http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ Web Fiction Guide Forums » Tag: writing - Recent Posts en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:52:08 +0000 http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/writing-inspirationmotivation#post-7760 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:01:20 +0000 Ryan Span 7760@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I've recently turned my methods upside down, because they weren't working for beans. What I do now is set aside a space just for reading and writing. In that space, I do one or the other, and nothing else -- no TV, no games, no internet. Big headphones and loud music drown out distractions. When one activity doesn't come easy, I switch to the other.</p> <p>It's been working well for me so far! </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/writing-inspirationmotivation#post-7759 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:26:00 +0000 Wildbow 7759@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Nothing really gets me revved to write like reading a fantastic story, especially in the same general genre.</p> <p>I never itch to write more than when I can't or shouldn't. Like, say, if I happen to have a 20 page paper due in 2 days and I'm 5 pages in. What I -really- want to be writing, right then, is a short story or whatever. Often I'll go do that, then return to the thing I gotta do, and just use the momentum and put words to page.</p> <p>I also get ridiculous amounts of writing done if I'm chilling at my family's cottage (no electricity, yes plumbing) with a good pen &amp; some notebooks. Also on car trips, though my writing is often so bad when I'm being bumped &amp; jostled by the movement of the car that I'm remembering what I wrote more than I'm reading it.</p> <p>If I'm home, though, I find it's mostly to do with my mood. Get my usual daily web browsing and household stuff out of the way, crank up some music (something like Yuki Kajiura, Era or Sigur Ros, depending on the atmosphere of the chapter), then either sit in front of the computer or lie on bed with a laptop &amp; puppy resting her head on my shoulder, and get 'er done. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/writing-inspirationmotivation#post-7758 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:47:59 +0000 Verydien 7758@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I've been thinking about this quite a bit, and I'm not sure how it is for many of you out there, but for me, writing really seems to come in stages. I can write most of the time, but the inspiration to type out a whole chapter of a story in one sitting happens far more sparingly.</p> <p>Which brings me back to my question. Is there something that helps motivate or inspire these writing sessions for you?</p> <p>Mine consist of several things. My mood/health (the worse it is, the more I seem to write), listening to a specific music artist (VNV Nation) or driving. I drive a lot for school, so plenty of time for thinking.</p> <p>So what about everyone else? What works for you? </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/pseudonyms/page/3#post-7752 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:27:20 +0000 Jim Zoetewey 7752@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Letitia: Well, it doesn't clear up the question of what the sign was for precisely, but it does clear up (at least for me), the questions of "Do I have any connection with that sign?" and also, "I only know about relatives in Zeeland and Friesland, do I have relatives in Belgium?" The answer is, as it happens, "possibly" to the first, and "yes" to the second.</p> <p>So that's interesting (to me).</p> <p>Ryan: Thanks. I've occasionally thought it might be interesting to learn Dutch (if only to speak with relatives in their native language), but I haven't. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/pseudonyms/page/3#post-7750 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:08:33 +0000 Ryan Span 7750@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Jim: As a speaker, I can tell you it's probably the name of a town or business (taken from somebody's last name). A literal translation would be 'sweetmeadow'.</p> <p>Regards,<br /> Ryan </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/pseudonyms/page/3#post-7748 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:39:27 +0000 Letitia Coyne 7748@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Phew! Thanks Jim. That's cleared that one up for me. :D </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/pseudonyms/page/3#post-7743 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:42:50 +0000 Jim Zoetewey 7743@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>OK... So this thread is ancient eons old by now, but I just found out something relevant to something Clare said a long, long time ago:</p> <blockquote><p>I actually saw a sign when I was in Belgium bearing the name "Soetewey." I don't know what it was for, though, since I don't know any Dutch.</p></blockquote> <p>One of my relatives in the Netherlands has been doing research in the origins of the name Zoetewey and its variations. It appears that the name originated in the northwest of France (a Flemish area at that time), and that there are 500-600 Soetewey/Zeotewey/Zoeteweij's in Belgium, all of whom are relatives of mine.</p> <p>So whatever the origin of that sign, it's got something to do with a relative. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/print-rights-sold-for-flight-of-the-godkin-griffin#post-7621 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:00:19 +0000 Regina 7621@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Wow. That's amazing, really. I'm so glad to hear that someone's finally waking up and realize they can't ignore that the face of publishing is changing. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/print-rights-sold-for-flight-of-the-godkin-griffin#post-7619 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:49:14 +0000 M.C.A. Hogarth 7619@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>It is not too much to ask! Yes, I am getting an adavance, and no, things were not complicated by it being posted online at all. The press realizes (correctly) that there's an entire other market segment the online serial hasn't reached, and that's the one they serve, so. :) </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/print-rights-sold-for-flight-of-the-godkin-griffin#post-7617 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:44:16 +0000 Tim Sevenhuysen 7617@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Congratulations! I hope it sells well.</p> <p>If it isn't too much info to ask, are you getting an advance, or just straight royalties, or...? Were things complicated by the fact that you had posted this all online at one point? </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/in-a-quandry-ebook-pricing#post-7615 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:16:56 +0000 Erin Klitzke 7615@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Thanks guys! I think I'm going to edge my price up to $2.99 and we'll see how that goes.</p> <p>Of course, Amazon's going to be discounting the book until Kobo's pricing catches up to the change on Smashwords... </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/in-a-quandry-ebook-pricing#post-7612 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:04:07 +0000 M.C.A. Hogarth 7612@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I'd stick to the 3.99 to 5.99 price for novels. Less because of perception of value (though that does happen), and more because it gives readers an idea of how long the thing they're buying is. When you pick up a paperback, you can tell immediately (most of the time) if it's a big thick book or a quick read. Electronic-purchasers don't have this cue. So I'd price your work on a sliding scale to give your readers a better sense for how long they're getting.</p> <p>My personal pricing schedule is fairly granular but I'd suggest a very basic 99 cents for short stories, $2.99 for collections or long novellas, and above that for novels. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/in-a-quandry-ebook-pricing#post-7611 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:26:47 +0000 ubersoft 7611@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I've sold around 50 so far. It's not a great amount of sales, but I haven't started marketing it either... </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/in-a-quandry-ebook-pricing#post-7610 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:47:39 +0000 Jim Zoetewey 7610@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Well, he's gotten at least one. At any rate, I think I bought Pay Me, Bug! at 3.50 (but on Barnes and Noble).</p> <p>Personally though, I was thinking that I'd go with $0.99 for the first book in my series and then 3.99+ for all the books that follow. That's not quite your situation though, but I may do that intermittently. I might have it at $2.99 normally, and compare results at different price points. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/in-a-quandry-ebook-pricing#post-7608 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:13:43 +0000 Erin Klitzke 7608@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Have you gotten any sales at that price point, though, ubersoft? My sales have been pretty low, and I'm trying to sort out why in the midst of sorting out this pricing issue.</p> <p>I've gotten a lot of downloads of the free book, but no reviews. I did a blog tour with <em>Broken Stars</em> and gave away a lot of copies. Prior to that, I'd sold a few copies of both it and <em>What Angels Fear</em>. </p>