Antimony Noon created a forum thread: Tips for staying motivated?
Crowdfunding and I aren’t getting along that well and right now, I’m not sure if it’s just a case of it being the wrong choice for me or if it’s just been a bad week. 

I will readily admit that I’m really not good at self-promotion. Before joining Inkshares, I’ve been pretty reluctant to even share my writing with anybody, so advertising it as something worth buying is a real struggle for me. 

Putting my writing up on social media for everybody I know to read has been a really difficult, anxiety-inducing thing for me to do; which has made it even harder to not feel defeated on the days where I’ve put in a lot of effort sharing my work and doing updates and haven’t seen any effect. 

There’s a lot of really amazing guides out there for crowdfunding tips and where to share your work and how to contact people, but I’d like to know instead - what keeps you motivated?  :)
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Antimony Noon liked the forum thread, Gollancz writers festival
Hello all,

The publisher Gollancz (the oldest specialist sci fi and fantasy publisher in the UK) is holding a writers festival in London next month.

http://gollanczfest.co.uk/

I thought I’d share the link here in case anyone else wanted to come along. If you do, it might be cool to have a little Inkshares meet up as part of the festival.

I’m not sure how many of us are in the UK, but I’m going to at least one of the sessions at the festival, to hopefully learn some tips from the best in the business :)
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    Antimony Noon commented on Spectrum
    Random bonus artwork time! So, by chance, I happened back across this picture and had to post it.
    This is my very first sketch of Nia from years ago, back when I originally had the idea for my magic system - choosing words out of an endless, ongoing chant; and I wanted to depict that very literally as her pulling strands of words out to cast them. :)
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      Antimony Noon liked the forum thread, Writing Playlists
      I always use music, particularly ambient sound, to help with my writing. Sometimes it’s mood music, for a particular place or scene, but sometimes I’ll just use a site like Rainy Mood to give myself some background noise (I’m the kind of person who listens to music / podcasts as I fall asleep.)

      I’ve started putting my Witherfist playlist together on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/user/furiousboar/playlist/1NCYNTcgeX8ZieeQ1oNLk3
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        I have playlists for different moods. Those playlists can have music from classical to rock and anything in between! Those I like to use specifically for writing, but when I write I also listen to just any music I enjoy. For me, music really helps my imagination and many songs I listen to are strongly associated with a specific scene.
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          I totally have writing playlists! I love them so much! A: I have them timed for an hour, so after the playlist ends I take a break. B: Each playlist is themed to whatever book I’m writing / working on. Even if it’s the same songs again, and again, and again, and again, it helps keep me in the mood.

          Luckily, I pick good songs :)

          I also have music videos as well for all these songs in case I just want to veg and day dream. 

          Every character of my book has their own set of themesongs as well. Honestly, I don’t think I could write at all without music. 
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            Antimony Noon liked an update for Thrum

            Hi everyone,

            Just a note before supper to say thanks, as always, for your support. Today I crossed the 30,000 word mark today, which is a nice feeling. 

            Right now the Homelanders are getting ready to leave. There have been some hardships, and they’re reeling from what they’ve lost. 

            Starting a journey is always tough. You have to leave the safety of the familiar for the amorphous unknown. I’ve done a bit of it myself, and the only thing I’ve really learned is that your reasons for going have to be good enough to keep you moving forward. 

            Today I’m starting to believe in what I’m writing, but that’s not really why I do it. Creativity is something that everyone has to express somehow. I’ve tried a bunch of different ways. I’ve been lucky to do a little dance, theatre, art, and music as well as writing. Each one has its unique joys and its challenges, but the sensation of connecting with creative work is constant across them all.

            I wish you each something to connect to today. I hope you’re well.

            mgb

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              Antimony Noon liked an excerpt of Spectrum
              Green glass bouquet is such a great phrase
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                Antimony Noon liked an update for Fae Child

                Hello readers/followers/people who got lost and aren’t sure how they got here,

                Just wanted to update you on what is going on in the world of Fae Child, and in my world. I’m surrounded by a pile of clean laundry (which I’ve actually managed to fold), it’s going to be a scorcher today and I’ve got to go to work later. On a Saturday. But for now it’s quiet up here in my room, the internet is working and here we are.

                We’ve got 22 orders!

                I can’t really believe I’ve gotten that many, but the fact is in order to get close to the top ten of the Geek & Sundry contest Fae Child is going to need more. A lot more. I’ve messaged everyone in my social media circles but I just don’t have that big of a network. I need your help! Do you know someone who likes fantasy novels, or books in general, who might enjoy supporting a new author? Email them the link to this book! Here it is: http://inkshares.com/books/fae-child You can also hit the ’recommend’ links up at the top of the project page, this will attach a unique referral code and I’ll be able to track who’s referred who when more orders come in.

                So far my top referrer is Kyle T. Cowan, who generously recommended my book to his followers. Check out his novel Sunshine is Forever - "A fiction novel for anyone who’s ever been depressed, or knows someone who suffers from depression. Sunshine is Forever is full of life lessons, but it is ultimately a story about a teenager learning to take responsibility for his mistakes." SiF (can I abbreviate it? I’m gonna do it!) is racking up the preorders, so read a bit of it and see what you’re missing.

                Back to my book - I have been writing every day. Every successful writer will always say the secret is to WRITE ALL THE TIME. So I am. Once we reach 30 preorders I’ll drop another sample chapter on you from the first draft. I also have a new cover in the works, thanks to my friend Christin Gattuso, who is way more talented than I am.

                Thank you again, sorry this rambled on so long. I feel like I’m doing this -


                - just insert ’MY BOOK’ instead of ’me’. ;)

                ~ Jane-Holly

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                  Antimony Noon sent an update for Spectrum

                  So, the aim of this week was to hit either 30 followers or 5 pre-orders. 

                  Overnight, with the help of some amazing people, I hit (and went past!) both of those targets! So thank you so much, you are all awesome, and as promised - this is my character art-in-progress for Nia, one of the protagonists of Spectrum.

                  Next target: either 50 followers, or 15 pre-orders and then I’ll put up the character art for Assassin. Please share, please keep following and put in a pre-order if you haven’t already and modern-day dystopia with magic sounds like something you might enjoy!    

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