Jay Long

New York #Author, #Writer, #Poet, & Dreamer.
2006 Time Magazine Co-Person of the year 🏆 Proud NAVY Dad ⚓
Cat owner 🐱 & lover of pens🖋
Cowboys 🏈 Yankees⚾️
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[Jay Long @JayLongWrites]

If you want to start a new #writingroutine make a commitment to do it every day.

Even if you write just a sentence and spend 5 minutes doing it, it’s still better than doing nothing.

This 🔋 will help start you off in the right direction.

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@_Knight_writer

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@SDDonovan Same 🤣

[Shane Donovan @SDDonovan]

Remember. Reading only one book every few months doesn't make you any less of a reader than someone who reads a handful each month.

[Jay Long @JayLongWrites]

Is that golden hour hue on book covers trending, or is it just an AI trend?

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My thought on writer's block is it's actually too many ideas trying to get through rather than none.

More like a bottleneck in the highway, and not an abandoned road.

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@MFElliottUS @SDDonovan No apologies needed. Life is best lived in reality. Day jobs, and personal needs are top priority---always.

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Wow! In one scroll of my feed, I saw no less than 11 accounts I don't follow, with the same exact post of, "are there still writers and authors?"

How unfortunate. Gotta love the Mute option

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@JR_Lynmead I imagine the randomness of going viral is incredibly subjective. But I agree, there's often no rhyme or reason.

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@cuttybraughn Most of the ones I saw had blue ticks. If the account is being monetized, that activity and engagement earns $$ .

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@JohnnyCageInk Very much so.

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@SDDonovan Luckily, my feed seems to balance back out within a day. I'm always curious as to what sent it off on a tangent in the first place. 🤣

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Other than having a genuine need to be creative, do you find there's a much deeper 'why' for the stories you write and the world's you build as an author?

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@MillerDakotaJ 🙏❤️

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@SDDonovan Yes ... my wife at the time, lent my original Da Vinci Code to a friend of hers. I never saw it again.

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@GuttCutter I wish the algorithm would correct back as quickly as it skews away from the norm

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@BexBookaholic 🤣 perfect

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@_Knight_writer

[Team GaryVee @TeamGaryVee]

"Too many over focus on non controllable aspects of life!" - Gary Vaynerchuk

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@susipjensen Agreed.

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I saw a video of a guy reviewing and sharing his must read books so far this year.

And I have to say most of them I had never heard of. Which is why I look at those videos, to kind of get recommendations or at least to get names and titles, so I can look into them myself.

I had to laugh because he revealed the entire story of each of the books. From the opening, to the twists, to the end, he didn't spare anything.

So, a big thank you goes out to him for saving me research time, reading time, and of course money 🤣🤣

But in all seriousness, I don't like reviews that reveal so much. How about you? 🤔📚

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@ExegeekPrime That's definitely the way to pose it if a book is republished after a title change.

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If a book is already published, its title or subtitle can't be changed as it's tied to an ISBN.

But there are other small tweaks that can be made to realign and attract the right readers.

✅️ Cover design

✅️ Description

✅️ Keywords

✅️ Categories

❌️ Title

Changes to the interior may also help. Especially scenes or plot points that may be unclear.

Just keep in mind if more than 10% (approx.) of the story is changed, added to, or removed that creates the need to release a new edition.