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| Em_J |
The Kingdom of Malinas by me!I've not got round to sorting out an ISBN yet so it's only available from Lulu at the moment.
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| redwinegoblin |
Cool! How exciting. I'll be ordering one 
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| Em_J |
Yay, ta! It's very exciting! |
| April_Rose |
Brilliant!
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| Em_J |
So excited about this at the mo, just been up my grandparents showing it off. Come back and look on myspace and Khop (watchlost) had posted a bulletin advertising it!! How nice is that?! Sometimes I totally love people.
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| redwinegoblin |
That's really nice of him! I saw the bulletin on myspace, thought it was cool! |
| April_Rose |
Oh yeah, I must do that too! Meant to but I'm just catching up online now...(caught up here earlier on first!  )
great that you're so excited about it and it's all going well!
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| redwinegoblin |
I'd do that too but I have only about 10 friends on myspace
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| Em_J |
Ta AR!!! No worries, RWG!
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| April_Rose |
No problemo! bulletin posted!
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| Em_J |
Yay! Ta muchly. |
| April_Rose |
No bother, that's what online networking is all about!
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| redwinegoblin |
Just ordered my copy! It's gonna take about 3wks though by the looks of it! |
| Em_J |
Have you?! Cool!! Reckon you're probably the first person. Yeah mine took a while to come, it comes from America or Canada I think.
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| redwinegoblin |
Yeah, they said it'd take 10-15 days to manufacture, then a week for postage. Didn't realise it was available for download too! |
| Em_J |
Yeah, well it wasn't, but nobody was buying it and I thought maybe that was because it was too expensive. So I made it available for download as a cheaper option. Even though I hate ebooks. |
| redwinegoblin |
Yeah I'm not a great fan of ebooks either, I can't read loads of stuff on a screen, it kinda defeats the object of having a book in the first place! |
| Em_J |
Yeah. Didn't want to do it as an ebook, just cos the cover looks ace and I want everybody to see it!
Just looking at my stats now... units sold since 14th April... 1. That's you! Ta. I'm really not very good at the whole marketing thing... I've had plenty of people congratulate me and say it looks really good and that, but nobody actually seems to want to buy it!
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| redwinegoblin |
Heh heh, cool! I'm the first
Maybe it's a slow builder, I guess lots of people will look and be curious - maybe you'll get more sales in the summer holidays and coming up to Christmas. Are you going to see if you can get it sold in shops locally and stuff? |
| Em_J |
Yeah I need to sort out the ISBN first. Which I can do easily enough, but I've not done it yet cos I think I read somewhere that once that was done, if you made any alterations to the book you'd have to pay god knows how much for a new copy or something or other. |
| redwinegoblin |
Blimey....it's complex! I might need some advice when I finally get around to self-publishing my poetry!
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| Em_J |
Yeah that'd be cool, you should do it! Tis free after all. All I've paid is £11 something for the copy so I could see what it looked like! I love doing it, I'm looking around for other stuff I can publish! Even if nobody buys it!
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| redwinegoblin |
I never really thought of self publishing up until recently! Although I think I'd be a bit wierded about loads of other people reading my poems - it's different when its on writeright and stuff, but if its a book then people from my office or something might read them, argh! |
| Em_J |
Yeah but all your stuff's good so you shouldn't worry! Though I was looking at something I'd written and was wondering whether to make a book of short pieces... then I wasn't sure if I'd like people I know reading it!
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| redwinegoblin |
Thanks! It's easier showing people fictional stuff I find, showing them anything that has anything to do with my feelings makes me want to curl up into a little ball and cringe
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| Em_J |
Yeah me too. I avoid all that stuff! At least I don't do poetry so it's ok. |
| redwinegoblin |
Maybe I'll write under a pen-name...
Joanna Le Redwinegoblin perhaps
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| Em_J |
Heh heh! You so should! |
| April_Rose |
Cool pen name RWG!
Is ISBN that complicated? I thought you could buy 6 of them for about $75....I don't think you can just buy one, though if you go through the publishing company they probably by them in bulk so you could through them - might be better to do it yourself if it is still that price and then if you did make changes you'd have spares.... |
| Em_J |
Yeah you can't buy just one. It's £59 to get it from Lulu so I'll just do that. I did look elsewhere and it looked quite expensive. |
| redwinegoblin |
I have no idea what ISBN is! Someone enlighten me, I feel like a doofus!
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| Em_J |
International standard book number. So it can be sold in shops and whatnot. |
| redwinegoblin |
Ah right, so you don't need one of them to publish online but you need one for the shops? |
| Em_J |
You don't need one to sell it from Lulu marketplace which is mine at the mo, but you'll need it for shops and Amazon and libraries and all that sort of stuff. Because the selling price changes and that I think. The number identifies the book, the publisher and the version I think... Could be wrong! |
| redwinegoblin |
Yikes...complex  I'll have to read up on all that before i get all my stuff sorted...so much reading!
