The Lackadaisical Writer

After a hefty bit of news and notes, I get into today's promised discussion: Aisuru's first real promotional event and the results (or lack thereof) and I try to figure out just what went wrong.

In today's episode I examine a few articles discussing particularly authors' costs of self-publishing their books, in particularly focusing on a few that had exorbitantly high costs and at least one egregious case of someone getting taken advantage of.

Amazon announced a change in how they handle payouts for books borrowed Kindle Unlimited (KU)/Kindle Owner Lending Library (KOLL) and the main stream media went crazy...crazy spreading misinformation for the win! Let’s look at what’s really going on and why this could be a good thing before poking fun at the bad reporting.

For something a little different, I used the Spreaker Android app to record this episode while walking the track and discussing how exercise can help with creativity and ways of drawing inspiration from the activity and location. Fair warning: though I cleaned up the noise quite a bit, the audio quality is still off a bit and I breath heavy because it’s stuffy up there and I walked over half a mile while talking :-P

Now that I’m working on Deviations revision (mostly...), this episode is all about the three main characters in the story, as well as touching on the importance of knowing your characters with greater depth that may ever seem to appear in your novel.

Longer than expected episode to give some brief Aisuru updates, talk about my knee & a trip on the light fantastic (aka me and pain pills), discuss Deviations revision progress, and do some updates on my reading.

After some Aisuru first month numbers updates and sales announcement, I talk briefly about Google’s search engine change before going into the main topic - answering questions from Goodreads! Fair warning, I wasn't feeling well while recording so I am a bit slow at the start and may have rambled a little more than usual in a few spots.

Another extempore episode this week thanks to all the overtime. More Aisuru updates, including the hardback finally being available and that hinted at Giveaway, some quick remarks on Indie ReCon, and a little internal look at dealing with professional envy.

All over the place in this shorter episode as I give my quick opinions on my latest read, give you an update about Aisuru, try not to vent to much about the delays with the hardback, talk taxes, and hint at a potential upcoming giveaway!

This week I share Aisuru’s most of the first week trickling sales numbers and talk about my search for reviews. Also share some news about the proofs and my giving in to Goodreads.