@hg47's Blog: The Tweet & The TakeAway - Posts Tagged "ebooks"

Going too far is my signature move.

Like spending 2.5 years writing the first draft to a high-tech science fiction novel about women in space in a future where the male sex is extinct.

Like sending out emails to 100 science fiction authors trying to make contact; crashing and burning in 95 of the encounters. Tried a bunch of different approaches. One reaction dropped me into a flame war.

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In 2009 I started vertically aligning some of my tweets. Going Too Far Squared.

Writing novels has never paid any bills. I do it because I can't not do it. I see an eBook "revolution" happening, but I have no clue how to take advantage of it. I pay the bills by working in Plastics Extrusion; I'm in Profile Extrusion now. When the parts are good, I am very timid about making adjustments. But the moment a part can no longer be saved, I go into TOO FAR mode; I'll make 3 or 5 drastic changes to the line at once. I almost always find a quick fix back to good parts; but often I have no clue which of my adjustments dealt with the problem.

With respect to eBooks, I see the Author database expanding and the Reader database contracting. I applaud GoodReads, for providing a place for readers to gather together. This is my first GoodReads blog post. I'm probably already going too far.

Cheers!

@hg47

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Am I the only eBook author who thinks that somehow, just maybe, I might be able to make a living at this Electronic Book thing? Don't think so.

I am one among more than 50,000 authors officially granted Author Accounts on GoodReads. I wonder how many of my GoodReads Peers are making a living at this? My silly aspirations are leading me to compromise my career in Plastics Extrusion, study and engage in disgusting behaviors like Networking, Marketing, Promotion, when all I really want to do is start writing a new novel and completely lose myself in a new First Draft.

Hey, a New Novel's First Draft is my drug of choice.

What is really scary is: What if I find a way to win at eBooks, but it takes almost all of my time doing all the things I hate to do, leaving me no time for the things I enjoy? First Draft, Baby!

@hg47