Recent content by neodoering

Good afternoon TinyHippo. I posted some images from my illustrated fantasy novel to another post, a few months ago. You can find that post here. I took the style directly off the painted pottery the Maya Indians produced about 1100 years ago. The link on that post will not work anymore...

Good morning, MS members. How much would you be willing to pay for a paper copy of an illustrated fantasy novel? Neil Gaiman's book, The Sleeper and the Spindle, costs $16.06 on Barnes & Noble. The book is 64 pages and is meant for middle school kids. Coraline, a graphic novel...

This image got my attention, and I immediately wanted to know more. But I rarely buy based on the cover; the job of the cover is to get me to read the back cover blurb, and that is what sells me. I think that in terms of use of shape and color, in proportion of sky to earth to water, and in...

MAndreas; Have you ever tried a service called Books Butterfly? There is some chatter on the internet about it, and it looks legitimate. Put out a book for $.99, and they will bring traffic to look at your book. I haven't tried it yet, but I am curious. Of course they say they work very well...

I have published about 20 short short stories in the token and semi-pro magazines, and I'm having a devil of a time breaking into the pros. Most of the editors at the professional level do not give personal feedback, so you don't know what they like or don't like about your stories. There...

Good morning, Michael; I went back to the original ad and looked, but it doesn't specify (all 4, or each interest separately). You can set certain interests when you set up the ad; if you don't, the interests will be determined for you by keywords in your ad and on your FB page. I just went...

Gorgeous art; the people browsing your book should be hooked...

The people featured in the paintings in the OP are Maya Indians, which is why they're brown. The Maya themselves picked this color. The main resource I used for ideas, colors, and style was the book Painting the Maya Universe by Dorie Reents-Budet, which is an exploration of Maya ceramic...

Here was the audience. I just went with what FB recommended, which was pretty broad: Location: United Kingdom or United States Interests: Amazon.com, Short story, Contemporary Fiction or Fiction books Age: 18 - 65+

On your recommendation I bought this book and read it. The author is a bit of an extremist (such as: every word of your story should escalate tension), but he has some valid points about how to build a story and when to break the rules. I'd recommend it.

I'm working on a short story about how 3 Maya Indian heroes in 2071A.D. conquer the United States. I am deeply interested in the Maya and enjoy writing stories and whole novels about them. This one is mixed fantasy and science fiction. It needs another week's worth of work before it'll be...

Here's the content from the ad: Announcing my new collection of contemporary fiction short stories, "Active Shooter and More Stories." A soldier comes home wounded, and his young daughter gets some scary ideas about how to show him her love. A Japanese-America woman is looking for a special...

Okay. I ran the ad for the second time, two weeks after the last ad. Spent $20 for a one-day ad. Here are the results: I reached 600 people, got about 45 likes, and 1 person clicked on the ad to go check out the book I was promoting. In other words, pretty much the same results as the first...

The cover is bright, colorful, and sharp. I've met a number of readers over the years who say the cover sells the book. I hope you sell a million copies and roll in the bucks ;)

Now to get to work on a novel...