Ask the Author: Monique S.
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Monique S.
Hi G, my bad I was combining the first with th continution into th complete edition and had some hardware problems (data loss) I have almost finished the new, complete Viper.It may take a couple of months, but if you're in a hurry I'll send you a PDF of wht is there for free. How's that?
P.S. I'll need an email for that.
P.S. I'll need an email for that.
Monique S.
Salut Sandrine, oui, ça m'interesse. Je n'ai jamais appris le Français à l'école et manque donc le confiance essayer traduire mes romans en Français. Ce florilège va peut être m'aider en trouver.
Monique S.
I am sorry, but I had my computer crash horribly due to the fact, that I didn't succumb to Microsoft's blackmail and kept my Windows 7, that is- after Windows 3.11- the least shitty and manageable Version.
It took ages to get all my unpublished files back after installing Linux Mint on a new hard-drive and now I am almost up and running again, only I spend a lot of time fighting Macron's attempts at dictatorship together with the Gilets Jaunes and the Patriots.
New books will have to wait until after the election, I am afraid, sorry.
It took ages to get all my unpublished files back after installing Linux Mint on a new hard-drive and now I am almost up and running again, only I spend a lot of time fighting Macron's attempts at dictatorship together with the Gilets Jaunes and the Patriots.
New books will have to wait until after the election, I am afraid, sorry.
Monique S.
I answered an add in Time out in 1974 that proved highly dodgy and an American journalist friend thought it worth investigating. When his editor sought the advice of cotland yard they took over and uncovered a kidnapping plot.
Monique S.
Hi Gardner,
I ran into some roadblocks writing Viper II, but I amslowly getting over them. You can expect Viper II in about a month and the paperback volume, that will comprise Viper I + II a month later.
Did you notice that "Our Irish Expedition" (Odyssa III) is already on Amazon for a couplle of months?
I ran into some roadblocks writing Viper II, but I amslowly getting over them. You can expect Viper II in about a month and the paperback volume, that will comprise Viper I + II a month later.
Did you notice that "Our Irish Expedition" (Odyssa III) is already on Amazon for a couplle of months?
Monique S.
Hi Anika,
my experience with main stream publishers is that without a well known literary agent you get nowhere. In the same instance I have realised, after at least half a hundred emails to genre specific publishers, that the competition is vast and that none of my books, that now sell well enough on Amazon, was accepted.
That is the reason for so called Indie-authors, Indie standing for independent i.e. self publishing, for example KDP (kindle direct publishing). I tried smashwords, Kobo and Lulu but neither of those three had any distribution as vast as Amazon. Nor do they have the customer base.
So, contrary to what I originally believed, I can really recommend self publishing through KDP.
my experience with main stream publishers is that without a well known literary agent you get nowhere. In the same instance I have realised, after at least half a hundred emails to genre specific publishers, that the competition is vast and that none of my books, that now sell well enough on Amazon, was accepted.
That is the reason for so called Indie-authors, Indie standing for independent i.e. self publishing, for example KDP (kindle direct publishing). I tried smashwords, Kobo and Lulu but neither of those three had any distribution as vast as Amazon. Nor do they have the customer base.
So, contrary to what I originally believed, I can really recommend self publishing through KDP.
Monique S.
Hi Potatos,
first of all I see myself as an spiring author, too, so I don't know if my advice will be any good. One thing I always found worked for me is to write about things you know a lot about or have experience of. For example Princess of Lights simply lives from my own professional experience as well as my "Career" (giggles) as a trans woman.
A lot of my own history gets incorporated into the "real life" fiction I write. Foreign Influence deals with a real situation that arose in my birth town, Hamburg, shortly after the wall fell in Berlin and Germany was re-united. I have no experience as such as a police person, but I have friends who were "working girls" in St.Pauli and some, who run a theatre there, so I have a pretty good knowledge of the scene and i followed the problem in the papers. The story itself, of course is fictional, but there were several attempted invasionsfrom Russian Gangs right after the wall came down.
One thing that I have found helpful is to make friends with other authors. The title: The Princess of lights was the result of brainstorming on Discord with two other authors, my own idea wasn't anwhere near as catching, for example. You can also ask me direct questions, if you friend me here, if you like.
first of all I see myself as an spiring author, too, so I don't know if my advice will be any good. One thing I always found worked for me is to write about things you know a lot about or have experience of. For example Princess of Lights simply lives from my own professional experience as well as my "Career" (giggles) as a trans woman.
A lot of my own history gets incorporated into the "real life" fiction I write. Foreign Influence deals with a real situation that arose in my birth town, Hamburg, shortly after the wall fell in Berlin and Germany was re-united. I have no experience as such as a police person, but I have friends who were "working girls" in St.Pauli and some, who run a theatre there, so I have a pretty good knowledge of the scene and i followed the problem in the papers. The story itself, of course is fictional, but there were several attempted invasionsfrom Russian Gangs right after the wall came down.
One thing that I have found helpful is to make friends with other authors. The title: The Princess of lights was the result of brainstorming on Discord with two other authors, my own idea wasn't anwhere near as catching, for example. You can also ask me direct questions, if you friend me here, if you like.
Monique S.
Lots of lesbian romance to give me a break from editing my own stuff before publishing.
Monique S.
Laughs: writing! of course.
Monique S.
At the moment I am writing a second part to Viper and I want to combine the two into one ne book to be published on Amazon. There are some other stories as well, a second sequel to What if (and of course to Fighting the Homm) and a romance beased in Exeter, Devon, UK. Last but not least here will be a sequel to Princess about the tour of the musical.
Monique S.
Simple: dreams mostly.
Monique S.
I was teaching two French students German and about the history of Germany just after WWII.
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Mar 21, 2023 05:48AM · flag