I started as a Sims writer five years ago.

I recently completed my Sims magnum opus and, with a devoted readership behind me, am now experimenting with full text.

I've recently been doing agent research for the author I edit for (one of my least favorite parts of my work; motivation issues galore), and I ran across some interesting articles on an agent's website. This agent approaches self-publishing as a legitimate form of publishing that might not be for everyone, rather than scoffing at it, which I found interesting (usually I see agents dropping the line "If you self-publish no one will take you seriously EVER!"). She also has some views about self-publishing vs.

Wondering if there's anybody floating around out there in Wisconsin? I'm in the boonies, but I'm probably heading to Madison in the next couple of weeks, and a lot of writerly types are there anyway. Mayhap we can meet up!

This is a must-read:

Most people understand that you can create multiple streams of income from non-fiction books, but I often get the question “What about fiction authors? How can they make money in different ways?”

Hallooooo!

My name is Annetta, known to my friends as Netta. My secret identity is "Nettah the Edditah", and I have tights and a cape to go with it. I also have secret decoder rings because that's how I roll. I have been an avid reader since I was big enough to turn the pages of a book.

I am a freelance writer and editor with a passion for story and specializing in transforming online serials to print. I write fiction, non-fiction, and flash fiction. I don't have a "real" job -- I wrangle words for a living. Sometimes they wrangle me.

Howdy! I've been scanning through topics and I've already found more information than I can reasonably process right now. I did have a question to put out there to all of you (and I hope it hasn't already been covered, though I did find some similar information in the Do We Need a War Chest thread).

Greetings, WebLit community. I'm a learning and growing storyteller who's primary medium is writing, and I have designs on plastering stories all over the web for people to read for free. I'm working on finishing a story and getting it as polished as possible before I serialize, 1) because I don't trust myself to be able to update consistently if it's not already done, and 2) I want the story to be the best it can be for the readers. I briefly tried an as-I-go-along approach, thinking to use it as drafts that would later be revised, but all sorts of life happened and updates didn't.

Hey guys, sorry for those of you who follow the webfic crowd on Twitter (or read WFG forums ... lol too much crossposting @_@) because you've likely read about this already Anyway, I'm doing a small survey of Reader/Writer commenting habits and would love your participation:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/93XJKXK

The results will be published on ErgoFiction

In the How Much Is Your Writing Worth thread, we all seemed to acknowledge that one thing we need more of is readers. Wondering where my new ones came from, I consulted my google analytics page. I've listed the two top referral sites that get people on my site and get them to (mostly) stay there. Maybe if others do the same, we could compile a list of good places to list/advertise our books?

Obviously, this will vary based on content and intended audiences. I write young adult romance-thriller, horror, and dark fantasy. My most popular books are, by far, the young adult ones.

The Kindle forums at Amazon are an unsuspected source of some very interesting marketing ideas. Here's one, in which a group of indie ebook authors has banded together for a contest. I don't know how we'd lift that idea, but there are others in those forums to be mined.