@WriterSanctuary Why does the table of contents show up at the end on the epub version when using Reedsy?
@WriterSanctuaryКүн бұрын
I haven't heard of that problem. The ePub is what I use to publish the book on Amazon from Reedsy and I haven't seen that one. The only thing I can think of is if the ToC got moved to the back matter before formatting. Outside of that, I haven't a clue. Sorry, I'm not much help with this one.
@leaftree5155Күн бұрын
@WriterSanctuary Ok, guess I have to contact someone on Reedsy. Thank you.
@WriterSanctuaryКүн бұрын
@@leaftree5155 You're welcome. Sorry I couldn't help on this one. But if you figure it out, I'd love to know. Good luck. 🙂
@valensinclair67503 күн бұрын
It's no longer worth it IMO. It was great until the last update (the "collaboration" update), but now it's incredibly slow, sluggish, and just a pain to work with. This is only MY opinion.
@WriterSanctuary3 күн бұрын
@@valensinclair6750 I haven't tried it since the last update. I'll have to give it a look. Thank you for the heads up. 🙂
@WriterSanctuary5 күн бұрын
Unfortunately, we had a slew of technical issues. Maybe I should have her on again soon.
@johnpalermo22478 күн бұрын
Hello! It's been a year or so!! Hope all is well!! I still have notes from you. We spoke live. I'm ready to start!! Moving on, should I make a website for blogging? Or should I join a platform concerning my niche?...hence bipolar blogging. I am finally starting pathetically enough, sir. Best Regards. I wrote my first book too!!! But we ain't here for that. :)
@WriterSanctuary8 күн бұрын
Welcome back. I remember you, and I hope all is well in your world. If you plan on diving into blogging and maintaining it for the long haul, then yes. Buying your own site will make things so much easier overall. Plus, you can monetize it any way you see fit. Platforms like Medium, Hubpages, and Vocal are good for niche blogging, but you're quite limited in what you can do in comparison. My thoughts are if you have the extra money to start a self-hosted blog, it's the better option as you can do so much more with it than on other platforms. Congrats on the book, by the way. :)
@SandyRideout8 күн бұрын
Does reedsy do a good job in justifying the text alignment? I had to manually do it in my 350 page book recently and it was extremely long and tedious.
@WriterSanctuary8 күн бұрын
@@SandyRideout In my experience going from Reedsy to Amazon, I found the text alignment to come out perfectly. I was quite pleased with how it came out after exporting.
@SandyRideout8 күн бұрын
@@WriterSanctuary did you upload a pdf or a word document for your manuscript? Also, have you heard of Draft2Digital by any chance? If so, what are your thoughts?
@WriterSanctuary8 күн бұрын
When I uploaded Kingmaker to Amazon, I used the ePub export from Reedsy. I don't think I've ever used a PDF for books, but it's on my list of videos coming soon. And yes, I've used Draft2Digital in the past, but haven't really done much with it. I have a video of using it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6mzhImMbbWbntU I know a lot of authors on Threads who swear by using D2D, and it seems solid enough of a system. Plus, it's added a few more book outlets since I made that video.
@SandyRideout8 күн бұрын
@@WriterSanctuary awesome. Thank you for your quick replies. 🤜💥🤛
@WriterSanctuary8 күн бұрын
@@SandyRideout You are very welcome. Glad I could help. 😁
@jenniferdecker773912 күн бұрын
My time often feels like it's gone as quickly as a fart in the wind as well! 😂😆😜
@WriterSanctuary12 күн бұрын
It happens a lot around here. lol
@laurathompson466814 күн бұрын
Took me forever to watch this, I’ve had a crazy past few months but finally did. Such a cute interview, thanks so much for the shout outs both of you. 🫶 you both!
@WriterSanctuary14 күн бұрын
No worries at all. It's been a busy year for most of us. 😉
@account711019 күн бұрын
Hello, sir! I'm glad I found your channel. As a young writer, I have no experience with writing so it's helpful that you're sharing your advice online for people like me. I do have a couple questions that I hope you can answer. How did you transition from content mills to private clients? As in, did private clients find you or did you find them? Also, when you stopped working with content mills, how did you go about doing it? Did you just collect all your income then deactivate your accounts, or is there more to it? Final question: Can Textbroker take money from your bank account or just the account you have with them if you're deemed "inactive?" Thanks for taking the time to read my questions! I hope you can answer them and I'll be checking out your other content for tips. Again, thanks so much!
@nonya-bizness23 күн бұрын
I've been using world anvil for a while myself. the trail period allowed me to make many more than just 45 articles, and I made a bunch. now that the trail period is over I can't make more right now. I'm not fussed about it at the moment because I'm working on alot of background stuff in my world building project that won't all be posted on world anvil, and it will be a while before I get through that leg of work and back to stuff I would be posting. at that time though I will likely get some paid tier or another so that I can make a ton more articles. it has so far been a great tool for organizing my thoughts and ideas, as well as timeline events and and various chunks of information that I might not have a way to neatly tie together at this time.
