@mistresselektra: @fictionistawksp Self-publishing is my last resort.
@mistresselektra: @fictionistawksp it should never be a first.

@Asheyna: @fictionistawksp It would depend on the content. There are a few pieces I’m working on right now where I may do exactly that.

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Lily Kleiman Not if I wanted to be a professional writer. Self-publishing, in the last couple of years, has become a scam. You can’t trust any of those self-publishing companies anymore. You’re better off going to your local quick print place and running off a bunch of copies.

Self-publishing is no longer an option for anyone, regardless of the project.

Tami Winbush ‎@Lily - Publishing electronically does not mean that you are going to be self-publishing. There are independent publishers out there that are just as good if not better than NY. I’d definitely go electronic because more and more people read online, kindles, iphones, ipads, sony, nook, etc. etc. etc.

Lily Kleiman The questions was “…or self-publish electronically.” So yes, in this case, it does mean self-published.

If you want to dicuss traditional publishing vs ebook publishing, that’s a completely different discussion. I have a book published with an ebook company and I don’t regret it. However, realistically, that means my book will never get the attention that a traditionally published book gets, or more importantly, the book sales. That’s just reality.

Tami Winbush Sorry @Lily - guess I’m having a blond moment today….which happens a lot lately - forgive me.

Lily Kleiman No harm done, Tami It’s easy to misread something on Facebook

Jessica Vance I would, I think….. Is that like I am, I say? And is there pay?

Alan Smith Never. But really it depends on the reason you’re writing the book. If it’s money then it wouldn’t be a good idea to self-publish if you’re not famous as marketing the book yourself will be difficult. I[’ve seen writers spend a couple of thousands and end up selling ten copies. Ten! Better to start a blog than waste your time and money going the the self-publishing route.

Good thing is I write scripts so publishing hardly worries me.

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Here were your responses:

@myvampfiction: @fictionistawksp anything by JR Ward. She owns me with her writing.

@LisaCA707: @fictionistawksp Besides Mockingjay, it was Linger by Maggie Stiefvater. The next one is Soul Stalker by @LauraKreitzer

@WhyNotA: @fictionistawksp John Irving’s last book, I think. (sorry. The YA train generally leaves me behind. :D)
@WhyNotA: @fictionistawksp Or Juliet, Naked, by Nick Hornby… Can’t remember which came first…

@bookjunkie1975: @fictionistawksp Kelley Armstrong. I love all her series!

@jenndema: @fictionistawksp Harry Potter from Order of the Phoenix through Deathly Hallows. Nothing since, really.#twittertuesday
@jenndema: @fictionistawksp I also hunger for all things Wally Lamb. He’s an amazing author. #twittertuesday

@katinki01: @fictionistawksp Daniel Silva

@Secretly_Alice: @fictionistawksp As of right now? Cassandra Clare and Sara Shepard

@wordninja_ali: @fictionistawksp Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series. The definition of epic.

@hmonster04: @fictionistawksp the Percy Jackson series, without a doubt. So clever and funny

@aylah50: Linger!

@KnittingVamp7: @fictionistawksp Anything Christopher Moore. Funny stuff!

@javamomma0921: @fictionistawksp Diana Gabaldon’s An Echo in the Bone from her Outlander series. Now I can’t wait for her next!

@Ailisraevyn: @fictionistawksp Steven Brust’s Vlad Taltos Series that came out this January. AMAZING series.

@babetteab: @fictionistawksp Before Mockingjay & Catching Fire? It was Breaking Dawn. Before that Harry Potter books. Now The Host sequel (I hope!)

@charmizane: @fictionistawksp I bought Breaking Dawn first day, but before that, The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice - guess I like vampire stories

@Ardanwen78: @fictionistawksp well, I’m waiting for Richelle Mead’s next in all of her series I’m now reading JR Ward, but I still have 5 books to go

@Green_eyesx: @fictionistawksp The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldon. The books are so addictive and no.7 came out in the UK earlier this year

@roglows: Hunger Games / Mortal Instruments

@Lee723: Lover Mine by JR Ward.

