My writing career journey: YA, romance, and now my fantasy world-building dreams
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- čas přidán 26. 01. 2024
- I've been making my living as an author since 2009, first in young adult traditional publishing, then indie romance novels, but my heart really dwells with a fantasy world I've been writing about since I was eleven. This is an introduction about where I've been and where I want to go, and I welcome everyone with creative dreams, a creative career, or an interest in my books to join me along the way!
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Read the books!
Amazon author page: www.amazon.com/stores/Lidiya-...
(also available on Apple, Google, Barnes and Noble, Kobo and other retailers and libraries)
The Hidden Lands books:
The Sorcerer's Concubine: books2read.com/u/4EKz8z
Doll Girl Meets Dead Guy: books2read.com/u/bPNRBr
The Broken Queen: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTQY7XGM - Zábava
PLEASE write a book in your quirky fantasy world. I want to read it.
i have written a few so far! The Cursed Soul trilogy and especially Doll Girl Meets Dead Guy which really has my quirkiness on full display...
It warms my heart to hear how people are able to not only write their stories, but publish and even make a living off those stories. I've been writing since a young age, but I've been working on two different stories for the past decade. Not sure if I'll even publish them, whenever I'm satisfied with one of my million drafts, but I'd like to at least be able to hold a physical copy of my books in my hands and be happy with it some day.
Really loving your channel. Its a lot of insight. I also write for mental health. I have a full time job but no kids. Your transparency is helping me understand what my dream would look like in reality.
You are absolutely achieving your goal of this channel feeling like a cozy chat between friends! ☕🍰 Please keep going. I *do* like hearing about your creative journey, your struggle to find a balance, and the money stuff (it's a part of all our lives, people should talk about it more)!
Your videos keep me inspired; it's like sitting down with a friend for morning coffee before setting off to my office to write. I've also found that for me, slowing down and focusing on JUST my writing, has been so beneficial for me. I stopped being concerned about how much money I was making, stopped regretting the two years I didn't write at all and lost my audience, and I am so productive this year. I'm writing about 1 book per month these days, and I only write from 1pm to 5pm (or til 4 if I get my 5K for the day sooner). I spend two weeks writing, one week editing and formatting, and in the evenings or mornings, as I'm motivated, I run FB ads, work on book covers, get the ISBNs, etc. Surprisingly, this works for me and I find myself planning, preparing, and writing from whenever I wake up until I go to bed at 1 or 2 am. I don't use alarm clocks. I'm very fortunate that my husband and I became building managers so our expenses are super low because everything is included as part of our job, and my husband's retirement income pays for phone, car, insurances, groceries, etc. The only thing I have to worry about is my credit card payment and every few years I take a job I hate for a few months and save up a year's worth of credit card payments to "buy time." 2021 was the last work-for-someone-else stint and according to my budget, I can focus solely on writing until April 2025.
The great thing about writing, when it is really working, is that you can get so much done in relatively few hours! It's so easy to get in your head about it though. Sounds like you've really got things set up nicely!
You said one of the intentions of your channel is to help people even a little so I wanted to let you know that you are definitely helping me ❤️ and looks like many others too 🥰 Thank you so much for creating this space 🙏🏼
Oh, that is so lovely to hear, thank you!!
This is the third video of yours I've watched. I like your whole vibe: you nailed the coziness. And you've gotten yourself a new subscriber.
Hi, Lidiya! I've recently started writing a fantasy stories about a town full of witches set in the present day. After years of writing fanfiction stories (which I love with all my heart) I'm finally taking the leap and putting all my original fantasy ideas down on paper. Your videos inspire me to keep going
I collect my girls’ art/writing into binders…they’re writing some Sonic fanfic/art right now and I love it. Your channel is certainly a cozy place and I’m binge watching your videos. I am your age and unschooling 5 kids. I feel like I’m getting advice on unschooling even though I know that isn’t what the aim of the channel is. My oldest wants to get her writing out there, so I’m going to be re-watching these videos with her.
