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I've been planning to do this for ages, and I finally got it done. Quite literally; I got a friend to do it for me.
I had the text, I'd created a cover, it was all ready to go. But the technical side, so often described as "simple" and "intuitive" (one of my least-favourite buzz words!), completely defeated me. Cue the very capable assistance of my good friend the DipGeek, who is as technically savvy as I am woefully ignorant of these things. I couldn't have done it without her, so huge thanks are due!
So what have I published? (for reasons of space I'll refrain from using "had published for me" and similar clumsy constructions from now on). It's this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Charcoal-Knots-Stardom-success-fulfilment-ebook/dp/B01CZ6U4Q6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1458019324
You may remember that several months ago I was wittering on about a couple of writing projects and saying I planned to e-publish them. Well, this is the first of those. It's an erotic novella about an artist seducing an actor. It's available from Amazon.com and on Goodreads, and I even have (because Dip built me one) a facebook author page. Which you can visit, and like. I'll be posting updates and news there, if I have any that is.
You'll notice if you check that out that I've published under what one might term a slight pseudonym. All it comes down to it that The Charcoal Knots (formerly known as "If You're Interested") is pure smut, and some of my family are fairly old-fashioned about such things. I'm shielding them, and shielding myself from having to deal with their shock and disapproval, and concern that I'm failing to seek help, and anxiety that in some way it's their fault that I grew up as a woman with sexual thoughts. You know the saying "you pick your fights"? Well, I'm picking my family-stressors.
I don't expect to make money or get famous from this. It's very likely to sink without trace, like the majority of e-books. It's possible that almost no-one will read it. But if it just sits on my hard drive then it's certain that no-one will read it. If I sell thirty copies I'll make back my costs. Anything more than that is a plus.
The cover, incidentally, is my own work. Hence the rather amateurish quality of the layout & graphic design. I photographed a drawing in my sketchbook and overlaid the title on it using Microsoft Paint - pretty basic stuff. The text is all my own work as well and all my own proofreading - and three typos have already been flagged up to me. At some point I'll learn how to do a new edition, and eliminate them. But for now, there it is, my book. My dirty book. I am a published pornographer.
I'd be getting more done in the marketing line right now if I weren't currently battling a horrendous cold. It came on very suddenly and has left me feeling vile. I ache all over and have a hacking cough - I sound like a lifelong smoker at the moment - and I can't think straight.
If I can get Dip to teach me what to do, I'll follow up on The Charcoal Knots with a few other things. I'm working on a sequel to it, as well. If a few people read and enjoy things I wrote, that will make me very happy. I hope it will make them happy too.
I had the text, I'd created a cover, it was all ready to go. But the technical side, so often described as "simple" and "intuitive" (one of my least-favourite buzz words!), completely defeated me. Cue the very capable assistance of my good friend the DipGeek, who is as technically savvy as I am woefully ignorant of these things. I couldn't have done it without her, so huge thanks are due!
So what have I published? (for reasons of space I'll refrain from using "had published for me" and similar clumsy constructions from now on). It's this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Charcoal-Knots-Stardom-success-fulfilment-ebook/dp/B01CZ6U4Q6/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1458019324
You may remember that several months ago I was wittering on about a couple of writing projects and saying I planned to e-publish them. Well, this is the first of those. It's an erotic novella about an artist seducing an actor. It's available from Amazon.com and on Goodreads, and I even have (because Dip built me one) a facebook author page. Which you can visit, and like. I'll be posting updates and news there, if I have any that is.
You'll notice if you check that out that I've published under what one might term a slight pseudonym. All it comes down to it that The Charcoal Knots (formerly known as "If You're Interested") is pure smut, and some of my family are fairly old-fashioned about such things. I'm shielding them, and shielding myself from having to deal with their shock and disapproval, and concern that I'm failing to seek help, and anxiety that in some way it's their fault that I grew up as a woman with sexual thoughts. You know the saying "you pick your fights"? Well, I'm picking my family-stressors.
I don't expect to make money or get famous from this. It's very likely to sink without trace, like the majority of e-books. It's possible that almost no-one will read it. But if it just sits on my hard drive then it's certain that no-one will read it. If I sell thirty copies I'll make back my costs. Anything more than that is a plus.
The cover, incidentally, is my own work. Hence the rather amateurish quality of the layout & graphic design. I photographed a drawing in my sketchbook and overlaid the title on it using Microsoft Paint - pretty basic stuff. The text is all my own work as well and all my own proofreading - and three typos have already been flagged up to me. At some point I'll learn how to do a new edition, and eliminate them. But for now, there it is, my book. My dirty book. I am a published pornographer.
I'd be getting more done in the marketing line right now if I weren't currently battling a horrendous cold. It came on very suddenly and has left me feeling vile. I ache all over and have a hacking cough - I sound like a lifelong smoker at the moment - and I can't think straight.
If I can get Dip to teach me what to do, I'll follow up on The Charcoal Knots with a few other things. I'm working on a sequel to it, as well. If a few people read and enjoy things I wrote, that will make me very happy. I hope it will make them happy too.
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