20 Symptoms of Writeritis

I think I might be coming down with something….

Myths of the Mirror

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As some of you know, a pervasive syndrome has troubled a segment of society for centuries. After years of research, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders finally classified these symptoms under the diagnosis: Writeritis. 

Writeritis is defined as a persistent, maladaptive pattern of writing that leads to clinically significant impairment or distress, as manifested by six (or more) of the following within a single month:

1. A marked craving for increased amounts of writing, and longer periods of time to write.

2. An unquenchable thirst for coffee.

3. Repeated efforts to cut down or control word count is unsuccessful.

4. Withdrawal occurs when writing is discontinued or suddenly reduced. Symptoms include shakiness, moodiness, and/or irritability.

5. A tendency to rapidly relapse into extreme patterns of excessive rewriting – even after periods of abstinence or control.

6. After writing, a compulsive urge to return and edit.

7. An inability to initiate household chores until a plot hole is…

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Call to Arms – Book Marketing Results

Can’t believe I missed this Nicholas! Thanks for taking the time to put this together! #SupportIndieAuthors!

Nicholas C. Rossis

Following my Call to Arms, a number of you responded by sharing with me your book marketing experience. I now have about a hundred responses by some fifty authors. Although some of the responses were expected, there were quite a few surprises in there for me.

Methodology

For anyone wishing to take a look at the raw data, you can download this Excel spreadsheet. I grouped the results according to whether the book was offered full-price, discounted or free. I also have a fourth category titled Other, that includes any entries where this was not specified.

To compare the various ad media, I came up with a number that represents the ratio between number of sales and cost of advertising. In other word, if you spent $1 and had one sale, then this number would be one. If you spent $1 and had two sales, the number would be two, etc.

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