Book - "Saved - Book 1 of The Circle Trilogy" - by me

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:41 pm

I just hope I get some 5-star reviews soon, though, to pressure the randos to do the same.

Post by **TheCatt** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 10:02 pm

What do you keep from a sale, 70%?

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 10:13 pm

Yes.

This is sort of why I didn't try super-hard to find an actual publisher. Then you only get 10-20%... you pay for their marketing. I get that. But I wanted to start slow. This book scares me... it's fucked up, IMO.... I need to get the sequels out, for the payoff. SO I sent out about 10 query letters, accepted some feedback, and decided to do what I did.

When it gets huge, the publishers can come to me.

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 10:23 pm

GORDON wrote:
When it gets huge, the publishers can come to me.

Why would they do that? Did they sell you a porcelain fountain that broke?

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Oct 10, 2018 10:32 pm

Usually references sound vaguely familiar... that one doesn't.

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 4:40 am

https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live ... ins/n12549

Post by **TheCatt** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 7:38 am

GORDON wrote: you pay for their marketing. I get that.

Marketing, editing, rights if it goes to film or tv, etc.

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:29 am

Cakedaddy wrote: https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live ... ins/n12549

Holy.geez. haven't watched snl in over a decade. No one has!

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:59 am

250 more pages read last night, and 100 after midnight. It hooks you!

Post by **TheCatt** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:59 am

GORDON wrote: 250 more pages read last night, and 100 after midnight. It hooks you!

Or, there in a different timezone

I'm planning to read week of the 22nd.

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:04 am

You heard it here first... I'm hoping to get the sequel up in 2018.

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 12:20 pm

For the record, I'm aware that KDP can drop the book at any time, as soon as the first person tells them that the story is inappropriate because it contains the sexual assault of minors. KDP wont read it to determine the context for themselves, they don't care. SOme things you just arent allowed to write about. That was a big reason for the foreword that I included, hoping to head off those complaints.

SO, that's been a worry. I'll just deal with it as it comes.

Post by **TheCatt** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 12:29 pm

Well, there goes the movie rights. Netflix might still pick it up.

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 12:34 pm

Yeah, Netflix gives no shits. That porno I mentioned the other, it had a 15 year old girl character in an extended, graphic 3-way. Or maybe she was 16. Even so.

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 12:36 pm

The recent news about the child trafficking in michigan is topical, since my story is about child sex trafficking. And I even said in the foreword, "Watch the news. This work of fiction isn't very far removed from reality."

https://nypost.com/2018/10/09/123-missi ... operation/

Post by **TheCatt** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 12:58 pm

GORDON wrote: That porno I mentioned the other, it had a 15 year old girl character in an extended, graphic 3-way.

Wait, wut?

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:00 pm

'Love' on Netflix. Yep. She was either "almost" 16 or 17. I forget which.

Post by **Leisher** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:14 pm

GORDON wrote: Holy.geez. haven't watched snl in over a decade. No one has!

Truth!

TheCatt wrote: I'm planning to read week of the 22nd.

I will read the week of Nov 5th on my next Richburg trip.

GORDON wrote: 'Love' on Netflix. Yep. She was either "almost" 16 or 17. I forget which.

Is this the one where the underaged girl masturbates to orgasm in front of her other underaged friend? I get both sides of that argument. On one hand they're kids and we don't need to see that. On the other hand, do we need to pretend teenagers don't masturbate? If masturbating was a paying job I would have been able to retire at 20.

Post by **GORDON** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:18 pm

nope, not that one.

Post by **TheCatt** » Thu Oct 11, 2018 1:24 pm

Leisher wrote: On one hand they're kids and we don't need to see that. On the other hand, do we need to pretend teenagers don't masturbate?

Right? I mean, if you cut the movie of my life correctly, it's XXXXX... but you know, put some boobs + bush in a movie, and it's suddenly R. But go ahead and kill people in PG-13 movies.

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