pdhaggerty.com
Aspiring author
Website: https://pdhaggerty.com
The Lynx Who Came in From the Cold : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCGMNS1Z
Road Kill : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BBBP93TD
The International Criminal Conspiracy (coming 2024)
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If you like my books, I'm thrilled to accept your 5-star ratings with or without a reason because I'm hypocritical, not stupid.
Anyway, this is my once-a-month post which I expect to get absolutely no response.
Such is the world we live in.
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I don't know.
I'll keep writing because it's something I enjoy. I'd just like a little feedback. Do my stories suck? Let me know, but at least tell me why. I've got a couple of 1-star ratings, but not a single word as to why.
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I write multiple posts (trying desperately to be witty) and only my wife ever responds with so much as a like. No reposts, no comments, nothing.
Is it that my posts are so uninteresting? Or is it that the platforms figure I'm not monetizable enough to bother showing to anyone?
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I've said multiple times that it looks like Facebook, Goodreads, and Bluesky have zero interest in promoting anything I have to say. I have dozens of followers and none of them ever respond to anything.
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"The Lynx Who Came in From the Cold" And Urban Fantasy by P.D. Haggerty.
Meagan was surprised when an injured lynx stumbled into her campsite.
She took the animal home, meaning to call the authorities.
Then the cat asked her not to.
Available at www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCGMNS1Z
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For independents, simply getting anyone to know you exist is the hardest problem. No one can read your books (and hopefully like them), if they don't know they (and you) exist. Details are in my profile but a link to my first Cozy Fantasy is: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCGMNS1Z
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No, I don't believe it was really him. But whoever was pretending got the same treatment.
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Incredibly good candy, as a matter of fact. Danielle handed me a piece while we were on a panel at Capclave. I had to go buy more from her after that. I believe the strategy is known as "the first taste is free."
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I tried doing reviews on Goodreads. I promised to do a review of theirs if they'd do a review of mine. I got told I had to pay money or there was no way of knowing if their review would be good or not. Hint. Hint.
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Our hometown convention is www.capclave.org
I'm almost certainly biased, but I think it's one of the best. Fan-oriented, Capclave (where reading is not extinct -- Our mascot is The dodo), is a relaxed, reader-oriented, weekend. Plus, totally unrelated, I have a table in the dealer's room. (9/27/24)
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Just grabbed the bundle. Gayle and I have been reading your books since Young Wizards #1
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Getting people to know you exist is the hardest problem. Once you solve that one you need to actually write stuff. Which is also the hardest problem.
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You did not mishear. He's said for a while, he will call up the army to invade blue states and go door to door. He's pretty sure the red states will be happy to do the dirty work. When asked how he was going to make sure American citizens would not be caught up, he waved it away as unimportant.
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The booster knocked me on my butt, but well worth it.
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It's always far too soon.
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It's an unfortunate truth that it is hard to be a success when no one knows you exist. I wish there was some magic formula, but the only thing you can do is put on a smile (fake is fine if you can't manage sincere) and keep plugging away. And, yes, keep looking for some luck to cross your path.
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Let an author know that you know they exist. Trust me, screaming into the abyss isn't as much fun as the tabloids make it seem.
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Once I’ve examined it from all sides for any possible flaws, I’ll approach you with a cheerful A, to which you’ll reply How dare you? You monster! Get out of my sight!
And, being human, and a known point of sanity and goodness, I know you must be right. But I’ll be damned if I know why.
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I’ll spend considerable time working on a conversation. The plan is to give you a cheerful A, to which you’ll respond with B, to which I’ll reply with a witty C and, finally, you’ll concede my point with a comradely D.
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I'm an author, not an artist, but writer's block/depression affects us all. I'm independent, so I don't have a contractual deadline, but I still look at what I freely promised and get locked into a feedback loop of despair wondering how I'm ever going to write a comedic book when I feel like this.
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Life. Life is hard. Why can't you edit posts? It's the same question for all these platforms. There's no better way to find dumb ass typos than to hit "publish". But once you do, and you see all the blemishes, the platform sneers at you and forbids any opportunity to correct. We hates it, precious!
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I've bragged to everybody about all the laws I've broken and, for some reason, people now think I've broken laws. So, the only fair thing is to not hold me accountable for all the laws I've broken. Here, let me tell you about them again.