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Hello loyal listeners! What is on your mind?
This week on the Roundtable we take your burning questions. The floor is open, so ask us anything. Of course our focus is the self-published author, but whatever is on your mind is fair game. Michelle, Xavier, and myself will dive into our writing journeys, current projects and share our expertise. Join us Thursday for SPRT’s first ever “ask us anything”.
The podcasts aren’t updating on my podcast reader anymore. The last one was #74
I do have a question, though. Are serials actually popular? I see no evidence of it, and it’s hard to find them, so it seems that if they are being read, it’s not because they are serials, but despite.
RolandDenzel hmmm… we need to look into that.
RolandDenzel I was going to bring this up as well. This is the case for iTunes, anyway.
RolandDenzel I’ve been having great success with serials. But I don’t think my readers are looking specifically for serials.
Hi guys! Still 45 minutes to SPRT but I want to goof off NOW dammit.
Createspace’s Paperback Design: https://www.createspace.com/Help/Book/Artwork.do
Jason Gurley’s Blog: http://www.jasongurley.com/blog/?category=DIY+book+cover+design
Hellooo
MrJohnRead Hello John!
matmorrisauthor and RChazzChute , I request a pre-party every week
SPRT! SPRT! SPRT!
That’s what she said
RChazzChute yay chanting!!
MrJohnRead John Read!!
Just getting warmed up
MrJohnRead Oh dear. You and Mat should get along nicely this evening.
MrJohnRead That’s what she said?
Yes, yes it is.
OMG Wade’s voice startled the bejeezus of me! I was alt-tabbed out to Scrivener getting my words in. 🙂
CateMorgan hahahaha!
Keep it together Read
Howdy
Sting from dune
MrJohnRead YEAH!!!
It was a toss up between him and Ziggy Stardust
Hello sir
Carl Sinclair Carl!! 🙂 My first official birthday song!
That’s what she said
Carl Sinclair Hi Carl!
“It’s so small” … that’s what she said…
matmorrisauthor Oh yes….this is going to be a good show
MrJohnRead I almost guessed David Bowie from Labyrinth. 🙂
CateMorgan MrJohnRead That’s who I thought it was at first.
RChazzChute True fan Robert
“Put out as fast as possible” …. yep…
matmorrisauthor RolandDenzel Can you give a ball park figure on success? 50,000 copies? 100,000? I personally haven’t seen that market doing that well for a while now. Unless they had existing audience from like 2012 when they were going pretty well.
I think someone starting out with serials will probably not do so well compared to someone like yourself who already established serials with their audience.
MrJohnRead John *nods*
🙂
I am unable to watch live because I have to go out now. But I hope the show goes well.
And remember.
Always look to the future.
Howdy all…
PatrickStemp Hey Patrick. How are you champ?
Patrick!
Carl Sinclair Leaving already?? Book…..but it’s my birthday in Australia!
Carl Sinclair PatrickStemp COLD!!!!!!
MrJohnRead Is that Sting from the Dune movie?
Dear God I hope you can’t hear my sniffling…………I may just sneeze a thousand times and get it over with
Carl Sinclair MrJohnRead Yeah, hey John…what is that?
PatrickStemp Carl Sinclair Freezing here today too. Only 21c 🙁 It’s a nice change as it’s been 35+ for a while.
You should definitely do a paperback right away… demand or not. The incremental cost is very minimal, and it gives you the marketing “perk” of Amazon displaying a discount.
Carl Sinclair PatrickStemp Only -35C here tonight.
matmorrisauthor good point. As usual.
matmorrisauthor The other benefit if you are doing pre orders, the quicker you get up a paperback the better. It allows you to have reviews up on the book before it goes live, so you are ready to roll on release day for ad clusters etc.
Xavier, can you use that tablet with PC as well as Mac?
CateMorgan Yes.
PatrickStemp Hi Patrick : ) Guess who didn’t get her 5K in this week?
Getting the paperback is so important for promotions and as a price anchor to make the ebook price look extra sexy.
matmorrisauthor Excellent, cuz I’ve been looking into those.
michelleread PatrickStemp Oh No! is that my fault? Don’t worry about it…I’ve had a rough week too.
PatrickStemp Carl Sinclair ouch…
Xavier, you shared the wrong thing. Make sure you share your desktop, not the finder window, in the Hangout.
CateMorgan you must be artsy – and I is jealous
michelleread The hubs got me Photoshop for Xmas, so now I’m doing All! New!! Covers!!! And speaking in tongues, according to him. Light sources, saturation, blah blah blah…
Hola Sexy beasts
Hey Michelle Read
CateMorgan michelleread Yes that is all fancy crazy speak – do you like it??!
Google Plus? Or Google MINUS?
