 | This will be the last time I’ll use “Ever Always” in the subject line to get a message to you all that’s not related to EA. Next time you see EA in the heading, it’ll mean new parts—promise! But since there are a number of you opted into that notification, I wanted to use it to give you this and share some exciting news! TL;DR — I published my collection of over ninety short stories, titled: “Big Book Energy”— In thanks for all your support and encouragement over the years, you can get a copy free for the next week hereat this link! -- Dear Fellow Wanderers, Over the last few weeks, I’ve been hard at work compiling, formatting, editing (and then professionally editing), and finally professionally covering my anthology of short stories from my r/WritingPrompts journey over the past three years. Introducing “Big Book Energy: A Short Story Collection”—now live as a paperback and ebook onAmazon!:) Tomorrow, I’ll be posting this announcement in r/WritingPrompts with the mods’ generous support—they’re pinning the post in the sub for a few days. But I wanted to share the news and this gift with you all, my fellow Wanderers, here, first. In my last post, I shared my experience of attending the biggest indie writing conference there is, and how authors I met there encouraged me to publish the WA anthology to tackle the fear of self-publishing and learn the ropes of the whole indie-pub process. Those new IRL author friends gave me invaluable guidance along the way (including offering reassurance when I hit publish on Amazon and low-key felt like I was gonna puke). You would think there wouldn’t be an emotional rollercoaster releasing stories in an anthology when those stories have already been out in the world, read and commented on by so many of you. But my “perfectionism paralysis” is real. And even with knowing you all had read and enjoyed these stories, I still saw flaws. I still wanted to wait and make everything perfect. I was still scared to share them on a bigger scale and in a more permanent way. (Which makes me even more grateful that I did this, because I honestly don’t know if I would’ve ever been able to combat that fear with a full-length novel. But now that I’ve experienced it and have seen my book in Amazon, I get what my fellow published authors told me: “Once you do it once, you’ll be able to do it again. And it’ll be easier each time because you’ll find that you can’t wait to get more books written so you can share them with others.” And I’m already finding that to be true.) I started this process to get over the “fear” of self-publishing. But how I pushed through the fear was thinking about all of you. Remembering your incredible support, encouragement, and understanding during my writing journey played a huge role in pushing me forward. Revisiting your past comments helped remind me that “done is better than perfect” because that meant I had shared it with you. I started seeing “Big Book Energy” as a gift I wanted to give my friends—a collection of our shared experiences with these stories—and that motivated me to cross this self-publishing finish line. This anthology marks a transformative phase in my writing life. In many ways, “Big Book Energy” feels like closing the chapter on WanderingAnonymous and stepping into the W.A. Marshall era. I feel ready now, thanks to your unwavering support and the time spent on writing prompts growing as a fiction writer, to commit to writing full-length novels and consistently sharing my work in the future. I do plan on keeping r/WanderingAnonymous active, and I will scribble to prompts for fun when my brain needs a reboot. But I also plan to move into self-publishing more and building my author/reader community outside of Reddit as well. Which brings me to the gift I would like to give you, after everything you’ve given me. Throughout this process, I tried to figure out how I could give each of you a free copy of “Big Book Energy” as a thank you for your immense support. And after some research, I found a way! I’ve set up a link on BookFunnel where you can download your free ebook copy. It’s yours to keep forever, with my deepest gratitude. It’ll ask you for your email for delivery and also will subscribe you to my monthly newsletter. You’ll receive a welcome email that will also have a link to a free download of “Taisy Tales Part 1 & 2” in audio format for audiobook lovers. If you prefer not to stay in my newsletter, please feel free to unsubscribe after downloading your gifts. Link to free ebook copy of "Big Book Energy" But I hope you’ll join me on this new journey! I’ll be sharing monthly updates on my writing endeavors and gifting free audio stories through my newsletter. Your friendship and readership mean so much to me, and I hope you’ll be part of this next chapter because sharing worlds with you, my fellow wanderers, is the best part of this writing adventure. Wishing all of you and your loved ones a happy holiday season! Cheers! -W.A. (P.S. My author proof of the paperback delivered yesterday, and I'm not gonna lie. It's stunning in person, the vibrant cover and thickness of over ninety stories in print makes me smile every time I look at it. And it wouldn't exist without all of you, thank you!) ~~~ [link] [comments] |
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"Big Book Energy"& Your Free Copy! (Ever Always)
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