@SassyKathy: @fictionistawksp Hunger Games, Wolves of Mercy Falls by @mstiefvater, Crescendo by @becfitzpatrick, Wicked Lovely series by @melissa_marr

@JynjaNynja: @fictionistawksp Absolutely Libba Bray’s Gemma Doyle series! Recently though, and maybe to bff’s amazement, Jodi Picoult #twittertuesday

@BronwynK: @fictionistawksp There are a couple… any book by @kenyonsherrilyn and Diana Gabaldon, @kezarthur’s Riley Jenson books #TwitterTuesday

@arfalcon: @fictionistawksp I couldn’t wait to get my hands on Gary Shteyngart’s Super Sad True Love Story - it’s like a modern day Catch-22

@zajaclina: @fictionistawksp J.R. Ward is owning me. Picked up first Black Dagger Brotherhood novel on a whim, now I have to wait for paperback of 8…

Here were the responses on Facebook:

Jessica McMullin Nalini Singh’s Guild Hunter Series… Can’t wait for the next one!!

Michael LaRocca Stephen R Donaldson needs to write the final Thomas Covenant installment faster faster faster

Amanda Erickson will I be shot if I say JP Barnaby’s Little Boy Lost series?

Jess Norris Amanda why would you be shot? I hungered to read Harry Potter’s last book. Nothing caught me since.

Jill Greene F Paul Wilson’s Repairman Jack. I am so sad the series is coming to an end soon.

Vicki Smith Oland too many to list. I read over 120 authors and I am usually impatiently waiting on their next book.

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Scenario: You are a cab driver, driving around looking for your next customer. As you cruise along the boulevard and you come across a woman hailing you. Across the street, a man is hailing you at the same time. Who do you choose? Why?

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Plot Generator—Phrase Catch: “All aboard!”

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On August 20, 2010 we tweeted: Happy #FictionFriday! What is the last book you couldn’t tear yourself away from-that you wanted to call in sick to work to finish reading?

@Ainslet: @fictionistawksp i’m lucky that as long as i do what work i may have, i can read while at work.

@venis_envy: Re-read of Jane Eyre <3 RT @fictionistawksp: #FictionFriday What is the last book you couldn’t tear yourself away from?

@Connie_79: The Mortal Instruments: City of Glass! RT @fictionistawksp: Happy #FictionFriday! wht is the last book U couldn’t tear yourself away from?

@Edwina_Cullen: @fictionistawksp Actually, the Twilight Saga. Though, A Great and Terrible Beauty was also as engaging

@maganbagan: @fictionistawksp Last book was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I was reading it at work instead of taking a lunch break.

@aylah50: Shiver by @mstiefvater RT @fictionistawksp: Happy #FictionFriday! What is the last book you couldn’t tear yourself away from?

@SaveMeNow_: This! @aylah50: Shiver by @mstiefvater RT @fictionistawksp: Happy #FictionFriday! What is the last bk you couldn’t tear yourself away from?

@ejsantry: @fictionistawksp Hunger Games

@SassyKathy: @fictionistawksp For regular fic, all YA: Hush Hush, Shiver, Linger, Hunger Games and Catching Fire are the most recent to captivate me.

@myimm0rtalmadz: @fictionistawksp last book that owned me that way (before the Twilight Saga, of course) was The Da Vinci Code - gawd, that was six yrs ago.

@LittleRizzy: @fictionistawksp City of Glass by Cassandra Clare!

@maryinblue6: @fictionistawksp I finished the Hunger Games in around 5 hours the last time I read it.

@javamomma0921: @fictionistawksp The last book was Water for Elephants. It was amazing. In fact, I’m reading it again. Awesome writing! #fictionfriday

@TwilightCakes: @fictionistawksp SHIVER!!!!!!

@belli486: @fictionistawksp The last book I couldn’t tear myself away from was Brida by @paulcoelho

@LisaCA707: @fictionistawksp Shadow of the Sun by @LauraKreitzer and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

@lobsters4ever1: @fictionistawksp Sadly, Breaking Dawn. Before that Harry Potter and The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B (entire series) by Sandra Gulland

@_VMR: Looking For Alaska RT @fictionistawksp: Happy #FictionFriday! wht is the last book U couldn’t tear yourself away from?

