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So, yes, discoverability is hard (it's always been hard) but you are a creative...so get creative about how you help people find you. They need your stuff.#art #<span class=\"tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/tag\/writing\" rel=\"tag\">writing<\/a><\/span> #<span class=\"tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/tag\/selfpublishing\" rel=\"tag\">selfpublishing<\/a><\/span>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-13:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/116625089488993881\/activity","object":{"id":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/users\/susankayequinn\/statuses\/116624213567335895","objectType":"note","content":"<p>But here's the thing for my fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/tags\/writers\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#writers<\/a> that I beg you to hold lovingly in your hands &amp; take into your heart:<\/p><p>People want your works. 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They need your stuff.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/tags\/art\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#art<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/tags\/writing\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#writing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/tags\/selfpublishing\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#selfpublishing<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-13:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/users\/susankayequinn\/statuses\/116624215009428907","object":{"id":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/users\/susankayequinn\/statuses\/116624215009428907","objectType":"note","content":"<p>I deeply believe we're swinging into an Age of Authenticity, when people will crave the simple, the hand-made, the REAL even more. <\/p><p>So, yes, discoverability is hard (it's always been hard) but you are a creative...so get creative about how you help people find you. They need your stuff.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/tags\/art\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#art<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/tags\/writing\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#writing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/tags\/selfpublishing\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#selfpublishing<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/@susankayequinn\/116624215009428907","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/users\/susankayequinn\/statuses\/116624213567335895","url":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/@susankayequinn\/116624213567335895"},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"selfpublishing"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"writing"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-23:objectType=thread:nonce=836ec953599cba6e","notice_info":{"local_id":"12642213","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-05-23T17:35:03+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/@susankayequinn\/116624215009428907"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":"RT @inthehands But here's the thing for my fellow #<span class=\"tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/tag\/writers\" rel=\"tag\">writers<\/a><\/span> that I beg you to hold lovingly in your hands &amp; take into your heart:People want your works. They want authentic human-made stories that move them, make them cry &amp; laugh, comfort\/challenge them.THEY DO. 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Enough to make money for publishers and a living for yourself (or not) on slim royalties.<\/p><p>With selfpub, your audience can be more narrow, you can \"succeed\" w\/fewer sales\/readers.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-13:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/users\/susankayequinn\/statuses\/116624208400130386","object":{"id":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/users\/susankayequinn\/statuses\/116624208400130386","objectType":"note","content":"<p>Something I think a lot of people miss: to be a \"success\" in tradpub, you have to *appeal* to a wider audience. 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solarpunk.\u2028\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f| SFWA\u2028Being gentle\/healing is radical &amp; disruptive. \u2028Host: Bright Green Futures podcast, stories to build a better world#writing #hopepunk #ClimateFiction #solarpunk #ScienceFiction #ClimateChange\u2029&quot;AI is a lying machine made out of crimes&quot; (used to perpetuate more crimes).\ud83d\udd28\u2029If you think piracy is great, unfollow me.Writing a feminist romantasy with plant magic.","url":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/@susankayequinn","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"susankayequinn","displayName":"Sue is Writing Solarpunk \ud83c\udf1e\ud83c\udf31","note":"Speculative Fiction author, PhD Environmental Engineering\u2028I write hopeful climate fiction &amp; solarpunk.\u2028\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f| SFWA\u2028Being gentle\/healing is radical &amp; disruptive. \u2028Host: Bright Green Futures podcast, stories to build a better world#writing #hopepunk #ClimateFiction #solarpunk #ScienceFiction #ClimateChange\u2029&quot;AI is a lying machine made out of crimes&quot; 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Money is complicated with books because you want to be read and you need $ to survive and those are connected but also: you mostly want people to read your works! But $ is often a way to access *more* readers. They're connected, intimately.