@WriterSanctuary23 күн бұрын
That's one of the biggest benefits for me, I think - organizing my thoughts. Since I plan on turning the Witcham series into something much bigger, it's nice to have all of those ideas and plans on a platform that'll help me remember what I was trying to do. lol Getting too old to remember a lot of the details. 😂
@nonya-bizness23 күн бұрын
@@WriterSanctuary definitely. my memory isn't great either, I can't very well reach back and pull ideas that I haven't thought about for a while from the hazy ether of my mind. but if I can look through a list of topics and find some mention of the idea, that can be enough to bring it back to me. there are several ways to categorize, group, or divide articles and such so that I can find whatever I need easily. it is also nice that you can link various articles, timelines, and others within an article, timeline, or other places. so you can easily make a space for all your various ideas and then later link them together in a few ways.
@WriterSanctuary23 күн бұрын
@@nonya-bizness Absolutely.
@PatD-387726 күн бұрын
Thanks this is interesting.
@WriterSanctuary26 күн бұрын
You're welcome. I'm looking forward to really diving into it soon.
@philip-at-tubeАй бұрын
Pessimism is my middle name; nevertheless, I do admire your positive attitude.
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
@@philip-at-tube I'm positive, but often a cynic. 😁
@ThePhoenixTailАй бұрын
Hi there! How did you get dark mode?
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
I use the Dark mode extension available for Chrome. Atticus has said that dark mode will be available in the future, though.
@ThePhoenixTailАй бұрын
@@WriterSanctuary Thank you! :)
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
@@ThePhoenixTail You are very welcome.
@philip-at-tubeАй бұрын
Great video, thanks. You have a very natural & clear style of teaching this kind of stuff. I hope you'll sometime make some videos about marketing of self-published manuscripts; that would be interesting to watch.
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
Actually, that is a lot of what I want to cover in 2025. It's going to be a big year, I think. :)
@philip-at-tubeАй бұрын
@@WriterSanctuary I look forward to watching any how-to videos you may make about marketing issues.
@philip-at-tubeАй бұрын
My problem is I like learning more than I like actual writing, lol
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
Yeah, there are times I get sucked into an educational rabbit hole for hours. lol
@elyathaeli3742Ай бұрын
Thank you, this was really helpful. 🤩
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
You are very welcome. Glad I could help.
@neosoulwriterАй бұрын
You had me at tote bag. I'll wait❤
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
@@neosoulwriter Yeah, gonna play around with 4th Wall this week. 😁
@neosoulwriterАй бұрын
@@WriterSanctuary 4th wall?
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
@@neosoulwriter It's a print-on-demand/membership service, kind of like if T-Spring and Buy Me a Coffee had a love child.
@neosoulwriterАй бұрын
Yes throw in Despair 😂
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
@@neosoulwriter 😁
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
I forgot a goal - get a real camera for the video content!
@neosoulwriterАй бұрын
The camera from the monitor counts as real. You want a different camera ❤
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
@@neosoulwriter Well, something better than the web cam, anyway. lol
@neosoulwriterАй бұрын
@WriterSanctuary you're going to be spoiled when you get the new camera. More pics and videos
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
@@neosoulwriter Yeah...plan on doing a lot with it as soon as I get one.
@lucygodwinart5961Ай бұрын
very helpful thanks
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
You are very welcome.
@ladonwilliams1333Ай бұрын
Agreed…spreadsheets are awesome😂. More people need to get on board😅. I feel you on the derailment. Four-legged or two-legged, they could care less what your plans are. Thanks for sharing your insight. I was on the fence about Reedsy as a viable option for my writing, but your videos have helped clarify the issue for me.
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
@@ladonwilliams1333 Glad I could help. 😁 Spreadsheets FTW! 😂
@philip-at-tubeАй бұрын
Good tips.
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
Thank you. :)
@studiogroup-go3psАй бұрын
Thank you for the overview. I’ve been setting my goals and intentions these past few weeks as well and something you mentioned briefly here was a spreadsheet. I’ve been trying to think how I can create something like that, that is creative and tractable. I use Airtable as my spreadsheet organizer, but if you could share what you use and how you use it, I would appreciate that…thank you
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
Well, I have this spreadsheet that I use for everything I do throughout the day: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qH2mfaCHdtR5jrs Is that the one? I am also setting up the content for next year in a content strategy spreadsheet.
@designbookIncАй бұрын
Very useful brother, thank you!
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
@@designbookInc You are welcome.
@neosoulwriterАй бұрын
I agree with the list. Yes, Barnes and Noble has a great selection of journals.
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
One of the first places I go to when walking into a Barnes and Noble, actually. lol Loves me some notebooks.
