratura #LetteraturaSarda #IscritoresDeSardigna 🌅
Canne al vento (Reeds in the Wind), by Grazia Deledda.
1926's Literature Nobel prize, this book is a beauty. By the same author, we also have many articles and collections about folk tales and tradition customs.
🇬🇧English review: goodreads.com/book/show/1028…
1926's Literature Nobel prize, this book is a beauty. By the same author, we also have many articles and collections about folk tales and tradition customs.
🇬🇧English review: goodreads.com/book/show/1028…
I delitti della salina, Francesco Abate ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #IDelittiDellaSalina #libri #recensioni
🇮🇹 Recensione in italiano: goodreads.com/review/show/36…
🇮🇹 Recensione in italiano: goodreads.com/review/show/36…
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Separating the #men from the #boys
Here is a #PubMed #indexed, #Elsevier published #journal reporting '#exclusive' #treatment of #covid19 through #Ayurveda leading to full recovery in a #patient. Great #news right?! No. The #proof of the #pudding is in the eating! Spoons out
Separating the #men from the #boys
Here is a #PubMed #indexed, #Elsevier published #journal reporting '#exclusive' #treatment of #covid19 through #Ayurveda leading to full recovery in a #patient. Great #news right?! No. The #proof of the #pudding is in the eating! Spoons out
2/12
The #journal. Its legit, 'becoz' its publishd by #Elsevier. Journal ownd by World Ayurveda Foundation & Trans-Disciplinary Univ, #Bengaluru. 4mer, a 4-men 'world foundation'[bit.ly/3is0CdR], latter @TDUFRLHT founded @sampitroda, vettedby likes of @kiranshaw
The #journal. Its legit, 'becoz' its publishd by #Elsevier. Journal ownd by World Ayurveda Foundation & Trans-Disciplinary Univ, #Bengaluru. 4mer, a 4-men 'world foundation'[bit.ly/3is0CdR], latter @TDUFRLHT founded @sampitroda, vettedby likes of @kiranshaw
3/12
The study - 43yr old #newyork #banker develops fever,cough durng peak #COVID season, 'PRESUMED' to be #coronavirus. Self #Quarantine at #home, phone calls #ayurvedic #Doctors at #Chennai, #india, offer☎️ treatmnt until fever break, therby reporting #covid19 cure via Ayurveda
The study - 43yr old #newyork #banker develops fever,cough durng peak #COVID season, 'PRESUMED' to be #coronavirus. Self #Quarantine at #home, phone calls #ayurvedic #Doctors at #Chennai, #india, offer☎️ treatmnt until fever break, therby reporting #covid19 cure via Ayurveda
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Reading first few chapters of @tomburgis new book #Kleptopia (very good so far!)
On the story arc, Och-Ziff Hedge Fund mentioned & their bribery for contracts/mines/elections in Africa.
Saw some interesting connections to #FinCENFiles current story...
#PoliticsAndMoney
Reading first few chapters of @tomburgis new book #Kleptopia (very good so far!)
On the story arc, Och-Ziff Hedge Fund mentioned & their bribery for contracts/mines/elections in Africa.
Saw some interesting connections to #FinCENFiles current story...
#PoliticsAndMoney
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Ziff brothers are the favourite financial bogey men of Putin/Kremlin.
#OchZiff referenced in 2016 #TrumpTower meeting challenging #Magninsky act championed by #Browder
Effectively Kremlin saying "Listen Don Junior, here's the dirt on Clinton for your Dad to use...(cont)"
Ziff brothers are the favourite financial bogey men of Putin/Kremlin.
#OchZiff referenced in 2016 #TrumpTower meeting challenging #Magninsky act championed by #Browder
Effectively Kremlin saying "Listen Don Junior, here's the dirt on Clinton for your Dad to use...(cont)"
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"Hillary is funded by Ziff Bro's / Browder & they are the real crooks! They illegally bought shares in Gazprom as foreigners, failed to pay tax due in Russia & used elaborate offshore schemes to 'loot Russian assets'"
They then counter the $230m tax fraud #Magninsky story...
"Hillary is funded by Ziff Bro's / Browder & they are the real crooks! They illegally bought shares in Gazprom as foreigners, failed to pay tax due in Russia & used elaborate offshore schemes to 'loot Russian assets'"
They then counter the $230m tax fraud #Magninsky story...
1/ Self publishing vs other options.
Let's get one thing out of the way.
You should publish once with a mainstream publisher. Get it out of the system. You should sell a title on Amazon. Make it to your genre, subject top 10 list. Even hit the numero uno spot for a day.
Let's get one thing out of the way.
You should publish once with a mainstream publisher. Get it out of the system. You should sell a title on Amazon. Make it to your genre, subject top 10 list. Even hit the numero uno spot for a day.
2/ But once you are done, you are done.
It doesn't matter who your publisher, distributor or book seller is. In the end you, the author, sells the book.
You create the hype, you generate the traffic, you direct the buyers.
Amazon doesn't get people to your book, you do
It doesn't matter who your publisher, distributor or book seller is. In the end you, the author, sells the book.
You create the hype, you generate the traffic, you direct the buyers.
Amazon doesn't get people to your book, you do
3/ So if you are writing the book, editing it, marketing it, promoting it, how much of the book proceeds do you get?
Do you get to talk or see or engage with your customers? Do you even know who they are?
With main stream publishing, no. There is no data, real time or otherwise
Do you get to talk or see or engage with your customers? Do you even know who they are?
