I am a multi-disabled author.
Gail Brown writes paired science fiction internal journey stories and novels full of hopes and dreams.
Abby Brown writes paired internal coming home journey stories and novels.
#DeafBlind, and feeling fine, most of the time.
#EDS, #MCAS, #CFS, #Fibro, and more damage my joints, and cause pain spikes that drain my brain and memory.
A #PowerChair preserves my joints, so I can function a little more.
My Autistic Profile is: https://beige.party/@UncoveredMyths
| Website | http://uncoveredmyths.wixsite.com/uncoveredmyths |
| Greeting Cards | https://uncoveredmyths.wixsite.com/musedlines |
| Gail's Short Stories | https://uncoveredmyths.wixsite.com/uncoveredmyths/gailsshortstories |
Trying to keep my inbox cleared is like wack a mole!
I delete one marketing spam, and three more pop in!
If all 300 authors I follow only marketed once or twice a month, it would be manageable.
As it is, it isn't.
I don't have time to read ebooks, too busy deleting spam a lots.
And trying to find the rejections and publishing marketing emails that hide in the promo folder, regardless of specific email rules.
I deleted a bunch of spam a lot authors.
Six marketing emails in under four days from four or five individuals is way too many!
I also deleted those using SubStack.
Sorry. Those are part of a place I don't want to deal with.
In May, I'll go through the ones that list dozens of promos in one email, and keep a few. That's the best way to do it - all at once, in one email a month.
Not more than one email a day.
If we follow 300 authors, that quickly adds up to 500 marketing spams a day!
Some writing tropes that annoy me:
Plot holes.
Everyone except the main character knows...
The main character just spent 18 to 50 years not recognizing magic, or who they are.
Cliff hangers at the end of the book.
Ending the book mid scene. (Works in classics, when all three books are sections of the novel).
Chosen ones. All have some special skills, sure.
Unresolved plot points at the end of the book.
Recently, I was reading part of a fantasy series.
Book one ended in the middle of a scene. So I checked the library, and read the second ebook.
It ended even more mid scene. As in the middle of the action scene.
The library also had books three and five.
Both ended the same - the characters were in a meeting and about to reveal and learn something vital they should gave already known, when someone knocks on the door to report some creatures storming the fort!
A never ending story.
I am simply receiving too many emails to keep up.
To receive free books, it requires signing up for author newsletters. Which I don't mind.
If, they send one or two a month.
As of today, there were over 500 emails in the last three days.
Any author who sent more than four emails in the last three days is likely to be unsubscribed to. Especially the ones who send 4+ a day!
That doesn't respect your readers.
Once a week is really too many.
News Summary: Draft2Digital Introduces New Fees for Account Activation and Low-Earning Accounts
Draft2Digital is one of the most widely known and used platforms for many, if not most, indie authors. So when they announce something, it is automatically big news. And when what is announced is new fees, that is a potentially huge cause for anxiety. This week, Draft2Digital has announced two such fees, the first time they have introduced fees directly to authors. To minimize anxiety, I will take a look at what the fees are and what they mean. You can have a look for yourself on the Draft2Digital website.
The post News Summary: Draft2Digital Introduces New Fees for Account Activation and Low-Earning Accounts appeared first on The Self-Publishing Advice Center.
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/draft2digital-introduces-new-fees/
#accountfees #activationfee #AIgeneratedcontent #Draft2Digital #indiepublishing
The Fear Thesaurus Is Here! (Early Release at Writers Helping Writers)
A new book is always something to celebrate, but we are extra excited about this one. Fear is more than an emotion that shows up in tense momentsāit lies at the heart of every characterās journey. Every battle your character faces, every personal struggle they endure, every doubt, insecurity, and false belief they internalizeā¦fear is...
The post The Fear Thesaurus Is Here! (Early Release at Writers Helping Writers) appeared first on WRITERS HELPING WRITERSĀ®.
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2026/04/the-fear-thesaurus-is-here/
Draft2Digital is going to implement fees
Draft2Digital has announced new maintenance fees to combat the onslaught of low-quality AI books, along with a new activation fee.
The post Draft2Digital is going to implement fees first appeared on Good e-Reader.
https://goodereader.com/blog/digital-publishing/draft2digital-is-going-to-implement-fees
I hadn't recommended Draft2Digital since they were sold, and required a sighted person to login for blind authors. They locked out blind people. Unless we simply turned over our account information to sighted people to log us in.
And with short story markets closing all over, or charging fees, it's tough to find positive news in the publishing industry.
It's always been the marketers that succeeded, not the regular authors.
Now, more than ever.
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