Bryan Chaffin

I really liked this book, and love hearing any author read their work. Check it out.

Best Ultra-Narrow Targeting: Bryan Chaffin, King Liam, First of His Name. This screenshot shows my 14% click-through rate (!!!), at a cost of $0.25 per click, targeting 5,000 readers—screenshot credit to Book Bub.

Hey, check it out. I had the best Book Bub ad for 2025 for "ultra-narrow targeting." I've moved more than 2,600 copies of King Liam, with many of them coming from this extended campaign. Thank you, Book Bub, for highlighting the book and campaign!

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Lucky!

Eerie Depths Lonnie Busch Author Interview In Assimilation, a lonely young woman’s life is forever altered after a disturbing lake encounter that forces her to confront the secrets of her parents, her own biolo…

I love author interviews, and insight into Lonnie Busch is a must-read. He's such an interesting (and good) human!

Check out his Literary Titan interview for Assimilation:

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I, too, have two short stories in this anthology! And those reviews are deliciously awesome. Check it out.

Thank you, Lonnie!

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That looks so good!

Too right. Thanks, Brian.

DUDE! SELL THEM!

I'm glad you got it sorted out—but I'm sorry you had trouble! Thank you for backing the project, and I hope you enjoy the stories. And, thanks for the note. 🫶

You are so inspiring, Nick. 🤩

They’re all good stories, for real. Start at the front! 🫶

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Same! I bought my original copy at full price and upgraded since at full (upgrade) price since. Zero regrets. I love that this product exists.

Yeah, I totally get all this.

Yeah—I can't imagine writing a novel in a flat document. At all. Nor do I want to manage that novel in the Finder. Having lived in Scrivener, anything else is pure insanity (to me).

But, I still do outside critting/editing with Word or Pages. I take those edits and apply them to my Scrivener docs.

Another Black Friday deal for writers: $30 off PublisherRocket and the Kindlepreneur course for free ($50 normally). I've used PublisherRocket for keywords and other Zonian things for Accidental Intelligence, King Liam, and for publishing Neosynthesis.

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The biggest thing you'll give up from Google is shared editing. But then, I don't like shared editing. I'd rather trade Apple Pages or Word docs back and forth with my critters/editors—all day long.

If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask! Scrivener is rarely on sale. <end>

This is also important (to me): not having your work slurped into Google's AI training or profiling of you is tremendously valuable (to me). Having my work stored on my computer—and not on the cloud where it could be taken away at any point—is important (to me). <cont.>

Regardless of whether Scrivener breaks your imported document automatically, it's very easy to break it up by hand (Right/CTRL-click > Split at Selection. This would be largely a one-time chore. <cont.>

This may turn into a long-multipart answer! Be forewarned! 😅

You can import docx files directly. You may have to export from Google to docx to import your Google files.

One of the absolutely best Scrivener features is the ability to have separate documents for individual scenes/chapters. <cont.>

Are you a writer? This is about the only Black Friday sale that may matter to you: 25% off Scrivener for macOS or Windows with the code BLACKFRIDAY2025.

This is not a sponsored post. I LOVE Scrivener.

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Amazing! And I’m glad the paperbacks are already landing.

Thanks for the note. 🫶

I love it when an author goes wide, but ESPECIALLY @airbusch1.bsky.social. I've read two of these books, and plan to read all of them. On Apple Books, at that!

Hell to the yeah! I love this, Lonnie!

Author Beware: How Scammers Target Indie Authors (and How to Avoid Today’s Most Common Publishing Scams) - Written Word Media Scammers are increasingly targeting indie authors. Learn how to spot author scams, avoid publishing scams, and protect yourself from fake book marketing offers.

WrittenWord Media posted a solid guide to recognizing current author-oriented scams. *Someone* falls for these things! Maybe spread this about.

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With a. Little something-something for Spotify, too.

Which of the books in this list of 24 indie SciFi books have you read? I have several on my TBR!

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