#writing so I'm looking to restart my writing aspirations on here. I very much want to write serialised short stories, and I'm very lost on how to publish it. Do I have a patreon, or do I charge for access?
Where are people at with how they want to pursue this whole writing gig in this new space and just how do we navigate this change?
I'd love people's opinions here. Because I'm very curious to see how this goes.
@zibidicemil hello 👋 let’s tag in #WritingCommunity and maybe get some discussion going around your questions on the best way to publish serialised short stories
Jokes aside, it was bad before but now I have completely given up on buying ebooks or go through Kindle Unlimited as a result. Instead, I do it the slow way, via Goodreads or social media recommendations. That's the only way I know to cut through the noise, and I feel bad for the #WritingCommunity because they have to battle through this trash to be found 😔
@liztai
I have always relied on social media for book recommendations (before, reddit, now the Fediverse) and use a little plugin that searches my public libraries for titles.
My favorite authors I support by purchasing through their preferred outlets.
I find it ironic that I need to work in a coworking space/cafe a few times a week to keep sane. My home office has been designed to 100% suit me & I focus the best there, but as an extrovert, working at a place with people has been necessary for my #MentalHealth. (I live alone.)
Anyway, am looking for tips to keep away the #RemoteWork blues. Still love it & I think the hybrid system suits me the best :)
I am so torn about leaving #twitter. I spent over a decade building a following...and finally broke through. I lucked into finding people who were supportive in my writing endeavor. Doing that again on a new platform is kinda like hitting back to back roayl flushes. The latest nonsense on #twitter makes it harder for an #indieauthor to get noticed.
@ThatIanShane I can relate to this.
However the writers here on the fediverse are incredibly supportive, and interaction and engagement here is as good if not better...I hope that you build a great new following here, and maybe you can convince some of those writer friends on the birdsite that the community here is every bit as engaged. #WritersOfMastodon#writingcommunity@writers#writers#writing#indiewriters#fediverse
As a writer, writing and publishing online using #Indieweb principles could save your life's work. And maybe even your career. This ish ow I'm #blogging differently and avoiding the perils of #enshitiffication.
'Art Should Never Lead to Regretting the Life We Forgot to Live'
The moderator asked me, "If you could climb into a time machine and travel back to before you started writing your debut novel or a month before the publication of it, which would you choose and what advice would you give myself?" My answer was probably too real, but gets at a truth I think many artists – including myself – struggle with.
I am sorry for the delay in this report; I am currently under treatment for Covid-19, so some things went on the back burner. Nevertheless, here’s my report on Heather Graham’s Writers for New Orleans!
It's a quiet Sunday morning here. I spent all of yesterday writing a 5K word treatment for a feature film, and today I have to write a 6K non-fiction essay for an academic publication. I can't say I'm having a fun weekend :-((
Welp, this seems to be my new HQ for a while. So to any new people here.
Hi, I’m Steven and I’m a #kidlit author with an absurd level of imagination and too many projects to work on. Right now, two of my published works are a YA dystopia thriller, City of Kaiju, and a MG short fiction collection, How A Donut Destroyed Earth, all of Amazon, Apple Books, and anywhere ebooks are sold. #writingcommunity#bookstodon@bookstodon
Generally speaking, I let Draft Zero sit around for a couple of weeks before I go back in to polish anything. I did some edits and tightening up in the process of finishing it, but I am sure that doing this while also dealing with COVID means I missed some things.
I come visiting my mom's and in my old room there is a dead hornet lying on the floor. Guys, don't do that to a writer, it is like a physical prompt. #WritingCommunity
Normal brain: Ah, poor thing, couldn't find the way out. 😭
Writer's brain:
"We've lost agent XR-15."
"What does the telemetry data say, though? Is it a good place to start the invasion?"
"Calm house in the country, no one would assume anything off if we use it as long as we don't revert to out native form before we have built all the infrastructure."
"Okay, then set plan H in motion. And, yeah, let's have a decent memorial service for XR-15. They were one of the best." #WritingCommunity
If you're looking for a 3000 word personal reflection on the #Zhuangzi and how it relates to my own struggle to make and keep close relationships while being a #caregiver to my disabled brother, then I have just the thing for you:
I’m starting a deep #dive (I guess the pun is sort of intended) into #scuba diving—specifically cave diving. Seems like fertile ground for short #horror#fiction. Part of it is personal, I think. I’ve gone snorkeling and got a little panicky about the breathing rhythm. But this may be something that many people have trouble with, I’m guessing #WritingCommunity