A baby’s come up, and when April came around I realized I couldn’t remember what I’d done the last year. Genuinely. Writing included. But, I started a fan fiction in October, and in February I returned to it and this week I started the reread of my original fic I’ve been putting off for a very long time…I’m…trying to be optimistic.
it's all been too much of a whirlwind the last few decades, My life was always a bit of a whirlwind, The thing that stabilizes me are (my)children and my creative endeavors. As my eyes fade, the larynx was operated on, that even felt threatened. Throw in the divorce from hell, uber poverty, the pandemic, working for people who screwed me over and yet again losing 90% of what I owned, I really haven't done much but slowly at an amoebic pace dig myself out from the cairn of my life. Now, I'm drawing. Almost compulsively. Belong to groups for accountability. Almost ready to sit down and write again, it was far too painful, all the projects before the falling don't fit anymore, though some may still be timely, and I haven't figured out which graphic novel story I want to flesh out. Some of this has been talking myself out of my pity party-no one wants to see or hear from you, Agy, which I know isn't accurate, because when I do draw people DRAWN to it and me. The silly "fun facts" (my younger daughter has inherited that one, lol). Even as a wreck, people can bear me. So your honesty and channel gives me further girth. I'm even considering today recording some of my drawing process and putting it on my channel. Even if it just sits there, I'm okay with it, it's got me moving a little bit again. Truly, Thank you for sharing.
Just found your channel and I'm very excited! I'm working on my first book in a series of four. It's a romance, that was kind of inspired by Persuasion (because Jane Austen's second best book doesn't get enough attention). Anyway, I'm 65k words in and I think it's going well. I'm an interesting case study. I haven't wanted to be a writer since I was young, although I did try it out ONCE when I was a tween. It was like a copycat of Sweet Valley Twins. But for so long I've had these stories I wanted to tell and 18 months ago, I kicked myself in the bum and said, "I'm doing it!" So here we are. I don't think I ever will become a traditionally published author. I don't even think I'll continue to be one once these four are done. But it's about me and getting out the story I want to tell. I'll be ok if I never see a dime from it. I don't really have a day job, I'm a SAHM and a student. Can't wait to see how your journey evolves!
I love your channel. So happy a friend referred me to you. I've written stories since I was a kid. I'm now close to 50 and still love to write. My goal is to publish one of my novels, and to keep my juices flowing, I write fan fiction for fun.
So nice to see you in the Discord!! And thank you to your friend!
I love your channel! Thanks for sharing so much! I’m a drifting performing and visual artist myself- no job or home for the past year after I got evicted from my studio after a blizzard last winter. But I’m still keeping my dream alive! Just so many unknowns- I appreciate your insights so much! ❤
Welcome to CZcams! What a lovely video! Like you, I made fairy worlds when I was 11. But when my brother and cousin found my notebooks about them, I overheard them laughing at them. So I burned all of the notebooks. I'm a retired librarian. Since I retired, I have written two nonfiction books. But I've been bitten by the fiction bug, and now I'm writing a cozy women's paranormal fiction. It sounds like we have a lot in common! I started a CZcams channel a year ago. The editing does get easier. I wouldn't say I'm good at it yet, but I don't struggle like I did in the beginning. The same will happen for you with time. I think channels like yours are needed. I'm looking forward to learning from you! 🙂
Oh no! Your poor fairy notebooks! I was somewhat unusual in that I saved everything and my mom supported it, buying my sister and I both file cabinets and folders and helping us sort all our loose papers and such. I idolized other writers and loved their letters and diaries and such from a young age so I had this early idea that I would need an archive for my future biographers, haha...well, maybe it will turn out to be useful for my CZcams channel anyway. I love cozy paranormal and look forward to checking out your channel too! Libraries are my favorite places in the world. I have a cold today and am cozied up with my little stack from the local university library right now. (My husband and I go to university libraries for dates because they're open late!) Thank you for the warm welcome!
