<div dir="ltr">Congratulations! (I never realized that Computer Shopper was making anyone rich...)<div><br></div><div>Writing longform is a real talent. I've never been able to master it -- it takes me forever just to get down one lousy short story...</div><div><br></div><div>Barbara<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">--</div><div dir="ltr">Barbara Krasnoff<br><a href="mailto:bkrasnoff@gmail.com" target="_blank">bkrasnoff@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://www.brooklynwriter.com" target="_blank">http://www.brooklynwriter.com</a><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 3:20 PM Lynn Greiner <<a href="mailto:lists@itwriter.com">lists@itwriter.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_8882296447167001100WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">9 days? That’s impressive. For how many words? Hubby’s record was 14 days for his NaNo 50K words, I think, but then there was a ton of editing. I beta read, but my sister acts as ruthless editor, and they have some grand battles when she comes to visit. Serves them both right – she got him to sign up for NaNo the first time during a Scotch-fueled Saturday evening debate over something or other. I, OTOH, was drinking cognac and stayed out of it <span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org" target="_blank">ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dennisf63<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 9, 2019 3:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org" target="_blank">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ipg-smz] I'm PUBLISHED!<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">I do want to make it very clear that this is the FIRST book I have ever self published. Most of them were flat fee, no royalties. <br><br>That said, back in the 70s it was a lot easier to get published, really by a publisher published, than it is today. I got paid $500 for my first porn novel, got up to as much as $750 for them. I typed the first draft, my wife edited and retyped a clean copy and off it went. I even had one editor that paid me in advance once when $$ were tight. <br><br>Sidebar: The fringe benefits of that arrangement made for a lively marriage, but it was all fiction. Regardless of what I wrote Peggy and I were together for 50 years and we never strayed. <br>I did have a rather liberated old aunt I sent a book to and she said we must have a very interesting marriage. We did, just the two of us. <br><br>Fastest turnaround? I think it was maybe 9 days from my first key stroke to the post office. <br><br>On 01/09/2019 02:23 PM, Christine Hall wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><p class="MsoNormal">On 1/9/19 2:02 PM, Lynn Greiner wrote: <br><br><u></u><u></u></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><p class="MsoNormal">My husband has self-published 6 novels - it's quite do-able. The hard part <br>is generating the words (he got his kick in the pants via NaNoWriMo). <u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></blockquote><p><u></u> <u></u></p><pre>-- <u></u><u></u></pre><pre>Dennis Fowler<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>P. O. Box 70<u></u><u></u></pre><pre>Otego, NY 13825<u></u><u></u></pre><pre><a href="mailto:dennisf63@wildblue.net" target="_blank">dennisf63@wildblue.net</a><u></u><u></u></pre></div></div>-- <br>
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