I am a PUBLISHED fucking author!!!!

in #hive-1992752 years ago

I did not think having a physical version of my novellas was a big deal…but when I got home yesterday and opened that box and saw 25 copies of my book with the beautiful cover designed by @vincentnijman, my heart was on fire.

I FUCKING DID IT!

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I created something that I absolutely love! I made something that looks and feels amazing. It doesn’t matter that it’s not perfect, it’s everything I want it to be!

82 pages of passion and pain, a journey into the soul of a character who is essentially me in an alternate timeline. It expresses the magic that I see in life and also the pain it took to discover that magic!

Why does it feel so good to hold in my hand?

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1.1 front cover by Vincent Nijman

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1.2 back cover by Wei.go (魏)

I released 1.1 digitally on 3/15/2021 and part 1.2 on 3/1/2022. I’d like to release 1.3 digitally before the year is finished.

Here is a sneak peak:

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Since I live in Japan and now there is a physical copy, I feel more motivated to seek out a translator and local self-publishing company. Most people in Japan don’t speak English after all.

They cost $3.50 a piece to make and $3.50 a piece for shipping. $7 a copy, so I decided to sell them for $12 a piece.

There is still no way to order the physical copies online, but there is always digital on Amazon etc. and if you want to buy 5+ copies for a store or to gift others, I can order some in bulk and send to you with a a discount.

If not, there is always the digital version

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On top of that I found an old video that I totally forgot about. It’s a jam with musician and non-musician friends from my tour in 2015. I posted the video yesterday. If you were ever curious about me or my life, this is the video to watch. 2012-2018 were lots of messy but fun jam sessions.

Everything is coming together!!

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Check out my Books 📕 Music 🎸 Podcast 🎬 and Merchandise HERE

Confessions of the Damaged 1.1 and 1.2 novellas - Out now!

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Congratulations, young man, I know the feeling 👏🏽

It's good right? ❤️

Deeply rewarding 🙏🏽

That is awesome, nice work must be a good feeling!

I wish I was all over the internet like stickup boys tho 😆

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Congratulations 💯🎊🎉👍🏼☀️🎨

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Congrats!😀

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Congrats!

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LOOOL you got muted 🤣

I guess next time he needs to use Hive Book Club. At least (t)his content is welcome there, right? ;^)

Yes, it's accepted!

!pizza

Congrats!!! I know that feels so wonderful, to have your own real live book in your hands!
(PS, this post said it was muted in the community, did they do that for cuss words? O.o)

no , I think it's because the group is only for stories, not for posts about stories. But they said no "non-fiction" I thought they meant that anything related to fiction was ok. Ohhh well 🙄 First time I've been muted, I feel like a badass.

Thank you!!!

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:-D !pizza

Aaah, well done indeed, @selfhelp4trolls ! What a glorious feeling it is to get one's physical books through the door!! Yes!! And beautiful work, @vincentnijman !!

Thank you, Clare :^)

Thank you!
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Congratulations my friend, that is such a wonderful achievement. I hope to get my hands on a copy one day xxxxx

I feel like the "I'm coming to visit" line is getting old, but I haven't given up yet. I'll bring a copy 😀

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This is very cool! Congrats! But unfortunately non-fiction posts are in violation of our community guidelines here at Scholar & Scribe. You're welcome to use the tag, but please only post creative writing (e.g. fiction, poetry) in the community itself.

Thank you for understanding :)

It’s not non-fiction

Love it! Exciting indeed! It looks great and I'm sure it must feel empowering too to have taken this next step and witness and hold the physical product.

I also love the cover of Part 1.2

Congratz buddy!

I'm going to show off hyper like he is my own! Of course I'll tell everyone he's not but it'll be like a mom whose kid won the baseball game

Cheers buddy. I really appreciate that. Dino hug and !PIZZA

Wow! Congratulations, man! I thought as much that holding hard copies in hand would give you a different feeling. Perfect!
Goodluck with all these, I can't wait to make my own version of this post as I'm getting published later this year 😊

What kind of book are you publishing?

I hope it gets more attention than mine 😆 although I have a feeling mine will pick up once I start playing music again, and also once I dump all the high quality old photos and videos I have that will let people know what I am about.

!pizza

Hahahaha.

I'm publishing a novella (30k+ words). Fiction. Thanks,.I hope it gets a lot of attention too but if not, I'll get to hold it in my hand and cum hard, just like you.

Then maybe I'll take your music route and stuff too🌚

hahahahaa I guess that describes what I was doing with my book pretty well

!pizza