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-13:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/users\/susankayequinn\/statuses\/116624209349812050","object":{"id":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/users\/susankayequinn\/statuses\/116624209349812050","objectType":"note","content":"<p>Of course every writer wants sales &amp; readers! Money is complicated with books because you want to be read and you need $ to survive and those are connected but also: you mostly want people to read your works! But $ is often a way to access *more* readers. 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But it's not. It assumes cost is the most important barrier, but it's really not.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/tags\/writing\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#writing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/tags\/selfpublishing\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#selfpublishing<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-13:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/users\/susankayequinn\/statuses\/116624211440068771","object":{"id":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/users\/susankayequinn\/statuses\/116624211440068771","objectType":"note","content":"<p>I've had people say \"I don't care about money!\" (as if it's a badge of honor) and then they set all their books free (or pub online) to have \"widest access\" and they think that's the way to get \"the most\" readers. But it's not. It assumes cost is the most important barrier, but it's really not.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/tags\/writing\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#writing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/tags\/selfpublishing\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#selfpublishing<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/@susankayequinn\/116624211440068771","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/users\/susankayequinn\/statuses\/116624209349812050","url":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/@susankayequinn\/116624209349812050"},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"selfpublishing"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-05-23:objectType=thread:nonce=836ec953599cba6e","notice_info":{"local_id":"12642209","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-05-23T17:34:25+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/@susankayequinn\/116624211440068771"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/users\/susankayequinn","displayName":"Sue is Writing Solarpunk \ud83c\udf1e\ud83c\udf31","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/98834-original-tmp20241107214704.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/98834-96-20241107222326.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/98834-48-20241107221953.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/98834-24-20241107222326.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"98834"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/98834-96-20241107222326.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Speculative Fiction author, PhD Environmental Engineering\u2028I write hopeful climate fiction &amp; solarpunk.\u2028\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f| SFWA\u2028Being gentle\/healing is radical &amp; disruptive. \u2028Host: Bright Green Futures podcast, stories to build a better world#writing #hopepunk #ClimateFiction #solarpunk #ScienceFiction #ClimateChange\u2029&quot;AI is a lying machine made out of crimes&quot; (used to perpetuate more crimes).\ud83d\udd28\u2029If you think piracy is great, unfollow me.Writing a feminist romantasy with plant magic.","url":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/@susankayequinn","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"susankayequinn","displayName":"Sue is Writing Solarpunk \ud83c\udf1e\ud83c\udf31","note":"Speculative Fiction author, PhD Environmental Engineering\u2028I write hopeful climate fiction &amp; solarpunk.\u2028\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f| SFWA\u2028Being gentle\/healing is radical &amp; disruptive. \u2028Host: Bright Green Futures podcast, stories to build a better world#writing #hopepunk #ClimateFiction #solarpunk #ScienceFiction #ClimateChange\u2029&quot;AI is a lying machine made out of crimes&quot; 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solarpunk.\u2028\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f| SFWA\u2028Being gentle\/healing is radical &amp; disruptive. \u2028Host: Bright Green Futures podcast, stories to build a better world#writing #hopepunk #ClimateFiction #solarpunk #ScienceFiction #ClimateChange\u2029&quot;AI is a lying machine made out of crimes&quot; (used to perpetuate more crimes).\ud83d\udd28\u2029If you think piracy is great, unfollow me.Writing a feminist romantasy with plant magic.","url":"https:\/\/wandering.shop\/@susankayequinn","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"susankayequinn","displayName":"Sue is Writing Solarpunk \ud83c\udf1e\ud83c\udf31","note":"Speculative Fiction author, PhD Environmental Engineering\u2028I write hopeful climate fiction &amp; solarpunk.\u2028\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f| SFWA\u2028Being gentle\/healing is radical &amp; disruptive. \u2028Host: Bright Green Futures podcast, stories to build a better world#writing #hopepunk #ClimateFiction #solarpunk #ScienceFiction #ClimateChange\u2029&quot;AI is a lying machine made out of crimes&quot; 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