@HexylvaniaFilmsАй бұрын
This was way helpful and to the point, and thank you for not spending extra time talking about nothing to get a few more pennies from youtube--I'm completely exhausted with that trend, and being told to subscribe before anybody gives me a good enough reason to. I actually did subscribe just now, by the way. You earned it 👏🏿
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
Thank you. And I'm glad I could help.
@SolotasticАй бұрын
I feel silly that I hadn't figured this out after using Reedsy for nearly a year. Fantastic video...thanks for all you do! Subscribed.
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
You are very welcome. And thank you. 😁
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
How do you keep yourself motivated to hammer out your story?
@mistamixSDАй бұрын
I only recently discovered Reedsy, it seems like a good alternative to Scrivener but I wasn't sure which is better. So your video is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks a lot. And your cat is adorable!
@WriterSanctuaryАй бұрын
@@mistamixSD You're very welcome. And thank you, she's in quite a few videos 😂
@philip-at-tube2 ай бұрын
Thank you for posting this informative video.
@WriterSanctuary2 ай бұрын
@@philip-at-tube You're welcome. 🙂
@philip-at-tube2 ай бұрын
I'm not very good at making longer-term plans.
@WriterSanctuary2 ай бұрын
@@philip-at-tube I think I started doing it in 2013, when I became a full-time writer. Now, it's almost second nature. 😁 Then again, I am a huge dork when it comes to spreadsheets and tracking goals. 😂
@philip-at-tube2 ай бұрын
@@WriterSanctuary I'm a lot more vague with myself - do more creative stuff because it is probably good for me. (Also, at least try to be a bit less self-centred, lol).
@WriterSanctuary2 ай бұрын
@@philip-at-tube That's always a good thing. lol
@WriterSanctuary2 ай бұрын
Mistakes only help you learn and grow. Use them to give yourself a better chance of success on the next attempt.
@Odontecete2 ай бұрын
LOL on the map! Maps are essential and let me tell you why: I spent roughly 2 days figuring out which direction (and then changing it again and again) my characters needed to go for resolution. N, S, then in one scene they are going S when they were supposed to go N...etc. They even spun around and started going E at one point. It was driving me bonkers to remember which direction they were supposed to be going! So I stopped and hand drew a map...not just of the world but a MapQuest map. It made everything so easy after that! Yea, maps are essential. I agree with advertising and putting money aside - am also doing that for my next book. And ordering print PROOFS! I wasted money on prints...all excited ya know...then when they came in, it was awful. I had to learn so much about margins (and why they matter)...but it's all good. I now have a print that I'm happy with and learned a heap ton for Book 2.
@WriterSanctuary2 ай бұрын
@@Odontecete I feel ya. I spent three days calculating the distance a horse could travel in a specific amount of time and distance. A map would have drastically made a difference. 😂 That's ok, though. We learned a lot, which will only make the next book far better. 😁
@Odontecete2 ай бұрын
@@WriterSanctuary 15-20 miles/day given adequate food and water with a moderate load and flat ground. :D Yep, already did that math. LOL. Helped that I know horses so it wasn't too much of a struggle.
@WriterSanctuary2 ай бұрын
The Strong Writing report is great, but always verify changes are necessary.
@readMEinkbooks2 ай бұрын
Have you done a step by step how to on using the Reedsy writing app? I'm trying to discover how to get rid of the titles Reedsy has put on the front matter pages. They're not applicable to my book and I have different front matter pages than they have put in.
@WriterSanctuary2 ай бұрын
@@readMEinkbooks I have a series Playlist for using Reedsy, one of which was adding pages and such. m.kzbin.info/aero/PLKiglROgDB3MKxX_ue8dYz2eo9CufoMHD I plan on making more in the near future. I hope this helps.
@truthboundpublishing2 ай бұрын
Thank you! I am wondering if you have a video showing how to set up an Author's Profile so i can add my books?
@WriterSanctuary2 ай бұрын
@@truthboundpublishing I don't think I do. I haven't done much with Goodreads lately as I've been focused on a few other sites. If I remember right, the profile set up after getting accepted was quite easy, though. Sorry I'm much help this time around.
@InkRavenLion2 ай бұрын
I hate Steven King, but I can tell you're cool. 😎
@WriterSanctuary2 ай бұрын
@@InkRavenLion Thank you. 😁
@CaraHTheRealCie2 ай бұрын
As the late Eddie Van Halen said, I'd rather fail with my own $h*t than succeed with someone else's. I will never query an agent. I'd rather find my own way. I'm a hybrid author with some self-published works and some works published in small press anthologies. I really appreciate your videos.