Waiting for Xavier to get stuff to work sounds like my sex life … HAAAAA! JK… 🙁
MrJohnRead You are grounded. And I’m pretty sure you’re winning a prize of some sort. Probably going to be the freezer marbles going into the bed when you fall asleep tonight.
JJ OZZY (AKA JAY) : ) You made it!
matmorrisauthor Thank you!
michelleread Love it…but it’s impossible to get the detail you’re going for with a regular mouse. I get finger cramps! This makes me sad. 🙁
JJ OZZY (AKA JAY) Jay – the sad face. It made me laugh.
CateMorgan michelleread Definitely one of those things for you, then! I think matmorrisauthor has one, too….
“Although, it’s true…”
Yes, you win the prize!
JJ OZZY (AKA JAY) Hi Jay!
See Carl’s comment
I just can’t even keep up…too many
MrJohnRead That’s what he said.
michelleread MrJohnRead Too many balls?
matmorrisauthor michelleread MrJohnRead Have another, mat!
michelleread matmorrisauthor MrJohnRead And another, and another, and another…. (that’s what she requested)
Yep
That’s what she said
Pretty loose with laying it down… Makes a big mess.
Programs are expensive. I guess it’s time to HOOK again…
Got that $50/mo Creative Cloud. Loooovvvveeeee ittttt.
Photoshop = $10 /mo
Xavier is always open, he says.
$50/mo = EVERY ADOBE PRODUCT.
michelleread
JJ OZZY (AKA JAY) michelleread THAT GUY IS CRAZY! He looks like the boy version of the overstated girlfriend.
Creative Cloud still downloads the programs to your computer in full… You don’t share any space on the actual program.
Love the software subscription model. I pay monthly for Spotify and Office 365. Love it.
matmorrisauthor How did I miss this comment.
HA I face blank screens hopped up on caffeine and with guns a-blazin’ 😀
Xavier – you should check out https://www.readycovers.com/ as a place to hawk some covers 🙂
PatrickStemp ohhhhhhh good one!
Weird. My comments aren’t updating. Hm…
michelleread She is here all night!
Dedicate yourself to one market, or jump around? And if you do jump around, would you use a different pen name for each one or keep the same?
RChazzChute You and this show man, we WANT YOU HERE! Tell the internet to be nice to you!
You’re speaking fluent nerdese, bravo.
MrJohnRead By market do you mean genre? I don’t want to ask your question unless it’s the right one. And is this question for you…or “for a friend”. As in, are you going to boss me into writing a bunch more books.
michelleread RChazzChute reloaded. I can see the comments now.
CateMorgan Yeah if I understood it I’d be totally gaga right now.
MrJohnRead http://youtu.be/KZaz7OqyTHQ
Yes genre! Not for a friend, just wondering what your thoughts were
matmorrisauthor MrJohnRead Awww shiiiiit!
michelleread I learned Photoshop ages and ages ago when I almost went to art school (I was obsessed with Michael Whelan’s fantasy book covers), and I am now more or less starting from Square One. If I didn’t have an artsy background, I would TOTALLY be a very Lost Toy indeed.
MrJohnRead I have thoughts – and they are the ones I steal from other people like matmorrisauthor
CateMorgan michelleread http://design.tutsplus.com/
Cereal all day, e’ery day.
matmorrisauthor I can see that taste. I can SEE IT!
xgranville matmorrisauthor Yesss!!
Stick it in there and keep pumping…
matmorrisauthor That’s my friend folks…..he just keeps ’em coming.
Never fear, BatmanErica is here!
michelleread matmorrisauthor That’s what she said…
BatmanErica Erica!!!!! <3
My new pen name does better than my original pen name
BatmanErica This can often be the case.
MrJohnRead YOU WIN ALL THE PRIZES!!!!
michelleread national library has way better free wifi than the wellington library 😛
michelleread MrJohnRead WTF there are prizes!?!?!?
BatmanErica That’s great!
matmorrisauthor michelleread MrJohnRead Yes….where have you been??
BatmanErica michelleread Noted. For when I’m there.
michelleread matmorrisauthor MrJohnRead I’m formatting books, actually 😛
michelleread probably gonna start another pen name too as I currently have no pen name suitable for mysteries.
michelleread killing time before hubby collects me after work 🙂
Wade is a dirty dirty boy
Was talking with someone who writes short fiction erotica and longer eroms and she’s finding her readers get confused. Have suggested she create a separate pen name and split the long and short.
“It’s a weird size, so I wear it for yoga….”
Here’s a question–what are we all drinking tonight?
Yes yes thank you
matmorrisauthor michelleread MrJohnRead I just finished work. Eyes started closing while proofreading daytime work job stuff
CateMorgan All of the wine.
CateMorgan Sweet tea!
I’m SPRT famous!
