RE: Lois: A Story Written for the Ink Well Fiction Writing Challenge #2 - Bad Habits
Apologies for taking so long to reply, I had read your comment, but every time I wanted to sit and write back something else happened.
I love those pieces where you have to figure out the emotional background of the characters, the strikes that carved them into what we can see now, it's intriguing, like searching the answer to a mystery (all human souls are a mystery after all).
Writing takes commitment and a very specific emotional state. There has been some denial in me the past months, mostly because of the too much workload, but I've been thinking the same as you. I need to polish my old pieces (I have this one in mind in particular, one of my favorites and one that I'm proud of, my Lilith! https://steemit.com/writing/@ruth-girl/why-lilith-part-vii It needs a good ending and a nice polishing, let's see when I'll find the will to work on it).
Self-publication huh? It has occurred to me once, but never really decided to do so. I've read a post here in the past, it said that you can publish your writing on Amazon for free, I don't remember which steemit user that was though. Perhaps I need to get more serious with that.
Thank you so much for all the honest support and care!! It always puts a smile on my face reading your comments. 😊
Take care and stay safe!
Ruth
Dear Ruth, 🌷
No apologies. I'm a retired grandmother, with the luxury of time. Often I don't comment on a post because I don't want to intrude, and am never disappointed when there's no response.
Lilith:
Wow! That's some story. And to read it now, during a pandemic--there is startling resonance. You take such care with the story, with every word, every sentence. Casual readers will miss signs of meticulous editing. But writers will see it.
As for self-publishing:
To encourage you I'm linking to the Amazon page that lists some of my books. I went a bit wild at self-publishing a few years back. It is so easy and satisfying. My daughter owns these books and gets about $35 a month in sales for all of them :)) Only one that really sells is Jonas Salk: The Battle Against Polio.
https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3ARhythm+Prism+LLC&s=relevancerank&text=Rhythm+Prism+LLC&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1
There's another list under A. G. Moore with overlapping titles (I really wrote a lot of books !!)
https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3ARhythm+Prism+LLC&s=relevancerank&text=Rhythm+Prism+LLC&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1
On this list, the only one that ever sold decently was A Lupus Handbook. I give that away free now as an ebook.
I do not expect a response to this email. You are busy, I know.
I wish you happiness and bright days ahead.🌞
With great affection (and respect for your writing skills)
AG