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| Em_J |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number
It's not too bad, I'm probably making it sound more complicated than it is. Lulu sorts it all out anyway. It's cos I've got a one piece cover that means I'm gonna have to generate the barcode myself and add it to the cover. |
| redwinegoblin |
 Have you seen the maths on that wiki explanation?! Nearly made my brain explode!! Glad the publisher sorts it out....
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| Em_J |
Yeah I ignored that bit! All you have to do with Lulu is say you want to buy a distribution package. Then they'll assign you your ISBN and depending on what type of book cover you have, they'll put it on your book for you.
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| Em_J |
Paperback version now available: http://www.trafford.com/06-0732
Though the hardback version is better and they're both about the same price. The paperback version is available online pretty much anywhere now! UPDATE Now for sale on ebay for £2!! Bargain eh? (I'm also selling some other stuff on ebay, so have a look!)
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/merchant/emmer_wemmer |
| Em_J |
Just found this! : http://amberkatze-amberkatze.blog...ngdom-of-malinas-by-e-j-tett.html which is cool!
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| redwinegoblin |
Cool! V exciting
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| Jenny* |
cool review! I still haven't read it!!! grrr.
but I have my own card now so hopefully soon!
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| Em_J |
Cool!
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| April_Rose |
Cool Em! I still haven't got it either but maybe now I have some work on again I'll have some cash again! |
| Em_J |
Posted yours today, AR. The lady in the post office said 'don't they have lovely addresses over there'
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| April_Rose |
It does sound lovely...thanks! Can't wait to get it!
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| April_Rose |
Finished your book last night Em! i started reading when I turned off the computer, thinking it would just be for a little while - stayed up reading till 12.30am when I finished it! it's a great story! gets really exciting, love the Mariko character, Millicent reminds me of Izzy a bit Sorrel is great, non of the traditional heroine stuff, I like the way she's grumpy a lot, funny to see Saoirse in there too as that's a pretty common name here! The dragon stuff is great too, really imaginative - I loved it! Well done!
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| Em_J |
Yay! Thank you! Can't believe you've finished it already!! Mariko's my fave so I'm glad you like her! My stepmum said she liked her too. Yeah I realise now that Millicent and Izzy are similar, but Millicent came first so maybe Izzy's like Millicent rather than the other way around! Although Millicent's not nice at all, whereas Izzy can be. (Sometimes!) Sorrel is so me when I was 16!! She goes dark in the second book, loses the plot a bit cos something happens... Yeah I love the name Saoirse! I just like the way it looks and how nobody knows how to pronounce it (unless you're Irish!). I hope I put it right in the pronunciation guide! I realise that all my male characters are a bit dull in the first one, hopefully I've got some more interesting male characters in the second and third books.
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| April_Rose |
Yeah, I realised after I posted that it was probably more Izzy being like Millicent! Can't wait for the next one now, looking forward to seeing what happens to Sorrel! yep, it's right in the pronunciation guide from what I remember - I'd have noticed if it was wrong! Yeah Mariko is definitely cool, I love her attitude! Suppose you were so young when you wrote it first, it's hard to develp male characters at that age as you don't know so much about men yet (well, not that I feel I know much about them now, and I'm married! ) - don't think they're dull though. the women are so good, there just isn't much left for them to do!
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| Em_J |
I know the women are all kick ass! Apart from Helena, who's whiny and sucks! So glad you liked it though!
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| April_Rose |
Helena's noble I suppose, rather than whiny! Yeah I loved it!
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| Em_J |
I can't stand her, she's gutless! I'm in the mood to work on the second book again now! I've two new male characters in the second book who are hopefully interesting! Although maybe one of them not so much til the third cos he goes a bit loopers... And one of them is like Alex in that he doesn't shut up and he talks bollocks.
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| April_Rose |
Cool, yeah do some work on it, I want to read it!
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| Em_J |
I might do some work on it later now! I'm off for a bit as bro wants a game on the xbox. Will be back after!
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| April_Rose |
laters! |
| Em_J |
Check it:
Sorrel by *Greykitty on deviantART I love DeviantArt! This cost me $5!! Weirdly, artists seem to like giving her red hair, even though I always say dark! I kinda like her with red hair. I commissioned three pics to go on my website. Will put this one on in a bit. I'm also having Gaeshi and Millicent done.
Edit: On the site: http://www.the-kingdom-of-malinas.co.uk/index.htm |
| redwinegoblin |
That is so cool! $5?! Bargain... |
| Em_J |
Yeah major bargain!! |
| April_Rose |
Looks good! |
| Em_J |
New review!
http://www.readbetweenlines.co.uk/reviews.html |
| redwinegoblin |
Cool! That's a really good review! |
| Em_J |
She sent me a really nice email too, so that's cool! I don't know who Tamora Pierce is though or the other guy!