@WriterSanctuary2 ай бұрын
@@CaraHTheRealCie I'm glad you liked them. And I agree...I'm going to write the stories I want to write. 😁
@CaraHTheRealCie2 ай бұрын
I'm always finding new reasons to hate the idea of trying to be trad published the old-fashioned way. I'm a hybrid author who has self-published a novella, a novel, and several poetry volumes. I also have stories in some small press anthologies. I can't even stand the idea of opening social media until the election is over. I like Buffer, but I use the free version.
@WriterSanctuary2 ай бұрын
@@CaraHTheRealCie I was using the free version of Buffer for a very long time. For most, the free version is probably all that you need. But I agree, at the moment, a lot of social platforms are a dumpster fire. 😁
@jenniferdecker77392 ай бұрын
I loved Four Past Midnight! Especially The Langoliers.
@WriterSanctuary2 ай бұрын
I used to have Four Past Midnight, but I can't remember if it's in storage, got ruined by one of three floods, or if Dad has it.
@KainBaker2 ай бұрын
Any reason why it wont upload to kdp once I exported it?
@WriterSanctuary2 ай бұрын
Not off hand. There could be a number of things preventing it from uploading.
@KainBaker2 ай бұрын
@ I managed to get it to work with kindle create. Not the same aesthetic but good enough. Thanks for replying anyway.
@WriterSanctuary2 ай бұрын
@KainBaker You are welcome. Hope everything goes well for you.
@bymegangrant2 ай бұрын
I am SO guilty of this!!!
@WriterSanctuary2 ай бұрын
@@bymegangrant Heh...I forgot this short was even live. 😂
@philip-at-tube2 ай бұрын
Going the self-publishing route (& self-marketing), does this not mean that traditional bookshops & libraries would not actually be able to stock your book?
@WriterSanctuary2 ай бұрын
No, actually. Instead, you'll have to do much of the legwork yourself. You'll have to contact them directly. The biggest thing to keep in mind is that you cannot use the free ISBNs from Amazon and Barnes & Noble for the books. But you can still get bookstores and libraries to stock a self-published book.
@philip-at-tube2 ай бұрын
@@WriterSanctuary I imagine this would be a lot of legwork because there are so many bookshops & libraries (in the world). By contrast, going the traditional LitAgent>Publisher route simply avoids all this legwork because they do all of it for you... well, that is assuming that one can ever actually get through 'the narrow door' of a LitAgent (with their strong focus on 'market forces').
@WriterSanctuary2 ай бұрын
@philip-at-tube Probably not as much as you'd think. A lot of them use certain distributors. Not to mention that not every book store carries every book. Sure, agents and publishers might be able to get the book in certain stores, but it's not a guarantee. It's why you'll find one book in a Walmart but not in a Barnes & Noble, or vice-versa.
@philip-at-tube2 ай бұрын
@@WriterSanctuary Do you have any videos made about this process i.e. how to get into bookshops & libraries without going the traditional LitAgent>Publisher route ??? I'm a long-time subscriber of yours, but I haven't been very active on your channel recently, though; my sincere apologies for that. However, this issue has caught my attention because I have a book to publish. I have been getting some really nice & encouraging rejections from LitAgents - they often say things like "your book doesn't quite fit with 'my list' but otherwise it's really good, and I strongly encourage you to continue in your search for a LitAgent". I mean, that is nice, and I really do feel encouraged, but I also think 'what will I do if this doesn't work out?' What is the alternative? It seems like you have some ideas about an alternative way of going about this. Well, sorry if this comment a bit long, I sometimes have a tendency to ramble on a bit; getting older, lol. Anyway, in essence: Do you have any videos made about this process i.e. how to get into bookshops & libraries without going the traditional LitAgent>Publisher route ???
@WriterSanctuary2 ай бұрын
@@philip-at-tube I don't have any videos on it yet, but I've been talking with other authors and planning out a blog post and video about getting physical copies into various locations. In fact, it's part of the series I'm make for publishing my next book. I'm going all-in on this one and have quite a bit planned for the future. I'm sorry I'm not much help at the moment. I can say this, though, attending my first book event as an author in person was an incredible experience. 🙂
@crystalscherer_author2 ай бұрын
The cats definitely made this video amusing and memorable. Lovely intro - I was thinking about joining Inkitt (although I know some of their past contests were kind of predatory).
@WriterSanctuary2 ай бұрын
Thank you. My cats love being on camera. I don't know much about the contests, but I would like to finish the story I have on Inkitt at some point. Then, I can do a thorough review of the platform. It's on my ever-growing list of things to do. lol
@crystalscherer_author2 ай бұрын
@@WriterSanctuary Lol. I'm sure the cats will be there to un-help you every step of the way!
@WriterSanctuary2 ай бұрын
@crystalscherer_author oh yeah...they're a bundle of unhelpfulness...lol
@andrewdavid94122 ай бұрын
DO NOT USE THIS SOFTWARE! The file backup system splits your files into two a saves them separately! I LOST HUNDREDS OF HOURS!