Re: So I Self Published a Book Today
Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2023 8:26 pm
I applaud you @Starjot for the cool book ... cover.
Yeah, I've made zero eye contact with the Amazon page yet - lazy.
No but I'm stuck on the artful looking lil beetle guy jewel holding a globe, also your blurb about the Ukrainian designer is neat and supportive.
There's no intrinsic meaning and subtlety is lost when someone's idea of creativity correlates to spending a fiver on Fiverr for subpar art!
Does anyone here speak art as a mother tongue?
Spoiler alert - nobody's gonna decode Starjot's book cover anyway.
This seems like a reason enough to read it.
Btw, I've purchased 2 books produced by other forum members in the past 10 years but they were non-fiction zzzz.
Let's discuss your writing process (humor me).
How does your personal background, paranoia, and/or interests in science or technology influence your approach to hard science fiction writing and world-building?
Are you the type who procrastinates then writes under inebriated duress; like you have to gobble a glass of something stiff in the likes of Stephen King or whoever else writes crazy stuff to trigger useful dendritic dispersions?
How many versions of this book have you drafted; is this finished version of your book actually some re-solved plot holes iteration after an accidental forgetting or deleting or crumbling up of the previous version/s? Tell me about it.
Anything goes in writing as long as work gets done I say.
When I write JavaScript on ADHD meds it's still a joy or a slog depending on the constraints of time, motivation, or whether there's the promise of my code ending up a game I can add graphics to later on or whatever.
Did I mention there's no link to the ...
Yeah, I've made zero eye contact with the Amazon page yet - lazy.
No but I'm stuck on the artful looking lil beetle guy jewel holding a globe, also your blurb about the Ukrainian designer is neat and supportive.
There's no intrinsic meaning and subtlety is lost when someone's idea of creativity correlates to spending a fiver on Fiverr for subpar art!
Does anyone here speak art as a mother tongue?
Spoiler alert - nobody's gonna decode Starjot's book cover anyway.
This seems like a reason enough to read it.
Btw, I've purchased 2 books produced by other forum members in the past 10 years but they were non-fiction zzzz.
Let's discuss your writing process (humor me).
How does your personal background, paranoia, and/or interests in science or technology influence your approach to hard science fiction writing and world-building?
Are you the type who procrastinates then writes under inebriated duress; like you have to gobble a glass of something stiff in the likes of Stephen King or whoever else writes crazy stuff to trigger useful dendritic dispersions?
How many versions of this book have you drafted; is this finished version of your book actually some re-solved plot holes iteration after an accidental forgetting or deleting or crumbling up of the previous version/s? Tell me about it.
Anything goes in writing as long as work gets done I say.
When I write JavaScript on ADHD meds it's still a joy or a slog depending on the constraints of time, motivation, or whether there's the promise of my code ending up a game I can add graphics to later on or whatever.
Did I mention there's no link to the ...