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Published: 16 November 2021
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How to Self-Publish Your Book: An Indie-Author’s Guide

 

Self pub WritingCoverHave you written a book but don’t know how to take the first steps toward getting published? Relax, this is a common scenario. Many budding authors write books and then don’t know how to get them published. The truth is that there are two ways to publish your book. You can publish traditionally, or you can self-publish. This book is for authors who wish to self-publish. However, traditionally publishing your book shouldn’t cost you any money either because the process involves finding an agent or traditional book publisher and submitting your query letter and possibly other materials to them in the hopes that they read and accept it. If they do accept it, they will perform the final edits, develop a cover and publish the book. You should get an advance, which means you get paid when you traditionally publish. You do not pay anyone any money. If your “traditional” publisher is asking you for money, run. It’s not a traditional publisher. It’s probably a vanity press.

 

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First Five Drafts

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The First Five Drafts: Prevent Over-Editing and Get Your Novel Done Faster with the Five Draft Method

 

First5DraftsThis is the no-fluff, serious writer's guide to getting your novel started, edited and finished.

The five draft method is designed to help you reduce your chances of over-editing, which can stall your writing process and cause you to either never deem your novel finished or ruin it in any number of ways, including inputting too many slow sections, taking out all the interesting details and doing too much ‘showing’ versus ‘telling’.

In this writer's self-help book, you will learn how to write your first draft and revise your manuscript to the point where it's ready for self-publication or submission to agents and/or publishers.


The Five Draft Method

Draft 1: The Junk Draft 
Draft 2: The Structuring Draft 
Draft 3: The Rough Draft 
Draft 4: The Analytical Draft
Draft 5: Final Draft 

Plus! Proofreading for Publication

 

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Anything for an A

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Published: 16 November 2021
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Anything for an A

 

Anything1With time running out, 18-year-old senior, Kelsey, must get straight A’s  to qualify for a scholarship to college. After living several years on the street with her poverty riddled parents, in by a man she calls Uncle Greg, but he only agreed to house her until she graduated from high school. With four weeks left, Kelsey has to prove that she has a 4.0 graduating GPA  to get a free ride to college via an exclusive scholarship, and that means getting straight A’s her final semester and somehow convincing the teachers to change her previous grades. If she can’t do it, she knows she’ll end up back on the street.

In a high school that's better known for it's scandals and internal investigations than for it's high acedemic achievement, high school senior, Kelsey Smith, has her work cut out for her if she plans to take home the A-Plus Scholarship so she can get a free ride to college.

Disadvantaged due to her upbringing on the street and missing years of primary schooling, Kelsey just doesn't know enough of the material to get straight A's, but she does know how to manipulate her friends into doing her homework, and she likes to think she'd good at giving the men what they want. Can she turn her orgasmic skills into straight A's? She only has four weeks to make it happen! Otherwise, she could find herself back out on the street!

Sexy high school fantasy
Anal, Oral and Vaginal Sex
Forbidden Sex
Teacher/ Student Sex

All characters engaging in sex acts are over 18, and it is consensual sex.

 

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Monday Afternoon
Kelsey Arriving Home from School




Kelsey Smith stepped out of Carl’s car in front of 201 Church Street. As usual, Greg forgot to pick her up from school, and it was almost four in the afternoon. If Carl hadn’t stayed late to talk to the English teacher, Mr. Ingles, Kelsey would have been forced to walk home. While it was only about a mile, it was a mile farther than she wanted to walk after running up and down stairs all day.

Kelsey walked up the sidewalk and opened the faded black screen door. The brown-painted security door's handle didn't budge when she attempted to turn it. 

After pulling out her key, she unlocked the handle and the deadbolt before testing it again.  The lock had a habit of retracting the bolt ninety-nine percent of the way, leaving just enough bolt lip to make opening the door impossible without relocking it and unlocking it again. Today, it was working correctly.

Once the door was open, she waved to Carl to let him know she was fine and going inside. However, she paused with the screen door closed and watched until Carl's car disappeared from view.  He had asked if she wanted company until Greg arrived home. She had not, but Carl insisted that he stay since this was a less than stellar neighborhood.
Kelsey politely refused his offer, reminding him that she grew up homeless on the street and needed no additional protection. Now, she wanted to make sure he had taken her refusal seriously. It looked like he had.

Kelsey closed and dead-bolted the door before turning and looking over at the couch. Greg wasn't on the couch, and after listening for a moment, she realized the house was silent. Greg was not home, and Kelsey made a mental note to kick his ass.
To make sure he truly wasn't home and not masturbating in a different part of the house, Kelsey turned on the lights and walked through the downstairs before walking through the upstairs. She saw no indication that he was home or had been home since he dropped her off at school. 

This was weird. He was usually home by three. Greg just never bothered to stop by Grand Central high school on his way home to pick her up. It irked Kelsey. She’d lived with him for the last five years.

 

 

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The Whore Who Would Be Captain

 

Thewhorewhowouldbecaptain

Estimated Release Date - Feb 7-8, 2022 

 

Opal Goldheart is a working girl in the age of ships and sails. After running into the first mate of the Old Barnacle. They're looking for a working girl to keep the men happy and relaxed. Opal decides to take the job. After all, a lot of money can be made from twenty men stuck on a ship at sea. Of course, she learns all the ship's secrets while she's keeping the men satisfied, and it leads her to believe she could captain the ship better than the captain!  If she gets her way, there will be mutiny!

 

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