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| redwinegoblin |
I think I've heard of Tamora Pierce, the name rings a bell... |
| Em_J |
I'm gonna look her up.
She gave me a link to put on my facebook page but cos I'm a doofus I don't really know how it works!
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| Em_J |
This is another review I just got, which I thought was cool as it's by a 14yr old boy!
The Kingdom of Malinas is an interesting book. The cover is a good, intriguing start that makes the book look really quite different. In the story the main character, Sorrel, is sixteen but she felt younger as I read the book. She has a sidekick, Little Cloud, who hates being called "little" a very good and realistic touch. The main theme of the plot is her and her friends rescuing their race from slavery by the Lamya, another tribe. There is a really good sub-plot in this, as the ruler of the Lamya is a cruel killer who rules his top men and women with threats and has fought his way from street urchin to the top. Some of his advisors do not like this and wish to kill him because of it. There are some lovely twists to the norm for this kind of theme that make this book really worthwhile and I found myself not wanting to put it down. For example, when I thought I knew what would happen next, like they would go off and rescue everyone in the morning, something happened during the night and they found themselves better off in the long-run but having to wait another week, in which lots more events would take place. I have only minor quibbles with the book. The narration jumps from impersonal to personal. An example of this is "Oh yes, Zev was back!" which is fine when a character is speaking but roughens the flow of the passage. The plot drops you in at the deep end, an exiting and gripping technique but would have benefited from more filling in later on. I assumed it was fairly long ago, with American-Indian style tribes. The great thing about this book is how it starts with the common theme of the hero rescuing their kind but gives it many unique twists. A great book for boys, and girls as well, because the main character is a girl. I would say it would be ideal for the 10-15 age group but older and younger people may enjoy it too. All in all, a really good book and well worth reading. |
| redwinegoblin |
Cool! |
| April_Rose |
Nice one Em!
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| Em_J |
Ta! They're doing an interview with me too, making it into a feature! |
| April_Rose |
woo, brilliant! |
| Em_J |
Tis up already! http://www.readbetweenlines.co.uk/ |
| Em_J |
Check out my website, new character art!
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| April_Rose |
Cool! Millicent kind of looks like a blond Izzy!
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| Em_J |
That's what I though! Millicent came first so technically Izzy's a brunette Millicent.
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| April_Rose |
Yeah I remember you saying that before! |
| Em_J |
Did you see Gaeshi on there too? Added him today. |
| April_Rose |
Yeah he looks good too, slightly older looking than I imagined him somehow... |
| redwinegoblin |
They're cool! Millicent is definately a lot like how I imagine Izzy, but blonde
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| Em_J |
Yeah he does look older.
I'm gonna try and make Millicent different to Izzy in the second book!
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| April_Rose |
Well as you said, Millicent was written first!
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| Em_J |
Izzy's way more developed than Millicent though, that's the trouble.
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| April_Rose |
Yeah, but you probably have a sense of what Millicent was supposed to be? Before Izzy came along. |
| Em_J |
Yeah, very similar to Izzy! I think Izzy's a more complicated person than Millicent. Millicent's actually evil, where Izzy's a bit more... I dunno, good?!
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| April_Rose |
Izzy does care about people I suppose, she just thinks that she knows wht's best for everyone and that they should listen to her... |
| Em_J |
Yeah! She thinks she's doing everything for the good of others... apart from when she knows she's not!
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| April_Rose |
She's sort of evil...but maybe not in as clear cut a way as Millicent!
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| Em_J |
Yeah. Cool, that'll help me differentiate the two I reckon! Should really work on the second book. |
| April_Rose |
Yeah after all the stories and poems and flash pieces a book seems a hell of a challenge again! I'm attempting a complete rewrite of my one The Beautiful people...the same basic idea but completely different characters and mostly different storylines. Got 500 words so far!
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| Em_J |
Blimey, that's a mega re-write!! I struggle with writing novels now, I used to think they were easy and short stories hard! |
| April_Rose |
Me too but I think my writing has improved as a result of doing short stories....yeah I was reading over it the other day and realised there was some potential there but overall it was pretty bad! |
| Em_J |
I'm scared to read my old stuff!
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| April_Rose |
Yeah this was pretty bad!
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| Em_J |
Review! http://www.examiner.com/examiner/...The-Kingdom-of-Malinas-by-EJ-Tett |
| redwinegoblin |
That's a really good review! |
| Em_J |
Yeah, tis interesting the bits she's picked out too, she makes it sounds really good!! |
| redwinegoblin |
It is good
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| Em_J |
Ta! I mean properly good though.
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| April_Rose |
It is good! Nice review! |
| Em_J |
Interview: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/...ependent-Author-Interview-EJ-Tett |
| redwinegoblin |
Cool! |
| Em_J |
She mentioned Lost to me and I was thinking how does she know I like Lost?! Then I realised the Lost boxset is behind me in that photo!
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