But why is the rum gone?
xgranville I think you mean steamy sexy BBW short fictions 😛
MrJohnRead I dranksed it.
MrJohnRead That would be me. Sorry.
BatmanErica xgranville Yes, yes I do!
xgranville sweet romance my arse 😛
michelleread what’s the theme for the boxed set?
I’ve seen her computer desktop… she is NOT an organizer…
She likes the idea of organization.
matmorrisauthor You’d hate mine.
MrJohnRead I don’t believe you.
She just needs someone to swoop in behind her and make it happen. She takes GREAT notes.
michelleread how are you dealing with the royalties? Have you got contracts or what?
MrJohnRead awwwwww shucks 🙂
Nope
MrJohnRead Gotta get behind her and “get her in the mood” ?
I’m waiting for stealth bunny ears to magically appear behind Michelle…
CateMorgan THEY HAVE BEFORE!
For those who haven’t yet heard (because they don’t follow me on FB and/or cause FB steals your donuts) I’m getting a cheap, portable, 100% recyclable and locally made standing desk!
http://www.refold.co/
michelleread AND I MISSED IT?!
Don’t make that shirt, please.
And this is FB stealing your donuts http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/150128.html
Fruity pebbles leaves a weird film on your teeth… gross…
CateMorgan michelleread I’m certain it shall happen again. I’m surprised it hasn’t.
Late but tuning in just in time to hear about Fruity Pebbles – the Breakfast Of Champions!
This was my fave cereal, but I don’t think they make it anymore…
Buddy!
MrJohnRead John!
I wasn’t allowed to eat any of that stuff as a kid, so I went crazy with the Lucky Charms as soon as I moved out on my own.
Did I miss out on Xavier giving beard grooming tips? I heard he was going to do that tonight.
BuddyGott Stay tuned next week!!
Hi Michelle! (and Wade & Xavier!)
BuddyGott Hi Buddy
It was yummy. We don’t have all that crap you guys have. Coca pops, Frosties and Honey Puffs are usually the worst we have here.
michelleread you look nice today. Happy Birthday!
xgranville BuddyGott I use scissors too. That’s the way to do it!
Oh yes, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHELLE.
xgranville you have fuckberries? o.O
And Erica’s cereal made me think of this
BatmanErica xgranville Did I say fuckberries?
Happy Birthday, Michelle! Celebrate with some Pink Floyd music!
xgranville…. almost… 😛
Quick! Someone talk about getting reviews or newsletters!
Fuckberries Noir – a new story coming soon from Xavier Granville!
How do you get reviews on your newsletters?
Trying so hard not to die laughing.
xgranville you? I’m the one in a library!
We should probably make sure you have Mailchimp setup…
matmorrisauthor I told her to get her kid to make her up a template 😛
Mailkhimp? Mailchchcheemp?
MrJohnRead mailchihuahua
Setup CORRECTLY.
MrJohnRead Oh Sarah
I’m with Wade–I totally needed this. We should do this more often.
And Happy Birthday Michelle!!
matmorrisauthor Thanks 🙂 Share your wine, eh?
I keyword stuff 🙂
Also add Kindle Unlimited to those in it as a keyword
BatmanErica michelleread You’re quite lovely, yourself (and don’t sass me because I can’t see you – I know you are!) And thank you
MrJohnRead Don’t forget your towel.
Very cool picture, X!
michelleread I’m wearing my grumpy who shirt today (grumpy cat / doctor who mashup) 🙂 Work really doesn’t care 😛
BatmanErica michelleread Awww!!!
Everyone should read Port of Call. Very good story!
Canadian govt.
BuddyGott I actually haven’t read that one yet?!
How are you guys getting perma free on Amazon so quickly? I’ve been struggling getting it done.
CateMorgan contact them
CateMorgan Booooo for this being asked late – xgranville answer this right meow!
This was fun. Reminds me a little of the old Sunday Night Fiction Club show.
They trying to kick me out of the library, luckily hubby is en route 🙂
CateMorgan Took me a while too, but yeah it took a good number of emails. I found Amazon faster at responding, but they’re not always ‘on the ball’ if you get me.
Afterparty if you like
michelleread AFTERPARTY!?!?!?!?!?!?!
michelleread toss me the invite link.
Night night all!
matmorrisauthor michelleread https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/hoaevent/AP36tYcXKBJGghhGoYfiUZ-f3HHJA8beAoD7mlZtMPp1adJrHOth4Q
After party dudes!!!
matmorrisauthor michelleread Click the above link if you want in!
BatmanErica 🙁
After party link please.
RChazzChute https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/hoaevent/AP36tYcXKBJGghhGoYfiUZ-f3HHJA8beAoD7mlZtMPp1adJrHOth4Q
michelleread Carl Sinclair Sorry baby had an appointment with the doctors.