Kaleci, we've never met of course, and I haven't been on Steem that long, but I feel like you are an old friend, just by our interactions. I am so SO FREAKING HAPPY that you accomplished this! I bought your eBook and am going to start reading it as soon as we get back from the Y (if I have any energy left that that Silver Sneakers class that supposed to be for old folk, but kicks my butt!). I'm resteeming your post and I'm going to do a link on twitter as well. Bravo! And I'll be "gushing' you a review when I get done with the book. Rock on sister! !tip
I am so freaking happy too! :D And also petrified. Happy and petrified. This is what I wrote in an email just before:
"I was probably hasty in publishing this so quickly... but thoughts came over me, telling me that all I ever do is over-criticise my words, over-edit my words, over-think this, over-think that, JUST DO IT ALREADY..... so... I did it. And then instantly regretted it because.... "Oh God, this bit... Oh God, this other bit... Oh God, this scene too... Oh God, the whole story is in shambles! Why did I press the button????"
But that's just the inner critic, haha. Whew. The inner voice must be silenced.
I need to get in on all that Actifitting! I doubt I could 20k days, but 10k for sure! Move my butt a bit more.
How absolutely lovely. What a delightful outcome of being a freewrite participant. It sure fills me with hope and motivation.
I think it was just the other day, I read and commented on your 5 minute freewrite on lists, and now I find out I was interacting with a fully-fledged, published author. Who knew?
Yes, you did comment on that list freewrite :D but I wouldn't call myself fully-fledged just yet :) At 6am this morning I was still an aspiring author, at 7am I became a self-published author, and I think I'll consider myself full-fledged when I have several books out there.
This first step was the hardest. I've been writing and re-writing a couple of books for years now and never deemed them good enough. Then thanks to the @freewritehouse I just wrote and didn't have time for all that inner-critic stuff! It's fantastic. Now that I have one out, I want more out --more!
I am glad to have given you hope and motivation! :D
Congratulations of publishing. I simply cannot buy any more books right now – my reading list is 100+ long at the moment. If I buy another book right now, my husband won’t have a cow… He’ll have a herd! LOL. But, I’ve added it to my wish list. Maybe someone will get it for me for Mother’s Day. :D
I'm not so sure about the 5 stars! I could just be being hard on myself, but I personally feel it would be a 3.5 overall... still... thats my inner critic being snarky probably, haha. I hope you enjoy it!! 😊💕
:D :D Thank you! A flood of positive reviews would be amazing!! But after reading so many self-publishing anecdotes, I'm preparing myself for the likelihood of maybe 10 total sales. As long as those 10 people enjoy the story!!! That's all that matters. I want my writing to be enjoyed. :)
I only even have an Amazon account because I needed it for Kickstarter many moons ago! :D
After that, the onnneee thing I ordered on Amazon, was the only delivery I ever had magically "not arrive"... so I never trusted it again. Hopefully their digital service is better than their physical. The years of their Kindle stuff seems pretty huge and spot on though, so, woo!
Kaleci, we've never met of course, and I haven't been on Steem that long, but I feel like you are an old friend, just by our interactions. I am so SO FREAKING HAPPY that you accomplished this! I bought your eBook and am going to start reading it as soon as we get back from the Y (if I have any energy left that that Silver Sneakers class that supposed to be for old folk, but kicks my butt!). I'm resteeming your post and I'm going to do a link on twitter as well. Bravo! And I'll be "gushing' you a review when I get done with the book. Rock on sister! !tip
Thank you so much!! :) ~ I hope you enjoy it!
I am so freaking happy too! :D And also petrified. Happy and petrified. This is what I wrote in an email just before:
"I was probably hasty in publishing this so quickly... but thoughts came over me, telling me that all I ever do is over-criticise my words, over-edit my words, over-think this, over-think that, JUST DO IT ALREADY..... so... I did it. And then instantly regretted it because.... "Oh God, this bit... Oh God, this other bit... Oh God, this scene too... Oh God, the whole story is in shambles! Why did I press the button????"
But that's just the inner critic, haha. Whew. The inner voice must be silenced.
I need to get in on all that Actifitting! I doubt I could 20k days, but 10k for sure! Move my butt a bit more.
Congratulations on this amazing accomplishment! Resteemed and upvoted. I'll be visiting Amazon soon.
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How absolutely lovely. What a delightful outcome of being a freewrite participant. It sure fills me with hope and motivation.
I think it was just the other day, I read and commented on your 5 minute freewrite on lists, and now I find out I was interacting with a fully-fledged, published author. Who knew?
Congratulations!
Thank you!! :)
Yes, you did comment on that list freewrite :D but I wouldn't call myself fully-fledged just yet :) At 6am this morning I was still an aspiring author, at 7am I became a self-published author, and I think I'll consider myself full-fledged when I have several books out there.
This first step was the hardest. I've been writing and re-writing a couple of books for years now and never deemed them good enough. Then thanks to the @freewritehouse I just wrote and didn't have time for all that inner-critic stuff! It's fantastic. Now that I have one out, I want more out --more!
I am glad to have given you hope and motivation! :D
Congratulations of publishing. I simply cannot buy any more books right now – my reading list is 100+ long at the moment. If I buy another book right now, my husband won’t have a cow… He’ll have a herd! LOL. But, I’ve added it to my wish list. Maybe someone will get it for me for Mother’s Day. :D
"If I buy another book right now, my husband won’t have a cow… He’ll have a herd! - LOL! Oh no! (But that's hilarious - I giggled :D )
Thank you for the congratulations! :)
congratulations from the house :)
How exciting! Well done! Off to pay amazon a visit! :)
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Oh what a lovely dedication! :)
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Maybe not the bit with my partner and the author neglect he has suffered 😂 hehe!! But I had to thank the Freewrite House and Steemit! 😊
Awesome! I'll be reading it on my kindle tonight!
So proud of you! Excellent work. I've bought it and will give your 5 star review when I'm done (I know it will be 5 stars because you worked so hard!)
Woohoo!
Thank you!! 😄
I'm not so sure about the 5 stars! I could just be being hard on myself, but I personally feel it would be a 3.5 overall... still... thats my inner critic being snarky probably, haha. I hope you enjoy it!! 😊💕
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Yay!!! This is amazing, congratulations @kaelci 🎉 I've never bought an ebook before, gonna have to figure out how now...
Resteeming and I hope you get flooded with positive Amazon reviews whether you're anticipating them or not ;D
:D :D Thank you! A flood of positive reviews would be amazing!! But after reading so many self-publishing anecdotes, I'm preparing myself for the likelihood of maybe 10 total sales. As long as those 10 people enjoy the story!!! That's all that matters. I want my writing to be enjoyed. :)
No forcing was required through the thing 😜 I’ll have to see if Amazon likes me these days (we’ve had some years of not getting on).
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I only even have an Amazon account because I needed it for Kickstarter many moons ago! :D
After that, the onnneee thing I ordered on Amazon, was the only delivery I ever had magically "not arrive"... so I never trusted it again. Hopefully their digital service is better than their physical. The years of their Kindle stuff seems pretty huge and spot on though, so, woo!
I hope it's kind to you! xD