With main stream publishing, no. There is no data, real time or otherwise
1/ So what did we learn from #launch week
Doesn't matter how hard you have prepped and worked, things will go wrong. Things that you didn't even anticipate or expect.
When that happens, focus on the things you can control and fix. Don't have a melt down. It will get sorted.
Doesn't matter how hard you have prepped and worked, things will go wrong. Things that you didn't even anticipate or expect.
When that happens, focus on the things you can control and fix. Don't have a melt down. It will get sorted.
2/ The run up to launch week. Give yourself time.
Started thinking about the launch in Dec. Got shot down due to work and Covid-19. Restarted again in April. Locked down July date in first week of June.
Seems like a lot but you will need the time. There is lots to do.
Started thinking about the launch in Dec. Got shot down due to work and Covid-19. Restarted again in April. Locked down July date in first week of June.
Seems like a lot but you will need the time. There is lots to do.
3/ Get the #book out in front of #reviewers.
Early. Like real early. Like 8 to ten weeks early. Listen to their feedback and comments.
Unlike a #publisher, in self #publishing mode, you can change stuff all the way to launch. Try not to do that.
Lock a version down early.
Early. Like real early. Like 8 to ten weeks early. Listen to their feedback and comments.
Unlike a #publisher, in self #publishing mode, you can change stuff all the way to launch. Try not to do that.
Lock a version down early.
1/ Launch check list.
Just wanted to take a minute to thank everyone.
Thank you for getting word out & for your preorders for #FounderPuzzles
We crossed our first big milestone yesterday. 105 orders
A thread on the path for that journey, if you plan to follow it one day.
Just wanted to take a minute to thank everyone.
Thank you for getting word out & for your preorders for #FounderPuzzles
We crossed our first big milestone yesterday. 105 orders
A thread on the path for that journey, if you plan to follow it one day.
2/ Book launch check list.
Nov 2019 is when we first thought of shipping the book. It had been a work in progress for 4 years.
Prior book launches had taught me the importance of pre-orders.
Step one. Plan to open pre-orders a month before the book will be ready for launch
Nov 2019 is when we first thought of shipping the book. It had been a work in progress for 4 years.
Prior book launches had taught me the importance of pre-orders.
Step one. Plan to open pre-orders a month before the book will be ready for launch
3/ Enough content to feed you for a month.
Opening up pre-orders isn't enough.
You have to create interest in the book and keep it out there for everyone to see.
Can't be same content shared again and again. Has to be fresh and relevant.
You also have to mix mediums.
Opening up pre-orders isn't enough.
You have to create interest in the book and keep it out there for everyone to see.
Can't be same content shared again and again. Has to be fresh and relevant.
You also have to mix mediums.
1/ An author interested in selling digital books/media, which social platform should you focus on?
What performance metrics should you track? How do you go about measuring them? A thread
@jehan_ara
@sanasaleem
@TheNestiO
@babushka99
@snajmi
@Sameerpeace
#authors #writing
What performance metrics should you track? How do you go about measuring them? A thread
@jehan_ara
@sanasaleem
@TheNestiO
@babushka99
@snajmi
@Sameerpeace
#authors #writing
2/ Recently introduced to @dvassallo + @david_perell
Both exceedingly generous and open with their advice and models.
I am based in Pakistan with a #desi network. I wondered if their models would work and scale on the other side of the planet.
Both exceedingly generous and open with their advice and models.
I am based in Pakistan with a #desi network. I wondered if their models would work and scale on the other side of the planet.
3/ For my digital book pre-orders launch campaign this week I designed a simple experiment
Put up a @Bitly link for pre-orders.
Launched organic campaign posts on Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter at the same time.
Collated results at the end of 4 days.
Here is what I learnt
Put up a @Bitly link for pre-orders.
Launched organic campaign posts on Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter at the same time.
Collated results at the end of 4 days.
Here is what I learnt
Last Saturday, @souvikdg and @hallidude chatted about the pros and cons of @CraftCMS on hasgeek.com/metarefresh/co…. If you are deciding on whether to adopt #CraftCMS, you will find this thread useful. (1/13)
@souvikdg @hallidude @CraftCMS .@CraftCMS is a general purpose Content Management System (CMS) which differentiates itself from other #alternatives by offering a clean starting point coupled with great tools to build a #website. (2/13)
1/ Quick notes from
"How to sell million copies of your book" lecture at @HabibUniversity
No shortcuts.
Its a long lonely path and you won't end up with a million. You would be lucky to crack 5,000. Most books can't even reach 1,000.
#Authors #Writers #Founders #startups
"How to sell million copies of your book" lecture at @HabibUniversity
No shortcuts.
Its a long lonely path and you won't end up with a million. You would be lucky to crack 5,000. Most books can't even reach 1,000.
#Authors #Writers #Founders #startups
2/ To save time and heart break. Here is a short summary.
If you crack it, it will take 20 years + a portfolio of books that are readable and of great quality. You will be broke, hungry and in pain for most of those 20 years.
And there is no guarantee that you will crack it
If you crack it, it will take 20 years + a portfolio of books that are readable and of great quality. You will be broke, hungry and in pain for most of those 20 years.
And there is no guarantee that you will crack it
3/ Write about what you know and care about. Growing as an author requires you to read and write.
Consume and produce.
Don't just read about writing. Read everything. And practice the art by writing. Starting early helps.
Consume and produce.
Don't just read about writing. Read everything. And practice the art by writing. Starting early helps.
