Hello, writers!

F.Lynn.Roemer · 02-07-2013, 12:53 AM

Hi, all.

Newbie here. Just published first (only?) novel, courtesy CreateSpace/Amazon. Now what? I was going to take out an ad on the Super Bowl, but my marketing budget was about $4 million short. Ideas welcome!

Email me (can you find my email looking at my profile?) or send me a message, or just reply here. I've made a very nice preview out of the PDF. (Well, nice-looking.)

Did anyone else find that "Submit New Thread" button intimidating? Is minor illiteracy OK in these posts? Well, here goes ...

Neporsche · 02-07-2013, 12:57 AM

Hi and welcome to the asylum!

Rockweaver · 02-07-2013, 01:06 AM

hi and welcome aboard

Griffin Hayes · 02-07-2013, 01:26 AM

Welcome to AW!

BRDurkin · 02-07-2013, 01:56 AM

Welcome aboard! I guarantee you will become less illiterate here (not that you are to begin with, but this place tends to improve folks, haha). Also, you may become slightly less sane, as well. Just fair warning. :P

Adriana Dascalu · 02-07-2013, 02:04 AM

About the "Submit new thread" - I second that. Just joined after haunting the forum for about three weeks until finally decided to register.

PorterStarrByrd · 02-07-2013, 02:10 AM

Welcome aboard

KellyAssauer · 02-07-2013, 03:18 AM

Hi F.Lynn!

Welcome to AW!

Don't forget to read about AW basics in the Newbie Guide!

Questions about the forum software can be found in the
FAQ's menu in the handy blue bar at the 'top' of this page.

This common acronym list helps identify our mystifying abbreviations.

Before you ask that Newbie question!!

See if Katiemac has the answer here.
and check out: Sara's 10 Basic Writing Tips!

If you're looking for critiques please read the 50 Post rule.

Posting your writing to the Share Your Work (SYW) area is explained here. This link covers the most common problems posts. found in SYW *Worth reading no matter how long you have been here!*

AW is a community built on the foundations of respecting your fellow writer and helping each other, it's the basic building blocks of how and why AW works.

Welcome to our community! =)

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L. Y. · 02-07-2013, 04:35 AM

Welcome to the Water Cooler!

Tepelus · 02-07-2013, 05:51 AM

Hello, and welcome!

Rbrown8384 · 02-07-2013, 07:52 AM

Ha ha, yeah Super Bowl space is not so cheap. Welcome!

regdog · 02-07-2013, 01:33 PM

Take some time and read the Newbie Guide and the Stickies found
at the top of Forum pages. They are your best guide to learning about
Absolute Write.

Please read the FAQ about posting photos.

In fact we have lots of brilliant FAQs check them out.

Members who want to start a thread in Share Your Work to have work critiqued need
50 posts. Don’t make a mad dash to reach your 50 posts. Take some time to greet fellow newbies,
critique other members’ works, or join a discussion.

Announcements, Events and Self Promotion is for active members only. All obvious spam will be deleted on sight!

thehairymob · 02-07-2013, 08:28 PM

F.Lynn.Roemer · 02-07-2013, 10:05 PM

L. Y.

Nice bamboo!

F.Lynn.Roemer · 02-07-2013, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adriana Dascalu

About the "Submit new thread" - I second that. Just joined after haunting the forum for about three weeks until finally decided to register.

And when you find out how to change that "fish...thick skin" thing, please tell me.

F.Lynn.Roemer · 02-07-2013, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rbrown8384

Ha ha, yeah Super Bowl space is not so cheap. Welcome!

I thought I'd be flooded with wisdom. I least maybe some half-baked ideas. Is everyone too busy debating the cereal comma to even think about marketing?

(I'm a veteran of the non-fiction mid lists. Publishers don't market books. They fling them against the wall. Probably because they can't afford proper shelves.)

Oh, well. Do you put brown sugar or white on your cereal commas? Skimmed or 2%? Life is so full of questions.

Oh dear. I seem to be babbling. Who was it warned me about sanity in this place? I should have listened.

jamiehall · 02-07-2013, 10:30 PM

F.Lynn.Roemer · 02-07-2013, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamiehall

I visited your website. No one would guess it was so serious. Thank you!

Any additional thoughts? What did you do right? What could you do better?

If it's impermissible to be mercenary here, email me!

Sorry, Jamie. Jamie with an "m". Edit doesn't seem to allow fixing the title. Oh, bother.

KellyAssauer · 02-08-2013, 01:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by F.Lynn.Roemer

Edit doesn't seem to allow fixing the title. Oh, bother.

Sometimes it does!

For most areas in Aw... You will need to use the "Go Advanced" button at the bottom of the 'edit post' window - AND you only have a week to do this...

Once you hit the 'go advanced' button and the page loads, you should see an 'edit title' dialog box.

Our blessed Medievalist has covered most of these really snazzy techno wonders under the FAQ menu in the blue banner above.

The plot isn't terribly fast paced... but it is truly helpful!

=)

-kells-

rwm4768 · 02-08-2013, 03:20 AM

Welcome. Good luck with your book. And, yes, that submit thread can be scary. You always think, What if no one likes my thread?

F.Lynn.Roemer · 02-09-2013, 10:18 PM

What is the deep, hidden meaning of that picture by @kells post?

Why are the doll's eyes so much bigger than her mouth? Should I be worried?

kenthepen · 02-09-2013, 10:25 PM

Nah, you get used to it. Kind of like "The Beaver"

F.Lynn.Roemer · 02-09-2013, 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenthepen

Nah, you get used to it. Kind of like "The Beaver"

The Beaver? I am definitely worried. Where does one find a competent mental health professional when one needs such expertise?