It's wonderful you have all that documentation and plan to use it! And, date night at the university library? What a fantastic idea! I'm so glad I found you. It's nice to find a kindred soul. @@lidiyafoxgloveauthor
Oh my god. I just discovered your 40 books in 4 years part 2 video, and you are so encouraging in your matter of fact approach to writing, and the sheer fact that you just dont give up. so i decided to watch more of your videos. And now I am having a massive geek out because I remember Magic Under Glass!! I gasped when you mentioned it because I have such a narrow pop culture reference base that I was confident you'd say you'd written something I'd never heard of. But I HAVE heard of it!
I was OBSESSED with Magic Under Glass when I was 15 or so, I constantly had it out from the library. My library never got the other books in and so i never got to read the whole series. Eventually I faded away because there is only so many times you can read the one book over and over (even Pride and Prejudice can't hold up under those conditions!).
And so life went on and I barely remember the plot now. I didn't even remember what it was called. But the beautiful cover and the feelings I got from reading it have always, always stuck in my mind. When you said the title i had this bout of instant recognition, and was finally able to look it up.
I can't believe this. I can't wait to track it down and read the whole series now!!!
So thank you for giving me such a wonderful experience--twice, I guess!!
(And thank you for your incredibly informative youtube channel!)
I would love to learn about this world youve created. Watching this video made me care about it!
Wow, that is amazing!!! What a wonderful memory, I certainly have those sorts of books that I read a ton of times from the library as a kid or teen that have faded details-wise but whenever they're brought up it's like "ohmigosh YES!" so it's really cool to BE that memory for someone else!
This is such a great channel. You're so awesome. ❤
I'm struggling with moving from day job (customer service) to a creative entrepreneurial thing, inclusing CZcams channel, monetizing my hobbies, and Tarot reading for clients... Stack that on top of the immense emotional loads of 1. Having to do decades of continuing therapy to heal from things, and 2. using all the rest of my emotional energy in a customer service job.... And 3. Realizing that even in my friendahips, all i do is hold emotional space for others rather than ... be me. Have fun...
And yes, atarting an entrepreneurial thing, especially with Tarot readings, can be more emotional space-holding, i got some advice lately from someone in the business that using using the natural and honed emotional skills i have IN THE PROPER CONTEXT that supports me better, i have more control over boundaries, and i actually enjoy the process of can help me stop over-sping it in other areas of my life and get my energy back for more "me- exploration."
I was working on a Lego kit while listening to this. (Starry Night). Seems much of what you talked about is the same creative challenges that potters face. Do we turn out a large number of low price ornaments because we know they will see… or do we work on our more complex and artistic pieces that bring us joy? Can’t wait til your next installment.
Lego and CZcams do go very well together, though it's more fun to build it than taking it apart...! I'm sure it's something a huge percentage of creative people have to try and juggle, and I will continue to juggle it too...and make some videos about it!
I used to write prolifically when I was a kid/teenager and I always dreamed of being a professional writer. That dream seemed impractical, though, so I went on to do other things. I quit writing fiction and got busy with life.
Now I'm in my 40's and realizing I want to get back to writing. What once seemed like a wild dream now seems possible. I don't want to be at the end of my life thinking, "If only I had pursued that dream." I feel I'm at a crossroads where I *must* pursue my dream or face a terrible regret.
At my age, I'm thinking, if not now, when? While I suppose it's true that it's never "too late" to pursue a dream, our time here is not unlimited. If I've learned one thing over the years, it's that regret is one of the worst feelings one can have.
Last summer I started to put some stories on the page. But economic realities forced me back to my regular job. So I'm struggling to figure out how I can pay the bills and still write.
I know some authors will write for a few minutes here and there, or perhaps an hour a day, but I can't seem to work that way. I need large chunks of time.
So I'm planning and strategizing how to make it all work. I cannot accept defeat!
Looking forward to your next video. ❤
I relate to this tremendously. I also seem to need large chunks of time to sink into a story, and while I've been able to write, I haven't generally been able to write the stories that really call to me... It's hard to balance, but I share that same sense of life slipping away. I wish you all the best with that balance too!!
@@lidiyafoxgloveauthor I've found that I can write non-fiction in short spurts, so I'm currently working on a blog (via substack). I'm trying to get my finances in better shape so I can afford to take time off for writing, and the blog is documenting that journey. I have no idea if anyone will want to read it, but documenting my progress will be a way to keep me accountable to myself. And it just feels good to write something.
