http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ Web Fiction Guide Forums » Tag: promotion - Recent Topics en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:39:41 +0000 http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/whos-on-kindle#post-6180 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 04:17:22 +0000 Alexandra Erin 6180@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I might be hopelessly behind the curve on this, since I've spent a lot of time seriously disconnected from people... but then, I thought the same thing about PayPal's micropayments and apparently other people missed out on that, too. (Search the forum if you're one of them. There was a post about them a year ago. Or just Google it.)</p> <p>Does everybody who's doing serials or otherwise frequently-updating sites have an RSS feed, and is everybody putting their feeds on Kindle?</p> <p>The first time the idea was proposed to me by a reader, I thought it was silly... Amazon would charge them to read my free content? And on a platform that -has- a web browser? Anyway, it sounded like a lot of work. So I didn't look into it at all until much later, and I've learned that it's almost no work at all, it gives the reader a much better experience reading on their Kindle than using the web browser, it's more convenient for people who tend to do their electronic reading on their Kindle anyways, and basically you never say "no" when a reader says "Can I give you money and make it easier for me to keep up with your work all at the same time?"</p> <p>Getting your work into the Kindle Blogs store is not going to be the gateway to instant fame and fortune. You might occasionally have someone stumble across it by accident but there are a lot of other blogs they could stumble into first. Basically people have to be looking for it to find it. But if you have readers and they have Kindles, this could be worth your while.</p> <p>(Potential downside: Your feed must have the full story, not a summary or excerpt. If you have pageview-based income, this can cut into it. You can possibly get around this by setting up two feeds, one that you link to on the site and one that you point Kindle towards. But really, while I used to distrust a full-story feed, I think the upsides in terms of making it easy for readers to keep up with you outweigh the downsides that might come from lost pageviews. And there are ways to embed ads in RSS feeds.)</p> <p><a href="https://kindlepublishing.amazon.com/">Here's the website.</a> Note that the website only works in IE and Firefox. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/web-fiction-writers-guild-survey#post-5949 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:43:38 +0000 A. M. Harte 5949@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>You may have heard of the google group discussing the Webfiction Writers Guild and how it's going to work.</p> <p>Well, all that talking has resulted in a survey to try set some ground rules on definitions and such. (Yay, democracy!) </p> <p>If you have a few minutes to spare please fill <a href="http://is.gd/ga6kJ">out the survey</a>.</p> <p>And do pass it one to any other webfiction writers you know! </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/un-slimy-marketing#post-5852 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:37:40 +0000 M.C.A. Hogarth 5852@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>My new creative professional column this month is on how to avoid being one of those slimy marketing people! Complete with cartoon jaguars, and a special guest appearance by the cartoon customer. :)</p> <p><a href="http://mcahogarth.blogspot.com/2010/09/un-slimy-marketing.html" rel="nofollow">http://mcahogarth.blogspot.com/2010/09/un-slimy-marketing.html</a> </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/the-noble-pirates#post-5840 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:37:56 +0000 Fiction Chick 5840@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Hello all!</p> <p>I am inviting everyone to visit my serial fiction blog, The Noble Pirates (<a href="http://thenoblepirates.com)" rel="nofollow">http://thenoblepirates.com)</a>. Book One is finally finished, and while the story isn't over yet, it's a somewhat satisfying conclusion. ;) Let me know what you think, and if you like it, rate it!</p> <p>Thanks,<br /> Fiction Chick </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/in-which-the-author-sings-for-money-literally#post-5812 Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:46:56 +0000 M.C.A. Hogarth 5812@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I'm serious!</p> <p>Today I put up the 118th episode of "Spots the Space Marine," a military SF novel which is now about 75% complete and available online. Today's upload included a special incentive: I did a bit of voice acting and sang the Cuban lullaby the main character sings in the episode and put it up for download as an MP3. Right now only people who pass me a tip can get to the download page, but we are... really, really close to a donation goal I set. When the tips meet that goal, the song will be free for everyone to hear (releasing, incidentally, a bit of a lost culture, music from the Cuba before Castro and Communism changed everything).