KellyAssauer · 02-10-2013, 01:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by F.Lynn.Roemer

The Beaver? I am definitely worried. Where does one find a competent mental health professional when one needs such expertise?

Three little words:

Out. Of. System.

If it's just related to writing a story...
try the Story Research: Experts and Interviewees Wanted thread

and if you still can't find one, perhaps you can find solace with people like you here in this thread.

Fallen · 02-10-2013, 01:50 AM

02-07-2013, 12:53 AM	#1
F.Lynn.Roemer Hey! Thank you, Kelly! Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 24	Hello, writers! Hi, all. Newbie here. Just published first (only?) novel, courtesy CreateSpace/Amazon. Now what? I was going to take out an ad on the Super Bowl, but my marketing budget was about $4 million short. Ideas welcome! Email me (can you find my email looking at my profile?) or send me a message, or just reply here. I've made a very nice preview out of the PDF. (Well, nice-looking.) Did anyone else find that "Submit New Thread" button intimidating? Is minor illiteracy OK in these posts? Well, here goes ... __________________ Lynn For sale: A, L, M: Love Stories For free: Preview! Email me.

02-07-2013, 12:57 AM	#2
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02-07-2013, 01:06 AM	#3
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02-07-2013, 01:26 AM	#4
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02-07-2013, 01:56 AM	#5
BRDurkin Trigger-Happy Pyromaniac Writer Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Lakeview, OR Posts: 677	Welcome aboard! I guarantee you will become less illiterate here (not that you are to begin with, but this place tends to improve folks, haha). Also, you may become slightly less sane, as well. Just fair warning. :P __________________ Latest Blog Post - Updates and Inspirations (04-03-13) WIPs: Kricket's Song - Beta Reading (Fantasy) Kricket's Key - 65,525/90,000 (Fantasy) "Abyss" - Sci-fi Short for Kindle, Rated 5 Stars (7 Reviews)

02-07-2013, 02:04 AM	#6
Adriana Dascalu figuring it all out Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Romania Posts: 71	About the "Submit new thread" - I second that. Just joined after haunting the forum for about three weeks until finally decided to register.

02-07-2013, 02:10 AM	#7
PorterStarrByrd .. and the 'voices' Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Moose Rapids, Quebec Posts: 11,218	Welcome aboard __________________ http://porterstarrbyrd.blogspot.com/ We have met the enemy and he is us - Pogo The reason I spend so much time out of the box is that somebody crapped in it Porter Starr Byrd

02-07-2013, 03:18 AM	#8
KellyAssauer The Anti-Magdalene Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The The Nutcracker Suite Posts: 33,194	Hi F.Lynn! Welcome to AW! Don't forget to read about AW basics in the Newbie Guide! Questions about the forum software can be found in the FAQ's menu in the handy blue bar at the 'top' of this page. This common acronym list helps identify our mystifying abbreviations. Before you ask that Newbie question!! See if Katiemac has the answer here. and check out: Sara's 10 Basic Writing Tips! If you're looking for critiques please read the 50 Post rule. Posting your writing to the Share Your Work (SYW) area is explained here. This link covers the most common problems posts. found in SYW Worth reading no matter how long you have been here! AW is a community built on the foundations of respecting your fellow writer and helping each other, it's the basic building blocks of how and why AW works. Welcome to our community! =) -kelly- Fun AW social links: The Office Party Kelly's Soft Asylum __________________ What Genre is my writing? Literary & Misfit Writers Group Kelly's Soft Asylum* *social fun thread - title suspect to change Tears are peanut & helplessness.

02-07-2013, 04:35 AM	#9
L. Y. They are all perfect.... Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: The 5-0 Posts: 3,672	Welcome to the Water Cooler! __________________ Write. Edit. Rinse, repeat.

02-07-2013, 05:51 AM	#10
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02-07-2013, 07:52 AM	#11
Rbrown8384 New Fish; Exploring the Written Sea Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Rocklin, CA Posts: 164	Ha ha, yeah Super Bowl space is not so cheap. Welcome!

02-07-2013, 01:33 PM	#12
regdog Starscream AW Moderator Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Admit it, you'd go Decepticon for him too Posts: 34,340	Take some time and read the Newbie Guide and the Stickies found at the top of Forum pages. They are your best guide to learning about Absolute Write. Please read the FAQ about posting photos. In fact we have lots of brilliant FAQs check them out. Members who want to start a thread in Share Your Work to have work critiqued need 50 posts. Don’t make a mad dash to reach your 50 posts. Take some time to greet fellow newbies, critique other members’ works, or join a discussion. Announcements, Events and Self Promotion is for active members only. All obvious spam will be deleted on sight! __________________ A DOG OF WAR Click the cover, it's a link Loyal Tierza struggles through the heartache and despair of WW2 to find her boy. My First Blog-Marriage My Second Blog-The Boy In The Striped Pajamas Help find Tracey Cooeedownunder's sister is missing No Rest For the Wicked Click to buy. Haggis has a story in it.

02-07-2013, 08:28 PM	#13
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02-07-2013, 10:05 PM	#14
F.Lynn.Roemer Hey! Thank you, Kelly! Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 24	L. Y. Nice bamboo! __________________ Lynn For sale: A, L, M: Love Stories For free: Preview! Email me.

02-07-2013, 10:30 PM	#17
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02-08-2013, 03:20 AM	#20
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02-09-2013, 10:18 PM	#21
F.Lynn.Roemer Hey! Thank you, Kelly! Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 24	New Picture What is the deep, hidden meaning of that picture by @kells post? Why are the doll's eyes so much bigger than her mouth? Should I be worried? __________________ Lynn For sale: A, L, M: Love Stories For free: Preview! Email me.

02-09-2013, 10:25 PM	#22
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02-10-2013, 01:50 AM	#25
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