My first year of teaching was the year before the pandemic, so I was still very much a new teacher during that event. I've struggled to write much since then and I've attributed it to burnout as a result of working on my MA as well as decision fatigue, which seems common in teachers
That definitely sounds like a recipe for burnout!
I've been working on a novel for about 6 years, I keep putting it down for various reasons (demanding job, no motivation, burn out) and also have started 2 additional novels when im burned out on the first one. So now i take turns writing a little bit in each (i think i have a short attention span 😂)
I want to finally finish at least one of them soon and publish. Can you share or do a video on where you publish and what the experience was like your first time self-publishing?
I will add that to my list! Though it's also fairly universal and probably there are some decent videos on it elsewhere...the big question is wide vs. Kindle Unlimited, I have tried both and it's not an easy decision sometimes.
This is lovely. I’m currently a home-parent of a 5yo and 3yo, but I’ve held the dream of being a published fantasy writer since I was (you guessed it!!) eleven years old. (What IS it about that age??) I’ve gone back and forth over the decades, wrote a bunch of fairy world portal fantasy YA stuff and one big epic fantasy when I was a preteen; but since then, though I go through bouts of creative inspiration and worldbuilding, I’ve never been able to follow through on an original fiction fantasy.
I do write some good fanfiction though. I wrote a ton of fanfics for Harry Potter back in the day, including two big ones that I completed (the main one was around 80,000 words), but that was when I was around 19.
I very recently got obsessed with Fourth Wing and Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros, and daaamn if I haven’t been written by the fanfiction bug again!! My fanfic is already at over 50,000 words and I’ve been writing it since December. Plus I’m homeschooling my two kids full time so I only get one and a half writing days a week, and it’s not fully reliable that I do.
I’d love to get something published one day. Fantasy has always been my true love, so I feel you there.
Thank you for making this space!!
Fan fic is a great way to hone your skills and is just fun. I wrote Final Fantasy fan fic as a teen but then I got too obsessed with my own world. Still, so many successful authors got started in fan fic that sometimes I wish I'd kept up with it more!
just found your channel, and god, it's just sweet! watched three of your videos so far with this one topping it off, and you've given some of the most realistic takes on (indie) writing that I've seen in a while. but also the most reassuring ones! i'm in a similar spot right now, just finished a degree but I'm so burned out with what i got my degree in and many other endeavours... though i'm certainly less experienced (in finishing books) than you, this video (and the others) has inspired me to really use this time that i have now the way i've wanted to for a long time: to write, and try to make writing into an at least partial living in a way that i feel comfortable with.
i'm still honing my craft, very shortly away from finishing my first full story, with the second one halfway done, and a third outlined, but i hope that i can properly invest some time the next few months or year into actually letting this become a career. thanks for the honest and detailed sit-down(s)! you've earned a new subscriber and i'll definitely stick around to see what you'll be up to :D
It sounds like you're doing a great job of finishing things and working on the next one, which is SO huge especially early on. I struggled with that sooo much.
@@lidiyafoxgloveauthor Oh yeah I can imagine! Like you said in your most recent video as well, finishing a story is honestly one of the first huge hurdles in a writing journey. (And then moving on after!) For me, it's writer friends that I've made along the way that really help me to keep going. But it's definitely still a struggle! The perfectionism is a formidable foe in any early creative endeavour :D
Your channel and videos are so refreshing. I really connect with your thoughts on capitalism and being consumed and only consuming vs. creative and living a creative lifestyle. Your comment about adults losing the creative spark they may have had as children is very relatable to me. When I was a child and into my late teens I did a lot of writing, sketching, playing with my own worlds and imagination and somewhere along the way got lost for over a decade. I am hoping to start exercising those creative muscles again and your videos are such a comfort.
I hope it helps you get back to that too. It's really something we have to make a conscious effort to protect and cultivate, I've come to realize. For a long time I thought I would never lose it and then I realized I had definitely lost at least some of it, and...sometimes you just have to survive, but usually there is at least some element of getting caught up in shallow priorities. They're so hard to resist at times.
