u/roman1221

My first book is now feee on Kindle for the next five days!
Revenge and redemption can be found in Midnight City. A suicidal former Marine and an autistic analyst discover the truth behind missing Homeless veterans and a kidnapped sister.

I hope you snag it and enjoy it! Please leave a review!

Hey all! It pains me to say this but I need to sell my leather bounds. I’m moving and I have to down size A LOT. I want them to go to a good home. I have them priced fairly under what you can get them from the website. Words of Radiance is a first addition and signed. They are on eBay, and I hope I’ve kept within the rules.

The Way of Kings
Words of Radiance

*Words of Radiance has sold!
*they both have been sold!

Hello again, I am still getting the error message from IS using my cover from GetCovers. The message is:

PDF CONTAINS ICC COLOR PROFILES: We request files with no color profiles assigned. Please convert all colors to grayscale for black and white images, or CMYK for color images and remove all color profiles. Saving a new PDF with the default setting of PDF/X-1a:2001 will address the issue. For best results, please correct the issue(s) listed. You may refer to the File Creation Guide for further instructions on creating a compliant PDF.

I have been going back and forth with GetCovers, and they assure me every time the files are correct, but I am still getting the error. I have a Mac; I use Chrome, and I download the links they give. Am I the problem here? I have no experience with Adobe or Photoshop, and I am losing my mind. IS is taking days to get back to me, and Getcovers takes a day to respond every time. And they still haven't provided me with the correct files for IS one. Single. Time. Can someone walk me through this or help me with this?

Hello, I am a self-publishing author. That means I have to do everything myself. It has been incredibly hard but rewarding. The issue that I am having now is that I am trying to upload the cover of my book to a website named IngramSpark. They are a self-publishing website. I have the file for the cover. From GetCovers, this company said it should be the right file type. But every time I upload the file they gave me. I get this error message: PDF CONTAINS ICC COLOR PROFILES: We request files with no color profiles assigned. Please convert all colors to grayscale for black and white images, or CMYK for color images and remove all color profiles. Saving a new PDF with the default setting of PDF/X-1a:2001 will address the issue. For best results, please correct the issue(s) listed. You may refer to the File Creation Guide for further instructions on creating a compliant PDF.

Can someone please help me with this file? I have no experience with Adobe, Photoshop, or anything related to computers. I am on a Mac; I use Chrome to download and upload the files. And GetCovers takes a day to respond to me every time there is an issue. I have searched high and low on Google and Reddit for the fix, but nothing seems to work.

I have doubled and triple-checked. I have a PDF in the format they want it in. The CMYK and the PDF/x-1a:2001 and I'm still getting this fucking message. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

PDF CONTAINS ICC COLOR PROFILES: We request files with no color profiles assigned. Please convert all colors to grayscale for black and white images, or CMYK for color images and remove all color profiles. Saving a new PDF with the default setting of PDF/X-1a:2001 will address the issue. For best results, please correct the issue(s) listed. You may refer to the File Creation Guide for further instructions on creating a compliant PDF.

I wish there was a “shame me” flair. I have been reading and writing my whole life. I love it. It’s what I want to do for the rest of my life. I’ve written two book and I’m in the process of self publishing the first one.

I hired an editor from Fiverr and got my files back this morning. I’ve been working on it all day. They made a bunch of changes to the language that I’m not happy about, but that’s not the reason I feel like an idiot. I was reading the manuscript that they edited and I see in the dialog she keeps putting commas at the end when the dialogue ends with he said. Ex. “She likes plants,” he said. This threw me for a loop. I had no idea why the editor did this. Like what the fuck. It’s throughout the entire manuscript. So, I came here and wouldn’t you be surprised to find out that’s how it’s supposed to go! Obviously there’s more to it but god damn. I felt like I had been punched in the gut. I have no memory of ever learning this. I was flabbergasted when a comment said check any book. So, I did. I checked 30 random books in my library. All different genres and topics and even old ones. There it was. Every time. Always ending in a comma when it ends with he said. I never noticed it in the hundreds of thousands of books I’ve read in my life. I always thought it was supposed to be like this. “She likes plants.” He said.

All I can do is fix what I’ve written and go forward never making that mistake again. I feel like I’ve slipped into a parallel dimension.

**Edit to add.** Thank you, everyone, for your kind words and for being helpful. I really appreciate you all taking the time to comment.

Hello all, I wanted to thank you all first. This sub has been incredibly helpful and informative for me as I move towards publishing my first book. So from the bottom of my heart. Thank you.

To start off I need some advice and feedback. I have everything ready to go for KDP and ingramspark to put my book out there. Except the cover. I asked a friend and tattoo artist to help me dosing the cover. I’ve given her inspiration pictures, ideas, and the formatting with measurements KDP requires. We hammered out a deal that I will give her some money upfront and a small percentage of each book that is sold. I told her it would be very little as the self pub is a fickle game to earn money in. As well as a credit in the book as it should be. I don’t want my friends or anyone to be left behind. This all seemed fair to me.

I gave her all the info in March. I wasn’t finished with the edit so there was no rush. In June, i told her that everything was ready and if she could work on it that would be great. She was working and organizing a fundraiser for another friend and tattoo artist. So, I understood if she couldn’t do it, and I offered to go to another artist. She said she’ll get it to me on the 4th of July. I received a rough draft on the 4th and then a few days later another. Now, radio silence. Idk what to do or where to go from here. I know I’ve made mistakes, I should have asked for a timeline or deadline. I’m getting beyond frustrated.

Is the deal offered to much? Should I just try and find another artist or something all together different.

Thank you for all your help and any advice you have.

The way Emerson Locke saw things, he was already dead. But before he closes the coffin on his violent life. He is going to do whatever it takes to find out who killed his friend and take them to hell with him.

Dr. Nathan Payne has been at war his entire life. His hyperactive senses have left him alone and without purpose. Until his estranged sister leaves a voicemail of her kidnapping.

Both men are after different things. One seeks revenge, the other redemption. Together they’ll discover something sinister in the heart of New York and work together to uncover the truth behind Midnight City.

Veterans are missing off the streets. A gang of well-financed criminals are cleaning house and killing everyone in their way. Locke and Payne have to use everything their lives have taught them to battle the evil they discover.

So, I just had a killer writing session today. I’m getting about 2k words a day. I’m not doing that as hard rule or keeping track in a mathematical way. Just a goal I try to hit everyday. Well today I hit 3,500. I just saw it all. And did not want to stop. The previous day I had some organic connections blossom with how a character was feeling to a chapter I had written days ago. It all just fell into to place and I almost heard an audible click when I thought of the sentence.

I know there will be good days and bad. But we will always have days no matter what. We just have to keep showing up. How are you all feeling about writing as a whole? And how are you feeling about your writing specifically?