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Eric supports DEI!<p>My new novel is now available for Pre-Order as a Kindle eBook for $2.99: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FGYR9QWR" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">amazon.com/dp/B0FGYR9QWR</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ampublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ampublishing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wordlsgreatestbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wordlsgreatestbook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/midwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>midwest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/punkrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punkrock</span></a></p>
Miriam Robern • Shopgirl Arc<p>this thing is so close to release my fingers are itching to just hit the Publish button, regardless of when the 'optimal' time to publish may be.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/amPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/WickedWhiskers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WickedWhiskers</span></a></p>
Judy L Mohr<p>Who would have thought that a scam would lead to uncovering a trademark mess? <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/AmPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmPublishing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://judylmohr.com/2025/05/23/birth-of-new-imprint/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">judylmohr.com/2025/05/23/birth</span><span class="invisible">-of-new-imprint/</span></a></p>
Alex Feinman<p>&quot;I read your book and it was actually really good!&quot;</p><p>Thank you!</p><p>Part of me wishes that &quot;actually&quot; wasn&#39;t in there but I&#39;ll take it.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amWriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amPublishing</span></a></p>
Alex Feinman<p>Who started editing on two separate versions of a manuscript and now has to reconcile a set of RTF file deltas and a Pages doc?</p><p>This guy!</p><p>Ugh. This is why I write in git and Markdown, but this story precedes that choice.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amWriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amEditing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amPublishing</span></a></p>
Alex Feinman<p>If you enjoyed &quot;Imperfect Cadence&quot;, or maybe if you had trouble getting into it due to a less-than-encyclopedic knowledge of Greek myth, I made an annotated version.</p><p>This was a lot of fun and I may do it with other stories in the future, but this one REALLY needs it.</p><p><a href="https://alexfeinman.net/stories/imperfect-annotated.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alexfeinman.net/stories/imperf</span><span class="invisible">ect-annotated.html</span></a></p><p>As with the other, the story is free to read! No upsell here. Do something nice for someone else.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amWriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/FineFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FineFiction</span></a></p>
Alex Feinman<p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amWriting</span></a></p><p>It has come to my attention the store links on my homepage have stopped working. &quot;Yay.&quot; Will diagnose later.</p><p>For now you can still find &#39;em through the big distributors (but not Amazon, because fuck &#39;em).</p>
Alex Feinman<p>Yay good review!</p><p>If you want to read Imperfect Cadence, you can! The price is a kind or fair word.</p><p><a href="https://alexfeinman.net/stories/imperfect.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alexfeinman.net/stories/imperf</span><span class="invisible">ect.html</span></a></p><p>It&#39;s a gentle examination of family, loss, and connection through the lens of perception and music and myth. There&#39;s a mildly spoilery author&#39;s note for additional context.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amWriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/FineFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FineFiction</span></a></p>
Alex Feinman<p>How do you like to prepare/choose to consume stories?</p><p>Boosts desired!</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amPublishing</span></a></p>
Alex Feinman<p>(If you hate self-publicity, mute my <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/FineFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FineFiction</span></a> tag.)</p><p>Do you like free stories?</p><p>Do you like obscure Greek myth and cranky old music-lovers and mysteries?</p><p>Then I have a story for you! &quot;Imperfect Cadence&quot; is now available--for free--on my website. Enjoy! And if you like it, let someone else know?</p><p><a href="https://alexfeinman.net/stories/imperfect.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alexfeinman.net/stories/imperf</span><span class="invisible">ect.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amWriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/FineFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FineFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/imperfectCadence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>imperfectCadence</span></a></p>
Alex Feinman<p>Looking for cover artist referrals (boosts welcome). Pay is $600 USD for a novel cover.</p><p>What I want:<br />Mr. Maybe and Dr. Don&#39;t is a non-traditional MG fantasy, with swords and magic and unusual woodland magical critters that need some art design. Whimsical without being farcical.</p><p>(In an ideal world the artist would also contribute some interior art, e.g. b/w frontispiece and/or chapter images. Price negotiable for that.) <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>artist</span></a></p>
fabs();<p>Ever wondered why Design Patterns didn't take off? Did you ever wonder how they became so all-pervasive but also so empty and soulless? Those were the sparking thoughts behind this book. It's taken four years of research and way too much of my spare time. Go check out Unresolved Forces: <a href="https://www.unresolvedforces.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">unresolvedforces.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/ampublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ampublishing</span></a></p>
