tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33033609019130570002024-03-05T01:30:02.790-08:00Indie WriterThe rise of the independent, self-published author!Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04377561782448589659noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3303360901913057000.post-21677567870485504402012-09-09T07:16:00.001-07:002012-09-09T07:17:14.515-07:00What am I Gonna to Do? Ima Write About It!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As a writer, have you noticed that emotion... any emotion... makes you wanna run straight to the computer and write about it?<br />
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Take this morning, for instance. Since I was looking forward to the "thick cut" bacon I had purchased at the store the day before, can you imagine my distress when rather than the beautiful, hammy cuts of bacon I had anticipated, I instead ended up with anemic little pieces of fat held together by a stringy piece of fat in the middle!?!<br />
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I mean, I wasn't furious or anything. Just a little disappointed. But even that was enough emotion to make me hop on my online soapbox and write about it.<br />
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So I wrote the manufacturer first, in hopes of receiving several coupons in the mail for free thick cut bacon;).<br />
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Then I realized a "Bacon Reviews" section would fit perfectly within "<a href="http://www.mybigredneckwebsite.com/" target="_blank">My Big Redneck Website</a>"! (Not to mention how awesome it would be to make my bacon obsession <em>tax deductible</em>!)<br />
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Finally, I realized the absurdity of feeling compelled to write so much about bacon and began to analyze why that is. Which led me to this blog.<br />
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Because when you're a writer, your entire <em>being</em> is to write. It's not voluntary. It's compulsory. You MUST write or you'll explode. Or at the very least, you'll be gumpy and unfit for polite company.<br />
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The upside is you never run out of things to write about, since your <em>whole life</em> tends to go on paper (which is why I have so many blogs and websites).<br />
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What can I say? I love writing! Now if I could just learn to make a living from it, I'd be golden:)<br />
<br />Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04377561782448589659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3303360901913057000.post-55973605797442415402012-08-26T08:56:00.000-07:002012-08-26T08:56:05.860-07:00Learning to Write in Different VoicesI just finished a post for my blog, <u>My Big Redneck Husband.</u><br />
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So now that I'm writing a blog for <u>Indie Writer</u>, I am having a bit of a difficult time reverting back to my "normal" voice.<br />
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When I write for <u>My Big Redneck Husband</u>, I write in my "redneck" voice, the dialect of my childhood that I still tend to revert to in my everyday life when my emotions are raw. Since my redneck voice comes almost naturally for me, it is the one I have a hard time shaking when I'm ready to write in a different voice. <br />
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Living away from the mountains so many years changed my voice. So now when I write for y'all... er... I mean, <em>you all</em>... I write in my normal voice, the one I learned to use while living in the city, away from the rednecks and the mountain folk. It is now the way I speak every day.<br />
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I love dialect and accents and pick them up easily. I find it is an advantage for me when I need to "flavor" my work with a certain voice. In the course of my writing I have learned to use many voices.<br />
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I have a "professional" voice that I use when I write medical teaching materials for work.<br />
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I have a "medieval" voice that is so prevalent when I am writing historical fiction, it sometimes comes out in my everyday dialogue. (People tend to look at you a little bit funny when you tell them "'tis a lovely day," or ask, "Prithee, might I borrow a cup of sugar?")<br />
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I have developed a number of voices to flavor other work... like a very ancient voice, along with some made up words loosely based on etymology, to go with my short story about Adam and Eve, and a different way of putting words together for a futuristic romance that I have in the works.<br />
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You do have to be careful not to use <em>too</em> much dialect. Like too much salt, you can ruin the whole story if your flavoring becomes anything but subtle. However, a few words sprinkled here and there, along with a unique voice for each of your characters, goes a long way toward giving your readers the experience they are searching for.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04377561782448589659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3303360901913057000.post-50721627078595145972012-08-25T09:50:00.000-07:002012-08-25T09:51:57.574-07:00I Apologize...I'd like to apologize. I've not been working very much on the Indie Writer Website as of late because I've realized I have to focus on my Bible Treasure Hunt Website if I am to have it up and running before the holidays arrive. Even though Bible Treasure Hunt doesn't contain very much content as far as writing is concerned, I feel like it has good potential as an income stream.<br />
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The good news is that <a href="http://www.bibletreasurehunt.com/">www.bibletreasurehunt.com</a> is #1 in the Google Search Rankings using the keywords "bible treasure hunt!"<br />
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Furthermore, <a href="http://www.indiewriter.net/">www.indiewriter.net</a> is #1 in the Google Search Rankings for the keywords "indie writer" and is on the first page using the keywords "indie author!"<br />
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My other new website, <a href="http://www.mybigredneckwebsite.com/">www.mybigredneckwebsite.com</a> is also on the first page of the Google Search Rankings using the keywords "big redneck," but I would like to be #1 using the lone keyword, "redneck." Still working on that one, but as I said earlier, been working too hard on Bible Treasure Hunt to be of much use to anything else.<br />
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Hopefully Bible Treasure Hunt will be complete soon and I can get back to Indie Writer. I have other ideas brewing, as well. I think there's GREAT potential for making a living online through multiple website income streams.<br />
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Hope you all are having a fabulous weekend!Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04377561782448589659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3303360901913057000.post-333051674713055362012-08-24T04:41:00.000-07:002012-09-09T07:18:27.983-07:00Finding Time to WriteWhen do you find time to write?<br />
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Between a full-time job and keeping a house, it is difficult for me to carve out time to put words on paper.<br />
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I create all day long in my head, but much of it is lost due to lack of time:(<br />
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So for the past month or so, I have been getting out of bed at 5:30am to give myself an hour and a half every morning to write.<br />
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If I don't carve out a special time to write, it will never get done. All my creativity and ideas will just flow in and out of my head as if they never existed. I can't let that happen. Something inside of me INSISTS that I write.<br />
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5:30 am isn't so bad when you think of it like that.Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04377561782448589659noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3303360901913057000.post-1952276777560247212012-08-14T18:15:00.000-07:002012-08-14T18:15:32.927-07:00Hello!<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hello All!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My name is Katherine and I am an Indie Writer, a self-published/freelance author, dreaming and working toward making a full-time living doing what I love...writing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I am the owner of </span><a href="http://www.indiewriter.net/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">www.indiewriter.net</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">, though I have only just started working to get the site in order. (If you are a visitor to the site, please excuse the mess until my construction is complete.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So far, I feel I have been fairly successful in the self-publishing arena. I have written eight books which I have listed as e-books on Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble PubIt, Lulu, and Smashwords. From these eight books, I receive between $1,200.00 and $1,500.00 a month. I also make around $80 a month from print-on-demand books listed on Amazon's CreateSpace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I feel there is so much more potential in the Indie Writer arena, not only from e-books, but from websites, blogs, paid articles, and much more. With a little imagination, I hope to be able to retire on residual income stemming from my freelance writing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Through this blog I hope to share a little bit of my journey...my successes and failures and everything in between. I also hope to hear from you, dear readers, so that we may learn from each other and further our dreams of living to write.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Until next time... I wish you happiness and success.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Blessings & Joy!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Katherine</span><br />
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