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Have cancelled my website with Yell, as was advised on here to do so, saving me a small fortune at the same time, but what I need to know now is, is it worth hanging on to their listings, which are free?
The only trouble with that, is that you have to give out your personal details, like home address and telephone number. Don't exactly want to share this info with the world. So, do you think it is worth staying in with their listing, the potential of sales being made that way(how many the likelihood????), or to quit that too, and get them to remove my personal details from public showing. Dodgy that, methinks....?
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And, sure, I only have about 30,000 more words to do now, about a month's effort's load. So I really am pursuing my writing.
It is just that when I took out that contract for my website, the listings came free, so I just thought I'd ask whether I should keep them, given that they are giving out my personal details. Just needed that clarified so I'll put a stop to that too.
The fiverr selling is helping change my domain over to my tumblr site, so I thought I'd ask about the listings while that was happening..
I'm doing about 15 pages a week. Doesn't sound like much, but there's not much editing that will need doing, as I am just expanding upon the shell of the scenes I have already, fleshing them out into fuller, more involved scenes... Shouldn't be too long till I can send off for soundproofing, hopefully, via Baggy Books, if she has room on her schedule...
Then while that is being read, corrected etc, I can get on fully with my two film scripts drafts then send them out... So in about a month or two, I should have the ebook and two scripts all completed and ready to go. In the meantime, I am trying to drum up some funding via go fund me... Advised by that seller...
As for GoFundMe, you could probably earn ten times more writing articles for magazines at £100(ish) a pop! Plus great practice for honing your skills
I know it's a long shot, but you never know. Any money that might be donated, will be gratefully received and, like most things, it can't harm me to try, can it...?
And jb, the fiverr seller, has some really important contacts in that type of business, so if she will allow me to campaign on her sites too, who knows? She's done a lot for me in that respect, with her followers...
And I've no desire to write articles, which would mean learning a different technique. I'd rather stick to the one that I can see I have a certain degree of skill and flair in. That just might be a winning formula for me....?
Extract from one of my articles published in Australia's Sports Diver Magazine:
'...The shallows were home to the juveniles. Tight swirls of catfish flowed like single entities. Schools of juvenile barracuda slicked back and forth. Rockmover wrasse danced like harlequin marionettes and boxfish dipped and ducked. Oriental sweetlips used plate corals to conceal themselves and clouds of anthias sparkled like miniature explosions...'
Poetically or scientifically, full of purple prose or analytical jargon, with short, jagged sentences, or fluid unbreaking paragraphs that leave you gasping for breath...there are no rules.
But fair enough, asking strangers for cash seems to be a popular tool nowadays.
My writing is what they term 'populariist', in that it deals with human emotions by touching the surface.
That type of writing can produce visceral reactions that can be very exciting to those who enjoy such 'sensationalising' of the emotions without getting titilating... That's not my style. My writing is commercially based, that's why I am hoping that maybe I can cross over into mainstream if I can figure out how to promote it to the right people.
Scribophile, another writers' forum, has offered two new groups for me to join, one all about marketing, so will be taking a look at that too, for guidance..
Oops.
You're definitely better off without a listing on Yell, Lydia. I'm fairly confident that nobody has ever picked up the Yellow Pages (or its digital equivalent) to help them find their next book to read.
Once you have a bit of track record of published work, and if you decide you're going to pursue a career as a copywriter, you might want to have a listing there. But I think even then it won't be as beneficial as a website full of (details of / links to) published work.
Still pondering as to whether I should concentrate on finishing my two films scripts,same story, different versions,as they ought to only take 3/4 weeks to complete, then I can get them assessed and sent off to agents, if no more work required. And while they are being assessed I could get on with my ebook? I am so close to finishing now, that I want to get things done as quickly as possible just so I can test the waters, so to speak... Finishing line is there. Just need to get the baton over to it...
*sighs and scurries off in search of Baggy's padded cell*
That is why we have two brain hemispheres. One for screen plays and one for ebooks. Fortunately, Lydia has nailed it, and I, for one, wish her the best with her restructuring and ultimate submissions to agents.
Keep at it Lydia, because determination overrides all!!
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And no my first drafts do not come out magically fixed on the paper, but require some tweaks and expansion along the way, but when I have done all that, and have the shell.of the story, then pretty much, I can just jot down words and they usually come out they way I want them to.
Am aware that that is my reaction, alone, and the assessors may not see it that way. That is why I will be hiring them to give their considered opinion on these. Then if additional work is needed, I am quite prepared to.put in the effort...