The Horrors Of Amazon Kindle

  Hello, my new writers/authors, I have not yet finished writing my backlog; that's what I'm working on for 2026. To get a backlog of written material so when I decide to publish it, I'll have more than just one book to put out there. Anyway, I've been reading about where to publish my books. When they are finished. Some people are praising Amazon Kindle. Since they have the market on books and e-books, and have a large readership. But then I hear how Amazon takes a big cut of your profits when you sell a book and pays you every three months or so. Then they will delete your accounts without giving you any reason. All of this is making me rethink publishing my e-books on Amazon. I think when I'm ready to publish, I will be looking into other avenues. You shouldn't put all your eggs in one basket anyway. The companies on the internet are too funny nowadays. Especially when it comes to self-publishing, since there aren't a lot of companies that allow new writers/authors like us. To publish our stuff cheaply and make a profit from it.

 So, have you started investigating where you will publish your books once you finish writing them?

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A.I.

  Hello, my new Writers/Authors. Happy April.  So, how's the writing going? I know some people are against using AI to write their books. Me to for that matter. But you could use AI for other things, like brainstorming ideas. I use them for that. Also, giving you a basic book outline, or helping you to dive deeper into a concept for a book you're thinking about. I use it to develop my book characters. So  I can have a visual when I write. It helps me a lot. So, are you for or against using AI when it comes to your writing?  

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Why So Long...

  Hello, my new authors, Happy April. Is it me, but I'm starting to hate editing. It takes so long to read through the first draft, then you put it down for a while. Then you go back to edit it after a few weeks through Grammarly. You then find yourself doing some rewriting besides the spelling and grammar checking. After you have finished all that, which is taking me forever. I found out that I have rewritten the whole story over, trying to make it better. Which editing in my book sucks. It takes too much time, and I refused to give my first draft over to an editor because no one knows my story but me and how I want to tell it.  So, self-editing is it for me. But to be honest, my mind wanders. So, while I'm editing, I'm thinking of trying to write short eBooks of 50-60 pages or less to put out on Amazon for 99 cents to see if I get any bites. But then I need story ideas, need to write the stories, and again edit them. Which will all take me away from editing the stories I really want to put out. So, what do you do?  

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Series Or Standalones

  Hello, my new authors. Here's the question: Are you writing a standalone story or a series? I keep reading where it's best to write a series. So that way, the readers keep coming back for more of your work. But what happens if you don't have a series in you to write and only a standalone? I personally started with writing short stories, then I branched out into stand-atones. Although I have a problem with writing too many words for my stories. One I'm working on now has 322,000 words in it. Which I'm attempting to cut down to at least under 100,00 words. I know I write a lot.  I have to learn to cut back and to cut out unnecessary words. But I'm just starting, and that will probably happen to you too. Anyway, I say start writing short stories, then graduate to a standalone book of say 50,000 words or less and see how you do. As long as you have written something.  That's all that matters. Writing is an ongoing learning process. It will take time to get good at it, so be patient and just enjoy the craft.

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inspiration

  Hello, my new writers and authors. Happy March. Where do you get your inspiration for your stories? Don't judge me, but I'm a big fan of the series Love Kills. You know the show that has series like Southern Kills, My Crazy Ex-boyfriend, Who the heck did I marry, Scored Women, Wives with Knives, For My Man. Stories like that. Call me crazy, but people do some crazy stuff for money and just because. Which I find makes good short story ideas. You just don't realize all the things people do that can make a good story.  I'm not the kind of person who has good stories just come off the top of their head like some. So, I need a little help. Some people say to read the newspapers for inspiration. I tried that. The newspaper is too depressing for me, and the stories in the paper don't inspire me to write. But watching other people while I'm out doing stuff or watching a good series can inspire me. So, what inspires you to write?

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Is This You??

  Hello, my fellow writers. Happy March!  When you're writing, are you putting the cart before the horse? Meaning, do you do everything but write your stories? I'm guilty of that, instead of writing my stories or editing them once I have my first draft done. I'm to buzy finding out what I can put out on Kindle relating to e-books I can quickly write, or I'm trying to see what free writting classed I take on Reedsey, or I'm hunting writing groups and asking silly writing questions on Reddit that I'm not even ready for. Get the point. All this time wasted when   I should be using it to write the next story or editing more of the stories I have already written.  But instead, I wasted precious time doing stuff like I already have my book catalogue ready to go- Which I don't. I'm still editing a whole bunch of stuff and looking for new stories to write while doing stuff not related to writing, like life stuff. So, I ask you, as a new writer, do you do this?

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2026 Writing Year

       Hello new writers, this year 2026, I decided to devote most of my time to these things: either reviewing books for my podcast shows, writing books so that I can build a book catalogue, or learning how to be a better book writer. Yep, it's the year of books. I keep hearing and reading that you need to build a book catalogue before you publish your books.  What a book catalogue is to my understanding. Is you need to have at least 5-10 finished books ready to be published. We're talking written, edited, proofread, nice covers, all that stuff. so that when you do get a reader, and they want more of your books, they can get them because you have written them. I keep hearing that having only published one books you lose readers if they don't have other books from you that they might want to read. It makes sense to offer them a variety of your writing and keep the readers. So that's what I'm doing, writing a variety of at least 5 books If I'm lucky, for 2026, and some short stories to see what happens. Did I mention I'm a hobby writer, and if I make money from my stories, that would just be an added plus. So, what are you doing as far as your writing goes for 2026? 

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