Way to go!
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So, I am finally in the proof-read run of Lone Werewolf, and before I dive into the serious revisions for Raised by the Mafia, I could start drafting something new.
Finally!
I am probably going to play with a few stories to see which one unfolds the best for me. Honestly, I feel like a kid in a candy store.
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A part of me wanted to traditionally publish until I found out just how long being published that way takes. It takes years for the book to actually get out there, and even to see any revenue from it, even if it’s complete/editing done etc. And not because it’s anything on the author’s side, it’s just all this process mumbo jumbo with the publishing company. And I was like… do I want to wait 7 years to see my book out there? Eh, maybe not. 
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I’m aliiiiive! 
I finally wrapped up that poetry contest I was working on last weekend. It was the most poetry I’ve written since I was like a teenager. I had fun. Now to see what happens. 
And I suppose I need to go back to my fiction stories. One I have to finish the last chaps. How do people feel about time skips? I feel like that’s a traditional way to conclude a story, with a whole “2/6/whatever months/years later”? Instead of trying to tackle every single point left to close in real time.
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Absolutely. When nothing much happened, do a time skip. It can be an epilogue, or just do a transition in the beginning of the part recapping the time that had elapsed without much happening. 
The story doesn’t have to follow every minute of every character’s day! Looking forward to catching up.
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Just getting to write after being stuck editing is such a relief! (I say after editing for like a week before I had to give in and write an SLB bonus chapter… at least I didn’t start a whole new story!)
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I know! I feel that I am going to stay with the story Nick said didn’t have enough hook, but I put in what I think is a hook based on his feedback. Nick hadn’t seen the revision yet, so I am not sure if his opinion on the revised chapter would through me for a bend or not. I dunno. But I want to see how the next couple of chapters would turn out. It’s just really calling to me.
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I know this purely my decision, but I suppose I wanted some feedback on this.
I am already done with two chapters and I really have the urge the print out the chapters separately.
I am going to wait until I finish with the other chapters then print those out too.
Or maybe I should combine all of the five chapters then print it into one large book?
Any sort of thoughts?
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I don’t think it makes any difference when you print things out if you finalized stuff. If not, I would wait till you are editing.
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I found a story called “A Demon in Church” and now I want to make my own version. Yes, I found it on Wattpad.
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So, it better to wait a bit longer to print it out, meaning once I am done?
I suppose I could wait. I was just really itching to see my novel at least chapters 1 and 2 in printed format.
You know, it makes sense to print it out altogether. Printing it out chapter by chapter seems like a massive pain and waste.
I apologize because I just now saw the light. LOL!
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There is also a very good story on WP called Fake me to Church
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Clever pun.
I’ll never get the image out of my head of Hoizer going to the wrong church and seeing this:
The sight would be enough to make someone convert to Islam.
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Yeah, I think that a lot of people see publishing through a rose-tinted lens. They think that if their book gets picked up, it will automatically become a bestseller overnight, but that’s not how it goes. As you said, it takes years and the process isn’t as efficient as you’d expect it to be for a publishing company. Seven years is a long time, and it mightn’t be worth it in the end.
I think that investing in a book and making it good and releasing it yourself (or with some local indies) can work if you’re willing to make it work. And you know your target audience and you get people interested in it. I would hazard a guess that if there’s enough interest and passion involved and can deliver the project in time then you could do some crowdfunding.
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I’m being published by a smaller company. They contacted me to offer me at the end of March, and they’ve given me an estimate of July for publication. They’ve already had the manuscript back a couple of weeks ago from the editor too (I’m just waiting for them to contact me about a cover and me to approve any changes to the script etc)
so it doesnt always take years. I assume if you go the route of agent/major publication place it could do
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Yeah, that makes sense too. A smaller company isn’t gonna be like a larger one, usually. Congratulations by the way.
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I think that’s a good plan! Like a first chapter is just a first chapter and you don’t quite know the story yourself yet anyway, so I believe in getting a feel for the characters and what they want to do before you truly know how their story should start.
If the story calls for you, you should write it
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So, it depends on how big or how small the publishing company is, huh?
Interesting. That gives me an idea try something American related.
Thank you for mentioning.
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Thank you!
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I would probably guess so; they would have less work so they just focus on what they’re publishing whereas a larger one I imagine would have many many hoops to jump through, multiple books working on at once etc.
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