Ask the Author: J. Carlisle
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J. Carlisle
You're welcome, Doris. To answer your question, CreateSpace is, I think, a subsidiary of Amazon and offers to place your book both there and in the Kindle library. I did not upload The Lore of Hilo'emi to the Kindle library, because of the nature of the content. It has illustrations and a puzzle that work better on paper. Good luck with your book.
J. Carlisle
Well, first of all, I think you should write a book in ALL CAPS. It has not been done before to my knowledge. I would suggest a series of telegraphs. What do you think?
About self-publishing, it's absolutely free to do. The flow of money goes entirely to the author, minus a small printing fee. For The Lore of Hilo'emi, that fee is a little less than $4, meaning that I receive $8 per $12 copy sold. If that sounds good to you, please consider using createspace.com as your publisher. They post your completed work to Amazon and Kindle, but you are responsible for all advertising.
About self-publishing, it's absolutely free to do. The flow of money goes entirely to the author, minus a small printing fee. For The Lore of Hilo'emi, that fee is a little less than $4, meaning that I receive $8 per $12 copy sold. If that sounds good to you, please consider using createspace.com as your publisher. They post your completed work to Amazon and Kindle, but you are responsible for all advertising.
J. Carlisle
Thanks. That's very kind of you.
J. Carlisle
1. The job of a literary agent is to stand in a garbage storm grasping for anything salvageable. Throw your manuscript into the whirlwind for a few months, but don't be discouraged when the handful of people paid to bite miss it entirely. The internet is cutting out middlemen in every industry, literature included. Go publish yourself and let consumers sort through the garbage themselves.
2. If there's a shorter way to say it, do that.
2. If there's a shorter way to say it, do that.
J. Carlisle
The better I stopped writing yesterday, the better I can start writing today. If I stop while there is still more to be written, that leaves impetus to hit the ground running when I begin again.
That being said, when I'm not feeling it, I don't do it. If you write unenthusiastically, because you feel you must, your readers will read unenthusiastically and only if they also feel they must.
That being said, when I'm not feeling it, I don't do it. If you write unenthusiastically, because you feel you must, your readers will read unenthusiastically and only if they also feel they must.
J. Carlisle
I wanted to write a simple action story wherein the protagonists move from Point A to Point B, knowing that I have a tendency to overcomplicate my plots. If the characters were bound to a linear path, physically, the plot couldn't really go too far off the rails. This really helped keep me going and stay on track.
J. Carlisle
1. Pinpoint the last time you were writing enthusiastically.
2. Highlight everything you've written since then.
3. Take a deep breath.
4. Hit delete.
5. Write enthusiastically.
2. Highlight everything you've written since then.
3. Take a deep breath.
4. Hit delete.
5. Write enthusiastically.
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