WOO HOO !!! Congrats Liz, I am so excited for you !!!






Okay, they are making me open up an Amazon account - which I don't mind except they don't offer PayPal as an option from what I've seen on your book's page.

Can you tell them you want Paypal added as a payment option to your page? I don't use anyone but Paypal for online purchases, even paid for all my dogs; games; and site memberships with it.

I can put Paypal on there. I was being lazy when I set up payment options lol

Oh good! I'll start warming up my credit card as soon as my husband starts mowing the yard, lol. He gets nervous seeing me on the internet with my credit card out, lol.

I'm trying to figure it out lol

I am not good at the internet.

Let me know when Paypal is on there, I've got the page open waiting.

Interesting preview of your book there, Liz. As always you write very good intros describing environments, putting small details here and there which really sets the mood.


I´m genuinely happy you got published!!

Amazon doesn't use pay-pal anymore and because I'm an idiot and didn't look this up I accidentally re-published my book.

Gaaaah, what will that do? Okay, this is what I found out. I have to use Paypal to buy a "Gift Card" and then use that gift card. Instead of doing that I'm waiting till my son comes home to see if he has got one, he use to use them from Walmart to pay for his 360 Gold or online games he played.

I just don't want my bank account on the internet other than Paypal, who already has had it for years now.

I'm with you mALX - I prefer PayPal whenever I can. A book club that I've been a member of for many years (over 30??) recently switched their payment structure from Featured Selections that auto-ship every month (which I have to log in to decline if I don't want them - no big deal) to automatic credits that you get charged - two credits worth $13.99 each that you can then apply toward the purchase of books. I'm sorry, but I don't like the idea of being auto-charged every month for something that I may use once or twice a year, if that. Now they're bugging me to add a credit card on file. Sorry, no. I don't have a credit card and even if I did, I wouldn't put it on file with them.

The book is still there.

Yeah, I was not going to get an Amazon card to make one purchase, and this is the very first thing I've ever even considered buying from them.




Sorry about that. My son is in his finals at school; he is staying with friends in the dorm for the next few days. I have found a work-around, but it involves buying a gift card with Paypal and then using the gift card. Well, they don't have gift cards for low amounts like that; and I don't want to make other online purchases.

So what I plan to do is when Finals end and my son comes home, send him to Walmart to get me a paid gift card. They can be used for anything and everything; they are what my son uses to pay his online play with.

I'm coming for it, don't worry!!!

How is it doing so far, I'll bet it is doing great !!!

Lol that's fine, it'll be there still. It's doing fine, five purchases is pretty good for me literally going on here and facebook and saying "Hey, I wrote a book, surprise!"

I think there is some agency that will push it in advertising for 8% or something; and right now it is free on Kindle, so I wonder if they will give you some bump for any Kindle downloads; or if they count them in your total.

I remember the FF site had a day to day breakdown of reads by month; and another page broke those readers down by the region the reader lived in - I loved that feature. I learned that Maxical was biggest in America, Great Britain, Sweden, Australia, Hong Kong, and China in that order from most reads to least; then there were many countries where there might be only one read per month, etc. Do you get that with your publishing now?

I haven't been on the FF in years, don't even remember what my password is there.

If I do, they haven't told me, lol. I enrolled it in a promotional program and if it's accepted, they'll push the book on their site, advertise it elsewhere, and do random deals where it's cheaper or free (which is fine, best way to get me hooked on a new series is to make it free at some point.)

Like a drug dealer, get you hooked on reading Liz and then up the cost, (And very easy to get hooked on your writing); I remember your story here - Awesome writing!

Happy Mothers Day to the wonderful Ladies of Chorrol who have earned that title!

Although Mothers Day is not celebrated universally on the same day in all countries, this is the day in the US of A.

Happy Mother's Day all!


My older son sent me a present, it hasn't come yet and he won't tell me what it is - I'm just hoping it didn't get taken from our mailbox, which sits 3 acres away from our house and can't be seen by any of the houses on this street. He is back from Afghanistan and called me early this morning and talked till 3 PM - that was the best present he could ever give me!