@StarlightS_: @fictionistawksp Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. Beautiful book.

@TheRobotMoose: Deception, by Lee Nichols (YA) @fictionistawksp: Happy #FictionFriday! What is the last book you couldn’t tear yourself away from?

@Lee723: The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones RT @fictionistawksp: Happy #FictionFriday! What is the last book you couldn’t tear yourself away from?

@JustForkIt: The Bronze Horseman RT @fictionistawksp: Happy #FictionFriday! What is the last book you couldn’t tear yourself away from?

@arfalcon: @fictionistawksp Last book I couldn’t put down: The Book Thief by Markus Zusac (more YA)

@GirlWonder85: @fictionistawksp last one?? Succubus Shadows by Richelle Mead. Fanfic owns me now.

@EnigmaLynne: @fictionistawksp: and the last book I couldn’t put down? Boycotts and Barflies. I read it as a fanfic, and it’s just as amazing as a novel

Alternately, what is the last fan fiction story you couldn’t tear yourself away from-what made you pine for an update? #FictionFriday

@belli486: @fictionistawksp Dark Games & Twisted Minds by @Katinki01 and Osa Bella by @Myg right now. But anything AU and well-written is kind of my thing these days.

@Jburdick1: @fictionistawksp #FictionFriday Under the Apple Tree by DanielleR123

@venis_envy: Love Between Sexes. Could not stop. RT @fictionistawksp: what is the last fanfic story you couldn’t tear yourself away from? #FictionFriday

@Edwina_Cullen: @fictionistawksp Dirty Little Secrets! Hands down the best fan fiction I ever read!

@maganbagan: @fictionistawksp The last ff that I read that way was Wide Awake. @AngstGoddess003 was brilliant and I read it nonstop.

@aylah50: The Cullen Campaign by @belladonna1472 RT @fictionistawksp: what is the last FF story u couldn’t tear yourself away from #FictionFriday

@SassyKathy: @fictionistawksp For fanfic, it would have to be With Teeth by TalulaBlue.

@Rosalynn7885: @fictionistawksp The Mail Order Bride by Lady Gwynedd

@EnigmaLynne: @fictionistawksp: Meyer University is AMAZING, as is Tropic of Virgo. I’ve re-read them tons of times, and they still rock my world.

@ejsantry: @fictionistawksp Osa Bella

@SaveMeNow_: @fictionistawksp For FF I think that The Weight of Words by @georgey_girl was the last one that made me WANT an update NOW.

@arfalcon: @fictionistawksp Last ff stories to make me pine: The Wedding Party by @spanglemaker9 and Brown Study by @littlesecret84

@Lee723: @fictionistawksp Dead On My Feet by Cesca Marie. It hurts so damn good. And it hurts so damn bad. *sigh*

@myimm0rtalmadz: @fictionistawksp Fics i drop everything for: Wild Swan @scarlettletters, Behind the Clouds @echoingsilence, Ladder to the Sun by Rosybud.

@Becz005: @fictionistawksp Hands On Me by IndependenceIndividuality or really anything she writes is fantastic (@writeitaway)

@KnittingVamp7: @fictionistawksp For the Summer by camoozle & Bad News Bella by 107yroldvirgin. #FictionFriday

@lobsters4ever1: @fictionistawksp Coming Through the Rye, A Pound of Flesh, Last Tango in Forks, Isabella after Dark, and For the Summer

@maryinblue6: @fictionistawksp And Dead On My Feet and Paper CutOuts are my obsession if they updated every day/never ended, I’d be incredibly happy.

@SammieLynnsMom: @fictionistawksp Under the Apple Tree hands down is the best fan fiction in the world. I drop everything when it updates!

@TotallyObsess82: @fictionistawksp Just Wait still gets me everytime. I have to read it.

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Audio-Visual Challenge—Imagined Image: View the image and review the instructions provided with this prompt and write what comes to you.

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Dialogue Flex: “Mirror, mirror, on the wall…”

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