Forum / Help me attain authorial legitimacy!

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    Mathew Paust
    Feb 04, 03:49pm

    I've entered First Shot in Amazon's new Kindle Scout contest. It's Jeff Bezos's brilliant strategy to test market viability before his editors or their assistants--or THEIR assistants--have to apply a single eyeball to a submitted word.

    Each submission has a month to garner "nominations", whereupon Kindle Press promises to publish those that show promise, presumably in the vein of a Shades of Gray or The Martian, i.e. votes over literary insight.

    First Shot went live this morning: http://tinyurl.com/n4gavr7

    Your two clicks--one on the above link, the other on the blue "nominate" button under First Shot's blurb--can make the difference between dignity and crushing defeat. Have I told you lately how much I love you?

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    Kathy Fish
    Feb 04, 04:21pm

    Done. Good luck, Mathew!

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    Rachna K.
    Feb 04, 05:01pm

    Best Wishes, Mathew. Done.

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    Gary Hardaway
    Feb 04, 05:29pm

    Done. Though Amazon marketing ploys made it difficult.

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    Mathew Paust
    Feb 04, 05:44pm

    Thanks, friends. I had planned to send this to Tyrus, a small reputable North Carolina publishing house, but they've closed submissions temporarily.

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    J.A. Pak
    Feb 04, 06:45pm

    Done. Good luck!

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    Chris Okum
    Feb 04, 07:09pm

    Done.

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    David Ackley
    Feb 04, 08:21pm

    Done. Did you know that people who liked your book also liked two others, one of them something about a hummingbird?

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    Robert Vaughan
    Feb 04, 08:31pm

    Done, best of luck with this, Mathew!

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    Mathew Paust
    Feb 04, 10:34pm

    Much gratitude, youse guys. I nominated one book other than mine--the Hummingbird one. The author's Australian and I loved what she said in her little bio, how "laughter and gratitude can keep me from the ledge."

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    John Riley
    Feb 05, 01:26pm

    Done. Good luck. (I have to say you're already legitimate.)

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    G.E. Simons
    Feb 05, 01:52pm

    I tried to Matthew but US residents only! Good luck, and you have my nomination if they say you only needed one more!

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    Mathew Paust
    Feb 05, 01:54pm

    Thanks, John. Well, I *was* allowed to join Fictionaut. I guess what I'm after is having Maureen Corrigan read something I've written--whether she likes it or not.

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    Smiley McGrouchpants, Jr-Esq-III
    Feb 06, 10:25pm

    Punched it. Bezos, take note!

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    Mathew Paust
    Feb 07, 02:36am

    Crabby, you da man!

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    Sandy Ebner
    Feb 09, 03:45am

    Done. :-)

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    Mathew Paust
    Feb 09, 03:36pm

    Thank you, Sandy.

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    Sam Rasnake
    Feb 09, 11:58pm

    Done- and good piece by the way.

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    Mathew Paust
    Feb 10, 02:56am

    Thanks, Sam. Appreciate your support.

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    Tina Barry
    Feb 10, 03:21am

    You're one click closer to fame. Good luck, Matthew.

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    Adam Sifre
    Feb 10, 04:28pm

    Okey doke.

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    Mathew Paust
    Feb 10, 06:50pm

    You guys are great. It ain't the fame, tho, Tina, it's the dough. I'm sick of looking getting annual Amazon statements in the two figures.

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    Tina Barry
    Feb 10, 07:24pm

    Here's to more dough!

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