The Pleasures of Summer has gone in at #1 in the iTunes market and at #9 in the paperback charts. I'm half of Evie Hunter, the infamous duo who has writen The Pleasures of Winter, A Touch of Winter, The Pleasures of Summer, A Touch of Summer and Angels, Demons and Doms. The Pleasures of Winter has sold over 50,000 copies so far, and we are hoping that Summer will do much, much better.
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Not sure if you've already written this, but a "How to write yourself out of a corner", perhaps? Since I'm at window-breaking levels of rage with my MS.
@wdsw22 Aw, man...Cadbury bars are the best! Seriously. Like, go to Walgreen's - they've probably got them. The Fruit and Nut is my favorite. They're big - like six or eight ounces, they're over by the larger bars of chocolate.
Yes, they eat Cadbury's here, not Hersheys. My 12 year old just told me that Kinder Bueno bars are very poular as well. And Tatyo or Walker crisps, Coke or 7-Up to drink. Typical breakfast here is cereal (Kelloggs Cornflakes or Rice Crispies or Shredded Wheat), toast, or maybe a cooked breakfast of rashers and eggs. Lunch is usually a sandwich, dinner is meat and vegetables and pototoes, or speghetti bolenese or maybe a takeaway curry. People drink tea with milk and sugar, or coffee, or minerals (coke, etc). Not ice tea.
hey@Ctyolene thank you for replying to me about some U.K./ American speaking differences. Also thanks for the tip about the candy floss and chocolate bar stuff! That was interesting- where I live in america I've never seen canbury brand chocolate- it's all Hersheys brand! :)
@EurekaEureka Thank you so much. So far, Pleasures of Summer is selling well. Fingers crossed it does better than Pleasures of Winter.
@Ctyolene Just wanted to drop by and let you know that your criticisms and opinions are very helpful. Not just the Notes you have published in this profile, but every bit of information from publishing to construction of plots to creating characters to writing synopsis that you freely share in the forums has taught me a lot. Yet to produce a good work based on your advise in Wattpad, but I am trying. So thank you for sharing your knowledge and helping the amateurs grow. :) - Hearty regards from this silent but ardent reader. Wishing you a continued success on Pleasures of Summer.
Not me! You don't fool me a bit, you nice, kind person, you. Hey. Love hurts, right?
@dizzy_panda Oh, thank you. I'm sure there are plenty of people who would dispute the "kind" bit though.
Thank you for writing such helpful guides. Also, I can see that you're always willing to help out amateur writers in here with very honest, kind and useful advice, be it in your profile page or on the clubs - that makes you awesome. Thanks for that! I have learned a lot just from watching you share your knowledge :)
@CoffeeNcigarettes A prologue is great if you are writing a series, and you need to let new readers catch up on what's happened already. If you are writing a stand-alone, or the start of a series, not such a good idea. Typically, a prologue is the fuzzy bit at the beginning that doesn't make sense untily you've read the whole thing. Actually, I think most prologues are the author realising that the first couple of chapters are boring, so he sticks an exciting party from the middle of the book at the beginning to entice readers. The cure for that is to find a better starting point.