Don Richardson

One more chapter....... 3am

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Quick question:

what time of day do you actually get most of your reading done?

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I just used the web store blurb for the back, I guess thats the modern same thing.

I ask this because My own books sits alone in the void with no real reviews, or KU pages read.

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Honest question for readers and writers:

what makes you pick up a new book from an author you’ve never heard of before?

Title? Cover? Recommendation? First sentence?
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Every writer has one scene they love writing and one they secretly dread.

Mine: fight scenes are fun.
muti-person conversation scenes are a puzzle every time.
What’s your favorite and least favorite kind of scene?

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Try watering them.

Progress is always good.

I'll get the ball rolling.
for the Kael'sha series I know where the next 2 books are going.
I also have an Idea for a fantasy series that have 2 page rpg adventures in the back for all the major conflicts.

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Be honest: how many unfinished story ideas are living in your notes right now?

Not drafts. Not outlines.

Just chaotic little “this could be cool” thoughts.

I suspect most writers are secretly hoarding dozens.

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I avoided socials for years but now I have a book to promote. So I have to focus on get in, engage the reader community, get out.

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Morning routine: coffee, a chapter edit, and the eternal battle between writing and doomscrolling.

Writers—what’s on the agenda today? Drafting, revising, or “thinking about writing”?

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Any other Sword and planet / Planetary Romance writers out there? Looking for other books and genre discussions.

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Everyday the KDP dashboard is a fresh disappointment.
months of promotion, and 1 copy bought by a friend, KU at zero.
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Back at it today, Yeti mug full of Coke Zero.
Finally in the late hours, I ninja kicked the chapter I've been struggling with into submission. Now at it again with a fresh page to tame.

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A 1994 college baseball star awakes on a dying alien planet.
Can wits, sarcasm, and a hidden power help him save it?
A pulp planetary adventure.

eBook, Paperback and Kindle Unlimited
Amazon link: a.co/d/9LZnPS8

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My birthday is here: Another year older, still chasing that pulp adventure high, while grinding out pages.
Give us both a gift. grab The Verdant Eye.
A crazy pulp romp on an alien world.
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Link-> a.co/d/9LZnPS8

My author copies finally arrived!

Feels good to hold a real finished product.
better than my mock up and a real artist cover.

You can get one for yourself or read on KU
Link --> a.co/d/9LZnPS8

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Alright writers last day of the week, hit the go-go juice and get to work on that grimoire. No distractions.

If you NEED a distraction, go read my book, the KU reads are still sitting on ZERO!

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Alright you caffeine fueled novel machines, It's Hump Day! Get over that hump by finding the emotional center of each chapter. Pile crap on your characters until it explodes a meaningful payoff.
Keep humping!
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Sword-and-planet fans: wiseass Earth guy gets hurled to dying alien world and attacked by a steam tank. What makes or breaks it for you—badass fights, the fish-out-of-water snark, the pulpy weirdness, worldbuilding?
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Tuesday morning: Caffeine reloaded, staring down the page like it owes me money. Might write a decent paragraph, might just delete yesterday's crap. What's your mid-week routine—caffeine-fueled delusion, or straight grim determination?

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Just found out Aaron Conners put out a new Tex Murphy Book last year. Just put on the Kindle for my weekly reading.

You have a favorite book based on obscure pop culture?

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Monday morning writers.
Today focus on texture, all the details that help the reader live the moment. Smell is important for this, the smell of bacon is breakfast at home, the smell of burnt toast is a stroke.
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If you need a last minute Valentines gift for your reader (or yourself) You can find tons of self published books from indy authors you can find here.
And that sale is a gift to the author as well.
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What's it all about?
All the Wildness of a planetary adventure is waiting for you.
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Friday morning: Coke Zero hitting the veins, butt in chair to write. Maybe finish a chapter, maybe fix that fight scene so it doesn't suck. What's your Friday routine—caffeine straight to the dome, or just powering through? Be real.

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Royal Road readers liked it... but KDP says: friends bought copies, KU page reads = 0.
Building real momentum post-serial is the real boss fight.

Back to writing anyway.
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is it a productive writing day when you just make notes of all the cool action scenes and Villain character details for much later in the book?

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Most writing days don’t end with a breakthrough.
They end with a sentence sitting there… almost right.

That still counts.

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