</p> <p>So, a good day to start reading Spots, if you've been thinking of doing so and haven't. You can start here at <a href="http://www.stardancer.org/spots/episodes" rel="nofollow">http://www.stardancer.org/spots/episodes</a></p> <p>Today's incentive post is being hosted on livejournal: <a href="http://haikujaguar.livejournal.com/832001.html" rel="nofollow">http://haikujaguar.livejournal.com/832001.html</a></p> <p>When the donations hit that goal, the MP3 will show up on the archive site, too.</p> <p>So if you like action stories... and character-driven stories... and stories with lots of guns, lots of alien cultural interaction and kick-tail moms who don't have to be snarky and have intimacy issues to shoot thirty aliens in a dark corridor without breaking a sweat (much)... come by and see what readers are paying me weekly to write for them!</p> <p>--M. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/cold-ghost-hiatus-over#post-5779 Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:50:56 +0000 intergal 5779@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I think that I have possibly already mentioned this on my Twitter, but for those not following there, now that I have internet again, I have taken my serial 'Cold Ghost' off of its hiatus, and have begun posting again.</p> <p>Chapter 12 went up 20 minutes or so ago, and I'm hoping to introduce some background and side stories as well, especially since I decided to participate in WeSeWriMo, as a way of shaking off the writing cobwebs. Hope you all enjoy!</p> <p>Navigation for 'Cold Ghost' can be found here: <a href="http://evashandor.wordpress.com/webnovel-indexes/" rel="nofollow">http://evashandor.wordpress.com/webnovel-indexes/</a> </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/project-wonderful#post-5761 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:57:04 +0000 M.C.A. Hogarth 5761@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I've been playing with Project Wonderful, but I admit I find it kind of hard to figure out. Anyone have any tips for putting together a campaign that actually works? :) </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/using-video-for-promoting-online-fiction-youtube-collab-anyone#post-5398 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:55:15 +0000 Kyt Dotson 5398@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I’ve been mulling this idea over for a while so I figured that I’d present it here.</p> <p>How many people here have used video media to promote their work? I am interesting in looking at some of it, and perhaps promoting it on my YouTUBE channel. However, this is really only part of that.</p> <p>I am wondering how many people might be interesting in getting together to produce a short, collaborative work where people simply talk briefly about their work. Something that could be presented as a sort of video-collage essay to get some video viewers interested in the weblit community.</p> <p>I don’t have much to do now because I’m between projects and editing work for my next one. So I’ve got lots of time on my hands to cut something together. (Also, I don’t see this needing to be studio-perfect.) </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/ergofiction-seeks-guest-content-more#post-5565 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 06:30:52 +0000 A. M. Harte 5565@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Hello all!</p> <p>As some of you know, Jan (@janoda) and I run an online ezine dedicated to webfiction, <a href="http://www.ergofiction.com/" title="ezine for webfiction fans">Ergofiction</a>. </p> <p>We'd love to have guest articles and more -- please head on over to our <a href="http://www.ergofiction.com/contribute/">contribute</a> page to learn more details! </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/translating-your-fiction#post-5425 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:13:18 +0000 intergal 5425@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Recently, I'd followed some advice from Miladysa and set up a sitemeter account to try and monitor the traffic for my web serial and what not. It had been recommended as an alternative to Google Analytics. I've since noticed that I've had a few visits from readers in Japan (one of whom apparently lives in the gardens at the Imperial Palace), and a follower on Twitter now as well, and I had been toying for much longer with the idea of possibly posting 'Cold Ghost' in Japanese as well.</p> <p>I suppose the actual question is, are there many other web authors who are having their works translated, or translating them themselves? If you spoke another language to a high level, is it something that you would ever consider? Do you think it would be a worthwhile venture to widen your reader base? Have you ever used non-English language net-working sites like mixi to promote your weblit?</p> <p>In my own case, I do speak Japanese to a high level and I think on a personal level, it would mean a great academic development for me. Part of the story is set there, and a good chunk of the cast speak Japanese. I often plan Yukihiro's dialogue in Japanese in my head first. </p> <p>My main concern is getting a proof-reader and editor - I've since lost my English language editor to the ravages of her exams, never mind getting a Japanese language one. Also, I feel like no matter how high my level is, if I'm submitting something important, I need a native speaker to check over it for me. I might be able to prevail on friends, but I've not really publicsed what I do with most of my old uni classmates. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/con-presence#post-5172 Wed, 05 May 2010 10:41:25 +0000 Ryan Span 5172@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I am an author guest at ConCarolinas this year, as I'm actually in the US and able to go. Looking forward to it! Gryphonwood Press has a dealer table where I'll be selling and signing and whatnot, so if you're in the area, be sure to stop by.</p> <p>Is anyone else going to this one?</p> <p>Regards,<br /> Ryan </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/multiple-review-requests#post-4794 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:51:53 +0000 zoewhitten 4794@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I've been a member of WFG for a while, quietly adding stories to the catalog. I could really use some help, as my stories have very few ratings, and many have no reviews or ratings besides the initial evaluation of the first chapter. So if you have some free time, please check out one or two of these links and consider leaving a review or rating:</p> <p>Blind Rage (Dark fantasy/Werekin pack)<br /> <a href="http://webfictionguide.com/listings/blind-rage/" rel="nofollow">http://webfictionguide.com/listings/blind-rage/</a></p> <p>Blood Relations (Dark fantasy/Vampire coven)<br /> <a href="http://webfictionguide.com/listings/blood-relations/" rel="nofollow">http://webfictionguide.com/listings/blood-relations/</a></p> <p>Eddie's First Circus (Dark fantasy/Superhero/Coming of age)<br /> <a href="http://webfictionguide.com/listings/eddies-first-circus/" rel="nofollow">http://webfictionguide.com/listings/eddies-first-circus/</a></p> <p>Erick's Journey (Dark fantasy/Elves/Werkin/Coming of age)<br /> <a href="http://webfictionguide.com/listings/ericks-journey/" rel="nofollow">http://webfictionguide.com/listings/ericks-journey/</a></p> <p>Touched (Dark fantasy/halfling/vampire/daemon)<br /> <a href="http://webfictionguide.com/listings/touched/" rel="nofollow">http://webfictionguide.com/listings/touched/</a></p> <p>Waiting for a Miracle (Comedy/Super villains)<br /> <a href="http://webfictionguide.com/listings/waiting-for-a-miracle/" rel="nofollow">http://webfictionguide.com/listings/waiting-for-a-miracle/</a></p> <p>Zombie Punter (Dark fantasy/zombie/gay romance/gay erotica)<br /> <a href="http://webfictionguide.com/listings/zombie-punter/" rel="nofollow">http://webfictionguide.com/listings/zombie-punter/</a></p> <p>I have a number of other completed stories available in my web site, and I will continue to add those to the directory over time. So I hope you will check out my bookshelf from time to time. If you can't find anything you like now, please don't assume that I always write the same stuff. Check back later, because I might have something closer to your preferences.</p> <p><a href="http://webfictionguide.com/shelves/zoewhitten/" rel="nofollow">http://webfictionguide.com/shelves/zoewhitten/</a></p> <p>Thanks for reading this, and for checking out my fiction! (And thanks in advance for anyone who leaves new ratings or reviews.) </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/web-fiction-podcast-ideas#post-4751 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:30:50 +0000 Inventrix 4751@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>If someone (such as myself) were to start a podcast about webfiction, what sort of things would you like to hear? Would you even want to listen to such a thing at all?</p> <p>I welcome any and all suggestions! </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/review-request-cloudnigh#post-4596 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:36:00 +0000 Spinner 4596@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Anyone with a free minute willing to review my web serial, Cloudnigh? It's available on <a href="http://cloudnigh.com" rel="nofollow">http://cloudnigh.com</a>. </p> <p>I'm willing to trade reviews =) </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/cloudnigh-an-online-light-serial#post-4587 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:46:26 +0000 Spinner 4587@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>It's taken me some time to get this up--about four months--but at long last, Cloudnigh is live.</p> <p>Cloudnigh is an online light-serial taking place in the somewhat-distant future, after humanity's relocation to a new world at lightspeed warps their genetic make up, giving them two hearts and complete energy efficiency. Against this backdrop is the tricardiac mutant, Roman Fairchild, a seventeen-year-old whose online relationship to Kyrie Kapoor comes to a head when her band posts a show in his home town. All seems to be going well, until The Siphon, a sinister war game replacing executive government comes literally crashing down on his doorstep. Soon, everything Roman knows is thrown into upheaval as the world, both at home and abroad, seems ready to rend itself apart. </p> <p>You can find the site at <a href="http://cloudnigh.com" rel="nofollow">http://cloudnigh.com</a>, and the forums at <a href="http://leophimforums.com" rel="nofollow">http://leophimforums.com</a>. The story is updated on Tuesdays and Fridays. =) </p> <p>Hope you enjoy it. Thanks for reading! </p>