Thank you for sharing your story. I've been struggling with writing romance myself for a lot of the same reasons you said and am also doing an experiment planned for the next couple years or so. I want to make a living off of writing books I love. That's my goal!
I remember Magic Under Glass❤ & I love how transparent you are about the ups and downs of your writing career. It's also amazing how you kept all your old notebooks! Just as Nightmare Before Christmas was your inciting inspiration and early blueprint, my first story was a cross between Xena & Melrose Place so you can glean what kind of quirky stories I write 😅
I've been bingeing some of your videos after your other comment, you're hilarious and I love vintage fashion so right up my alley.
Xena & Melrose Place, yes, this is very identifiable since I apparently felt that I should combine goth & epic fantasy with the humor of 90s Must See TV 😂
I've been bingeing some of your videos after your other comment, you're hilarious and I love vintage fashion so right up my alley.
Xena & Melrose Place, yes, this is very identifiable since I apparently felt that I should combine goth & epic fantasy with the humor of 90s Must See TV 😂
@@lidiyafoxgloveauthor I've been binging your videos too! ❤I love your vintage fashion and the stories of your publishing journey. The writing road is not without bruises and heartbreak but you are so resilient and inspirational! I hope to see some thrifting content/vlogs from you!
Oooh... I'm not an expert on Manga (I'm just a huge Black Butler fan and I love Ten Count. I guess that sentence says a lot lol) but I look forward to expanding my reading list.
@@teresachaotic.corner I have considered just starting a separate vintage channel because I have SO much of that too, the clothes, thrifting trips, a collection of vintage fashion & womens magazines going back to the 1910s I could flip through, old letters and photographs and stuff. It would probably confuse the algorithm so I might just do a spinoff at some point. If I have time, but I'm hoping maybe I get a little faster at filming and editing with time and that channel would probably be REALLY chill.
I have way too much manga I've never read -_- Including Ten Count, haha... But Black Butler is a lot of fun. Some of my favorites are Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden, Golden Kamuy (hilarious), Princess Jellyfish, Takane & Hana (the ending was kind of weak but the rest was fun if you don't mind age gap), Spy x Family (like of course, everyone likes that one right now), and probably some others I forgot because my manga wall is covered is stupid boxes of my father in law's stuff
@@lidiyafoxgloveauthor Jotting down all these manga recs!
The indie author grind is seriously intense and this coming from someone who isn't 1/10 as prolific as you are. I bow down to your 12 day draft! I can feel your exhaustion as the Amazon algorithm is relentless. I can comfortably write 1 book/1 year in order to feel satisfied with it, but in 2021 I got into the cycle of rapid release knowing that the books I released every 3 months each took me 1 yr to write. I was on a hamster wheel knowing I was running on fumes. I was able to harness my productivity during lockdown and write 5 books but just doing that leveled me. Like you, I tried to write to market but even staying within the framework of the tried and true, I can't seem to keep the "quirky" out of my books. Of course, rom coms are meant to be quirky but I'm 'dark quirky/dark humor" and it may rub readers the wrong way.
While normally I'm a violent opposer to The Algorithm, once in a while CZcams does me a great service and shows me something brilliant....like today! I'm so glad I found your channel...this is my third video of yours this afternoon and I'll be watching the rest of them for sure.
I love your thoughts on capitalism and the way it has undermined natural creative flow...it's one of my personal soapboxes but I'd be preaching to the choir so won't go on! Anyway -- I decided after publishing four books in a fairly short span of time (for me - one a month would KILL me 😆) that I wanted no part of the hustle and crush that 'indie success' seems to warrant. I decided to write at my own pace and in my own time and detach myself completely from the idea of 'being successful'. It was that, or quit publishing altogether and I don't think I'm ready for that (yet). Thanks so much for being transparent and sharing your experience thus far. Oh, and we unschooled both our kids, though our eldest decided to return to school in 4th grade (though now regrets that he made that choice) and so I loved that video.