My younger son is bringing me dinner from the Cheesecake Factory (Not Penny, just the dinner). Stuffed mushrooms; crab bites; Chicken Madiera with Steak Diane for the entree; and Khalua cheesecake for dessert.

MMMMMMM!

So my Mother's day is ROCKIN' !!!!!!!!

Good for you, mALX!

We actually celebrated Mother's Day yesterday, with a trip up to North Freedom to ride the Mother's Day Dinner Train. It was a great choice, as we had a full five course meal inspired by the Napa Valley wine trains (we even had local wine from here).

We spent the night at a kitschy-cute motel/inn and got home today. Now we are relaxing and doing nothing, really. Well, Mom's doing nothing, and I'm playing Skyrim.

Mother's day sucked. I got ignored by my own husband.

But it also was the day my book went up for free until Thursday!

But... isn´t it a bad thing that your book is free?

Did you know it is just a Kindle Edition? I don't have a Kindle, I tried to get it and it kept directing me to Kindle. Why can't I just download it to my own PC?


PS: Did your husband show his mother's day attention to his mom? Maybe he doesn't realize he is expected to act on behalf of Snuggles till Snuggles is old enough to act for himself,

Congrats, Liz!

You can get a free Kindle reading app for your computer. Here’s a link: Amazon free Kindle Reading App page.



Thank you for the Mother’s Day wishes! I had a great Mother’s Day. I spent the morning making Jerric’s Skyrim uncle’s family in the Creation Kit while The Boy did some homework. (We use our dining room table as office work space unless there’s a dining room type occasion. It’s kind of like having a partner’s desk so we have quiet company but still plenty of room to spread out our stuff. Sometimes The Girl comes in to work at the table, too, which we call The Laptop Rodeo. I love it when that happens.) Mr. Grits brought home Indian food for lunch and then we all went to see Ex Machina, which was very entertaining. Then we went to my favorite brew pub for nachos, stromboli, and magnificent ale. And Games of Thrones was on that night.

Mr. Grits, who got me a Dethrone t-shirt for Mother’s Day even though I am neither his mother nor an MMA fighter, told me that if you get in a fight with someone who is a mother and she pulls a knife, get out some bread and mayonnaise and she will be compelled to make you a sandwich.

Thanks Grits!

I guess it was only on my twitter and facebook page I mentioned you can download the apps on your smartphones and PC.

How many copies have been sold now, Liz?

Nine copies have been paid for. Fifty-five have been downloaded for free.

Can´t help feeling the other way around would be better..

Tying yourself to Kindle didn't help you much, all the Kindle downloads were free all along, now they are making you give them all away for free - sounds like they are more interested in pushing Kindle than your book.

Maybe you should find a better publisher for your works; you may as well be writing fanfics if you are not going to earn money from your writing.

I am not downloading while it is free, you did this so you wouldn't have to work outside the home due to your and Snuggles's physical issues. My 3.00 may not mean much in the long run, but I'd rather you have them than nothing.

No one's "making" me push my book for free. They're actually making it more difficult because I can only offer 5 day free book periods every 60 days instead of making my book completely free for always.

They don't want free books because if customers don't pay, they get no royalties.

And Kindle is great because I can actually have them print the book if I asked and not pay as much as I would going anywhere else. Places like Smashwords, which boasts you get 100% of the money, has issues copywriting as well as formatting the book. Kindle is super easy and allows you to use your own photos, insert pictures with text, and gives you the copyright completely with no hassle. It's also tax-deductible and I get a W-2 next year.

In short: I wanted this book to be free forever, but they made me put a price on it. So get it while you can.

You don´t want to earn money on your book?

??? I'm surprised too, I thought you said you were needing this to be your income - Doh! I don't know how I thought that, sorry Liz!