Alex Feinman<p>&quot;But Alex, I want to support you!&quot;</p><p>Some options:<br />- Generate Buzz™ by talking about my stuff and maybe even what you like about it<br />- Don&#39;t use the coupon code (also supports Smashwords, who have been the least-toxic option for me for e-book distribution so far)<br />- Buy my things elsewhere (supports those elsewhere places)<br />- Give money to charity in my name; I have money right now</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/smallBusinessSaturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>smallBusinessSaturday</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amPublishing</span></a></p>
Elektra<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/@Klepsis" class="u-url mention">@<span>Klepsis</span></a></span> <br />ooo oooo ooo yay yay yay !!!!<br />Congratulations!!!!<br /><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Writephant</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ampublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ampublishing</span></a></p>
Alex Feinman<p>&quot;Alex, how can your ebooks be just $9? Isn&#39;t that a bit cheap these days?&quot;</p><p>Yes, but my rich husband (err, day job) subsidizes the publication costs. What remains is the vig the distributor charges for putting the book on your phone.</p><p>If you&#39;re strapped for cash and want to read stuff, let me know and we&#39;ll work something out.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>amPublishing</span></a></p>
SL Huang<p>But! What’s selling right now is the first printing still — it’s not sold through YET, it&#39;s just going fast — so if YOU want to be a book collecting dork and get a hardcover with the “1” in it, you still can!</p><p><a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250180421/thewateroutlaws" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">us.macmillan.com/books/9781250</span><span class="invisible">180421/thewateroutlaws</span></a></p><p>Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Celebrate with mooncakes and stabby lesbians!! 🥮⚔📕</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TheWaterOutlaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheWaterOutlaws</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>publishing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AmPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AmPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>authors</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/trivia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trivia</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/EpicFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EpicFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/swords" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>swords</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/lgbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lgbt</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>queer</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/MidAutumn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MidAutumn</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/MidAutumnFestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MidAutumnFestival</span></a></p>
SL Huang<p>You’ll see discussions of this among book collectors, where earlier printings can be more valuable...</p><p>Or, yanno, among people like me who are just TOTAL DORKS</p><p>In fact this is the first time one of my books has had a second printing (YAY!), so I might actually go out and buy it so I can have a copy without the “1” there 🤣🤣🤣</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TheWaterOutlaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheWaterOutlaws</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>publishing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AmPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AmPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>authors</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/trivia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trivia</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/EpicFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EpicFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/swords" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>swords</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/lgbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lgbt</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>queer</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a></p>
SL Huang<p>Have you ever looked at a copyright page and seen this line?</p><p>This is the “number line” or “printer’s key” and it tells you which printing a book’s on! The lowest existing number is the current print run.</p><p>(I think 0 means 10 here, making 1 the lowest number = 1st print run)</p><p>For the second printing... drum roll... the “1” will be DELETED!!!</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/TheWaterOutlaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TheWaterOutlaws</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>publishing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AmPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AmPublishing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>authors</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/trivia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trivia</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/EpicFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EpicFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/swords" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>swords</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/lgbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lgbt</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>queer</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a></p>
Alex Feinman


Sept 17: How do you promote your writing?

Long walks are often a good way to get the words flowing again.

Oh! You mean "how do I convince people to give me money for reading my stuff"! Let me ask my publisher.

Publisher here: We do bupkis. Four people read our stuff. First book we lucked out with venues and public readings and a low price point; since then, hit or miss.

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