Applications to become a mentor for the second year of WriteHive's Mentorship Program is OPEN! We’re looking for authors and/or editors from traditional, small-press, and self-published publishing paths to help guide next years’ crew of aspiring authors. If you have the time, inclination, and energy to volunteer as a mentor, we’d love to have you apply.

Don’t self-reject! https://forms.gle/AUoGPjjGkcvXxmW37

#publishing #Mentorship #WritingCommunity #AuthorsOfMastodon #TraditionalPublishing #IndieAuthors

Me and my writer friends keep having trouble with #kdp on Amazon. All kinds of stories about how their books in various formats are being blocked.

It’s so not the business we started working with 15 years ago.

If you want exposure on KDP then you have to pay for it or be signed to their own publishing company which I hear is shitty too. Then again, all traditional publishers are shitty.

Now I rarely publish with them. Not like I mastered their algorithm to make money. I make my bulk through Apple, Kobo, paperback distribution channels, and various library services.

They say that no one stays at the top for long. Hopefully #amazon will get its feet kicked out in the next ten years and something revolutionary will rise.

#writingcommunity #amwriting #indiepublishing #indie #bigBusiness #TraditionalPublishing #anarchy

It's the LAST DAY to apply for our #HiveMentor program! If you haven't submitted yet, what's holding you back? 🐝
We have incredible mentors ready to help with whatever your publishing path may be.

#writers #TraditionalPublishing #IndieAuthor #SelfPublishing #SmallPress #IndiePress if you're looking for guidance from someone who's been there, there's no harm in applying! All you need is a complete manuscript and a few moments to fill out the application form linked at:
https://writehive.org/writehive-mentorship-program/

WriteHive's #mentorship program applications are open starting today! I'm really excited about this project. Whether you're looking toward #SelfPublishing #SmallPress or #TraditionalPublishing we have mentors ready to lend you their expertise. This (most of a) year long mentorship includes a full developmental edit of your manuscript.

Check it out and apply here if you're interested: https://writehive.org/writehive-mentorship-program/

You can apply between now and Nov 13th. Good luck, authors!

#AmEditing #AmWriting

A bit more info:

1. I am a #TraditionallyPublished #author of #books for #teens
2. I believe in more #equity in #TraditionalPublishing, especially when it comes to payment, marketing, and support for #BlackAuthors
3. I try to be #positive online, but #publishing is a hard, hard industry to be in
4. I'm trying to hold on to the joy of #writing regardless ... 💕

- 1st book (out now): WHEN THE STARS LEAD TO YOU (https://ronnidavis.com/books2/when-the-stars-lead-to-you)
- 2nd book (Spring 2024) THIS NIGHT IS OURS