* mALX tromps off for free book *

I take the 55 free downloads as a good sign. Those are all people who might buy the next release, and the next one, etc. I’m told that sales often continue to spike after the free period due to the exposure. Also getting your book in the lending library is apparently a good thing, since you get a royalty plus better exposure. This is just what I’ve heard from the indie authors in my local group, I have no experience myself.

Yeah, I guess the non-profit publicity can help with sales later

Wait, what's tax deductible? Is there an up-front expense with Amazon? Now I'm confused.

^^^^

The first book is tiny, and was meant to be free. I already have the second book halfway done. The best way to get me hooked on a series is to have the first book cheap or free.

I mean I DO want to get paid, but I know that most of the people I know are short on cash. They support my dreams, and I do not wanna take advantage of that, you know?

Beside, even if someone tells me "Wow your book sucks" I could shrug my shoulders and tell them "So what? It was free" lol

EDIT
did not mean tax deductible. Meant I can claim it on my taxes as a source of income. Words don't work for me today lol

Oh, whew! I wondered what the heck they needed an investment from the author for. And I also thought I might have forgotten what tax-deductible meant. Not a great word day for me, either!

Mr. Grits is hooked on several series from the Kindle store. It’s exactly what you said, get him to try one and he’ll buy the rest if he likes it.

Hi everyone, I'm back! I hope everyone's alright

All the grades are set and we graduate on friday And on Monday I start to work at a doggy daycare. So I should be around more now that I'm not stressed out of my mind.

Welcome back, Saquira! That sounds like a fun job. Congrats on your graduation!

Yeah, congrats on getting a job right away instead of some who wanders around for two years without finding one.


What? Nooooo, I´m not talking about myself! I´ve only done that for one and a half year!

It is finally here, your graduation! Congratulations again, I knew you would do it because you were so determined and focused. And your new job sounds fun! It will be so nice to have you back here on a more permanent bases, you are always missed!

Graduations are in the air - must be spring! Congrats, Saquira. I'll bet you're glad school is done. Playing with puppies all day sounds like a wonderful job!

Thank you everyone Yeah, it's going to be great to work with dogs all summer. Of course, in august I'm going to continue my studies as I require grades in some more subjects to be able to apply to my programme of choice at the university, but there's no reason to worry about that yet.

The students who graduate from our school actually have a reputation for getting hired right away, and I'd say that's true since most of my class are gonna start working right after graduation. Though considering what some of my friends are going to be working as I really think I drew the long straw.

Hi, what is this thread for?

Hi, Immortal Blood! We have two threads dedicated to general topics, the Coffee Shop and the Everything Thread.

The guidelines for this thread are in the very first post. Folks tend to use this thread to post things like personal news and their own real-world happenings. Since there is no spamming even our members who only check in occasionally have a good chance of seeing things that are posted here.

I don’t think we have a chat room any more, but the Everything Thread is a place to put chat-type discussions. There are some guidelines for the Everything Thread in a pinned topic at the top of the forum. Also when discussions go off topic in other threads we tend to take the party to the Everything Thread.

This is just my interpretation of how folks use the threads, but I hope it helps.

Thank you, I was trying to leave posts so the system sees I'm not a bot etc, etc...

It was the only valid question I could think of haha.

Also, it didn't work as I still can't send messages

I think you have to make a certain number of posts in the General threads before you can send a message, or you may be able to post a comment on his story too, not sure - but after a certain number of posts it allows you to begin sending private messages.

Sad news guys. Christoper Lee, actor known for his roles in films such as Star Wars and Lord of the Rings among other great films, and also his great history in the military and armed services as a real-life Nazi hunter, has passed away at 93 years old.

Well, can´t complain with 93 years. Never saw him much except in Star Wars, he was really intimidating iirc.

That is sad news. I first saw him as Dracula from the old Hammer films. Peter Cushing always played Van Helsing. Funny how they both ended up in Star Wars movies.

Ron Moody, too. He was best known for playing Fagin in the movie Oliver!, but also starred in Legend of the Werewolf with Peter Cushing. He was 91.