Jordyn Emma West

@erynne

For the record, it is 3 am here and I’m replying to you so I hope that means something to you

Erynne! Go to bed! It really could have waited until the morning. *Shakes head in mom-friend*

It seems like you really want to add this romance, so I say go for it. If it is unecessary, it won’t ruin your story. Most published books have u…[Read more]

@rose-colored-fancy

For the record, it is 3 am here and I’m replying to you so I hope that means something to you

I can’t copy and paste so it’s hard to do the quote thing here so just try to follow.

I completely see what you’re saying however I do think that having romance does make it more realistic. My mom has always said that most often if…[Read more]

@erynne

Hi Erynne!

I am always down for some [appropriate] romance so I naturally like writing it.

So, I’m on the other far end of the spectrum. I’m skeptical of romance nine times out of ten. I just genuinely do not like reading it.

However, I’ve found that writing it is a lot more fun, so I do have a romance sub-plot in my project.

But I got…

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Hiii! *bowls over with hug*
1) I use ConverterKit but I mean I haven’t actually even sent my first newsletter out yet so…so far I’ve like it, I can’t get any automations with the free version but I’m used to jimmying stuff and I’m sure I can burn that bridge when I get there XD. I was able to design my own landing page and import free royalties p…[Read more]

This is a good idea. I almost mentioned something along the same lines. If you give readers PDFs of short stories that they can download and read like ebooks, or even if you just have them somewhere easy to find on your site, that can work well.

@ashley-tegart

ConvertKit is a good newsletter service you might like! I’ve personally decided to go with MailChimp, but I have a few friends who use ConvertKit for their newsletters, and it works great for them.

I personally enjoy it when bloggers share short stories through newsletters. You could always have that as a little bonus at the end…[Read more]

1) I use MailChimp, but I’ve heard a couple of friends recently recommend Flodesk. All of my info about it is second-hand, but the folks I’ve heard from rave about it.

2) I don’t personally read short stories outside of book format very often. When I do I tend to read them on someone’s site where I’m not going to lose it if I put it off for a…[Read more]

Thanks, Rose! 🙂

@rose-colored-fancy

I know nothing about this but I think @joy-caroline ,@joelle-stone , and @this-is-not-an-alien might be able to help you! Joy and Joelle have blogs with newsletters and Cathy is starting a newsletter!

@this-is-not-an-alien

Hi Cathy,

Absolutely. Here is the essence of what is happening, as the Apostle Paul writes to the Corinthian Christians:

So then, dear friends, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from every impurity of the flesh and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God. … For even if I grieved you…

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Oooh that’s a good analogy!! Like how Christ takes our sinfulness and turns it into something fruitful and something that results in a great good, like how He allowed the Original Sin and turned it into the story of His Love to the point of dying for us. And that they continue to ritualistically cleanse the city especially because it’s a con…[Read more]