Lots of insight on editing programs. Have you tried ones for specifically authors like Scrivener? I'm stunned to read that with such following there's still been difficult to reach out with the book. How is that possible?
I have not tried Scrivener, Pilgrim. I’d love to hear from someone who has.
I don’t think X works well as a marketing platform. People don’t like to spend money there, in general. They also changed the algorithm, making it harder to reach most of my followers.
Thank you Rod! I had a lot of problems with Grammarly. It usually serves me well when I write my articles here on Substack. I only feed one or two paragraphs into it at a time. After the punctuation, spelling and rewrite suggestions have been made. I leave that paragraph or two alone and go onto the next. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to properly correct an entire sub stack post of about 2000 to 3000 words. And sometimes Grammarly makes mistakes and if you don’t proofread it those mistakes will become apparent later after you’ve published it.
For a book I would definitely find a good editor. Thank you so much for the suggestions!
Hi Charlotte! That’s a great strategy! I used the Grammarly suggestions as just that after a while. I know some other programs have similar issues. Overall it’s still helpful!
It’s been very helpful to use for my Substack. But it often makes mistakes and mis-corrects words without you knowing about it— if you’re not careful to watch. That’s why I divide it up. I feed the paragraphs into the actual Grammarly app, and I don’t use it as a typing tool. That way it won’t accidentally correct what you’ve already corrected.
Before going to sleep I partially read a good article by @Brian Reindel 👾⚔️ about book publishing. I mean to finish it next. I started a Substack because I wanted to write a book, but I didn’t know where to start, and what to edit. Lol. Writing on this platform has helped me sort out my ideas.
Thank you, Rod. It is so great and so enlighting to hear from your experience. As you said it beautifully, it's my novel which found me, attached to a co-creator who came looking for me on the Internet, a story in the story really, not the other way around. It's now in the hands of 12 french publishers and have been rejected by 6 already but I do want it to be published by a publisher for it will help me to get it published abroad as I planned to rewrite it in English at the beginning of 2025. I'm currently writing the sequel, working on a trilogy as well, on my own this time. Thank you again for your insights. Lots of love.
Lots of insight on editing programs. Have you tried ones for specifically authors like Scrivener? I'm stunned to read that with such following there's still been difficult to reach out with the book. How is that possible?
I have not tried Scrivener, Pilgrim. I’d love to hear from someone who has.
I don’t think X works well as a marketing platform. People don’t like to spend money there, in general. They also changed the algorithm, making it harder to reach most of my followers.
Thank you Rod! I had a lot of problems with Grammarly. It usually serves me well when I write my articles here on Substack. I only feed one or two paragraphs into it at a time. After the punctuation, spelling and rewrite suggestions have been made. I leave that paragraph or two alone and go onto the next. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to properly correct an entire sub stack post of about 2000 to 3000 words. And sometimes Grammarly makes mistakes and if you don’t proofread it those mistakes will become apparent later after you’ve published it.
For a book I would definitely find a good editor. Thank you so much for the suggestions!
Hi Charlotte! That’s a great strategy! I used the Grammarly suggestions as just that after a while. I know some other programs have similar issues. Overall it’s still helpful!
It’s been very helpful to use for my Substack. But it often makes mistakes and mis-corrects words without you knowing about it— if you’re not careful to watch. That’s why I divide it up. I feed the paragraphs into the actual Grammarly app, and I don’t use it as a typing tool. That way it won’t accidentally correct what you’ve already corrected.
Before going to sleep I partially read a good article by @Brian Reindel 👾⚔️ about book publishing. I mean to finish it next. I started a Substack because I wanted to write a book, but I didn’t know where to start, and what to edit. Lol. Writing on this platform has helped me sort out my ideas.
That’s great! I’m always looking for ways to improve my initial process. It was a lot of work. I also want to publish the best product possible.
I like following what you and other authors are doing! Thank you! Here’s the article https://open.substack.com/pub/storyletter/p/how-to-publish-your-book-with-ingramspark?r=127z9b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Thanks, Charlotte! ❤️
My pleasure Rod! I had never heard of this platform so it’s nice to learn about our options as authors. Have a beautiful day!💖✨
Thanks so much Rod! I will try to listen on my way to work and read later. Thanks for sharing your information with us!!
Sure thing, Jane!
I'm planning on rereading book one (the published one...yay!) right after my daughter's wedding.
Thank you for sharing 🙌
Thank you, Rod. It is so great and so enlighting to hear from your experience. As you said it beautifully, it's my novel which found me, attached to a co-creator who came looking for me on the Internet, a story in the story really, not the other way around. It's now in the hands of 12 french publishers and have been rejected by 6 already but I do want it to be published by a publisher for it will help me to get it published abroad as I planned to rewrite it in English at the beginning of 2025. I'm currently writing the sequel, working on a trilogy as well, on my own this time. Thank you again for your insights. Lots of love.