Thank you for your kind words!! The hustle can be truly soul crushing, but day jobs are too, so it's a hard thing to balance. I think I've done reasonably well considering, but I also think we could prioritize this in society much more.
More critique of capitalism and consumerism to come, ha
Sincerely, another violent opposer of the Algorithm (honestly I would say I'd love a shirt that just said that, but...only if I found the shirt in a thrift store)
Btw I’m very sorry for your loss!
I loved this video! I really resonated with it and I wish you luck on your writing journey. I will definitely be following along :) ❤
I haven't ever read any of your books (sorry?) but, I find videos like this interesting, and listened to it all the way through. I'm an artist myself and find it hard to make stuff. I don't want to get lost only making stuff that would sell, I think it would make me stop creating. But I'm not sure even I would buy the stuff I make? It's frightening putting yourself out there and I don't have to because I decided to take a more secure job direction instead of pursuing art as a career, so now I'm just a coward towards my art, haha. I hope you get some traction on your series.
I think if you have a secure job otherwise, there is validity in making art that is just sort of...brain dump maybe? Like you don't even have to like everything you make. Maybe it's good to make things with zero thought of their likability to anyone. It is eternally frightening, though. I used to think it would get easier once I'd achieved X and Y or maybe just got older and...haha, no.
But I'm really glad you enjoyed the video and I only expect a small overlap between CZcams and my books, honestly...
I like to think we could have been really good friends as kids. I related so hard with your story of your world slipping away from you because the stress and anxiety of life was taking over. I'm glad you were able to pull out of that particular tailspin! I hope I can soon too.
I feel so similarly about the romance genre and identify so hard with all you said about it! Thank you for giving a non-black-and-white take
I have newly discovered your channel and have found your videos inspiring. I have only recently started researching, planning, and writing my own book just for the fun of it.❤
Idk if the notebooks and sketchbooks feel too personal to publish but i would loveeeee to buy and look through them and become absorbed into your world.
I love this channel because you talk about your world in nice details and i cant find much content just explaining worlds and their features so thank you!
I think it would be hard to publish them...very time consuming to get everything as high quality scans and then indie publishing is not great for pictures. I would probably only do it if I ended up with a large readership for the Hidden Lands books and could do a Kickstarter or something. But with that said, I do plan on making some videos flipping through the notebooks and sketchbooks, reading some selections, along with more videos talking about the world in-depth. The audience for this is smaller but I enjoy it SO much. I'm really glad there is some interest in this sort of thing.
Currently I write for a DnD campaign with my friends, its an episodic space adventure with a zany vibe in a future version of the world. It has a dystopian government but make it a little silly. Our last episode was a noire mystery night where they had to find the missing mayor of the lunar colony. They found him, and he was dead! So now they are on the hunt for the murder and they uncovered a cartel smugglers ring that they want to take down as well. I really want to write a fantasy story about a magical botanist who is a drunkard and nobody likes but they're naturally gifted and eventually they'll be the hero :) I really love your channel and I'm very excited to hear about your world, I also love the sound of your books I'll have to try one someday!
Your D&D campaign sounds like a romp! That's really fun. It sounds like you bring a great sense of humor to your writing, which I really appreciate! The drunkard botanist honestly kinda sounds like something I would come up with too...
@lidiyafoxgloveauthor Thank you! Yeah this is a fairly silly campaign. We've basically accepted that it's a dating simulator with kaijus. I'm trying to learn how to write dialogue and characters better, it's been kinda hard getting into the right mindset.
Looking forward to your world building videos. I got into world building about a year ago. I'm very much into fairy tale ascetic and fantasy.
Awesome! Have you watched my first two world building videos? I have a lot of them planned, I'm hoping it will also inspire me to do more artwork this year.
@@lidiyafoxgloveauthor I actually watched all your videos today. Do you have somewhere you post your artwork?
It's not very active yet, but my Instagram will probably be the best place: instagram.com/lidiyafoxglove/
I was honestly hoping the YT channel would help motivate me to get back into art. It used to be such a huge part of my process & I even aspired to be a comic artist for a time. That you and couple other people have asked about it definitely helps spur me on!@@TheRealEvilRoy
@@21cormorants There will definitely be more art there soon. My plan for the year was basically...well, last November I mostly wrapped up selling off my father in law's estate and a the resulting big creative hiatus. Then it was:
1. Finishing the draft of my next novel.
2. Starting the YT channel and getting into the swing of at least one weekly video.
3. Finishing the novel edits.
4. Getting back into a regular routine with art.
I'm done with 1 and 2, currently in the middle of 3, so...soon!
Bro i would read that story about the skeleton!
I hope so too! It is so hard to avoid sometimes...
Love this video and your honesty. Good luck!
I struggled all my life finding an agent then after many rejections I decided to be a self published author and I create my own amazon page and with a great of American author I made my dream come true. She was an angel sent to me from God because I was totally new in this field of battles she helped me a lot. But even we did a lot of job together from humble illustrations to many things we didn't quite sell why ? I don't know what are the reasons behind ? Maybe you could help us finding this problem. Thank you
I wish you all the best but one on one coaching isn't something I do, or probably should, offer. I've had books I was never able to sell either!
I'm curious, did you finish Beauty and the Goblin King EDITING INCLUDED in 12 days?!
I think editing took two or three more days 😅 I was in a super rush of inspiration when I wrote it. It was my first then-secret pen name "write the smutty fairy tale of your dreams" book and that was VERY fun
@@lidiyafoxgloveauthor Incredible! This is so inspiring to me! It's been a minute since I've written anything, and your videos are giving me the itch again. Thank you!
The skeleton who can't get swoll is such a cute, nonbinary vibe. Omg.
I love this comment
I went and looked on Amazon to pick up one of your books and the prices are kind of all over the place. Most of the books don't have a kindle version, one of the paperbacks is listed at $600. Are you maybe selling on a different platform? Where do I find your books?
That’s weird… I just looked on Amazon, did a search for Lidiya Foxglove and all her books came up on Kindle, $2.99 - $4.99 with paperbacks usually costing $9.99.
What country are you in? Are you looking for my YA novels under Jaclyn Dolamore or my Lidiya Foxglove novels? I'm not sure what you're seeing because as far as I know, the only one not available in ebook is my YA novel Magic Under Stone, aside from some books I have pulled from sale that may still show a paperback (you can't ever pull a paperback listing from sale).
The Sorcerer's Concubine also shows up oddly because I originally published under Jaclyn Dolamore and sold the audiobooks to Tantor. Then years later I did some rewriting of the books and republished them as Lidiya. Tantor changed the audiobook names but because I had done some rewriting, Amazon will no longer link them and they still show up in search under Jaclyn, but they are available as ebooks and paperbacks under Lidiya.
Sorry for that epic explanation, but anyway, everything should be there but if you let me know what you want & you're still having trouble, I can figure it out. I appreciate you looking up the books!
@@21cormorants If you just publish with Amazon then they will not reveal your name anywhere and they will send you tax documents for any and all pen names to your real name (at least for US, I assume this is true everywhere though). It gets more complicated if you go wide. I think Apple might be the one that reveals your name, and if you create a website that will be registered as your real name. At this point you would need to speak to someone about creating some sort of business to maintain privacy.
I have a video planned for April about my biggest failures that will get into changing & pulling books.
Really enjoying your videos, keep up the awesome sharing! ❤
Is this entire video muted?
In the early videos I couldn't figure out the sound level settings very well, so it is quieter than your average CZcams video. Sorry!!
@@lidiyafoxgloveauthor Ahh I hear it now xD No problem! I really enjoy your channel :D
I'd advise you to do lives instead of uploading videos
You still get a video and you can cut clips from them and post them (multiple videos from one) and if you're lucky you might get people to chat while you are doing the live (building an active community) just saying.
I'm certainly open to live streams at some point. I think it would be a really different sort of video though...so I would still do videos like these.
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I figure when you do get around to it, you'll love the freedom live offers. And I agree doing you're original type of uploads can't hurt your channel in any way.