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Hooray! 13 is my lucky number :)
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 8:52 pm
by Debbi
I was getting a little discouraged after writing 12 articles with dozens of hits but no sales. This morning I noticed a public request and dashed something off, then went out to the movies, thinking this too would not sell. But when I came back and checked my account, there was my first sale! My 13th article was my lucky charm.
So if there are any of you newbies like me out there without a sale so far, hang in there! If you write it, they will buy..
Debbi
Re: Hooray! 13 is my lucky number :)
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 8:55 pm
by Debbi
Oh, and a special thanks to the reviewers. What a quick job of reviewing it on a Sunday so it could get to the client right away!
Debbi
Re: Hooray! 13 is my lucky number :)
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 9:04 pm
by Celeste Stewart
Congrats! May it be the first of many!
Re: Hooray! 13 is my lucky number :)
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:17 am
by Antonia
Congrats Debbi! Good for you
Re: Hooray! 13 is my lucky number :)
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:46 am
by canywriter
13 is my lucky number too! Congrats Debbie, and more power to your pen!
Best,
CW
Re: Hooray! 13 is my lucky number :)
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:59 pm
by Debbi
Thanks everyone
My perseverence is largely due to reading all the forums and seeing other authors' experiences. All the good cheer and cheering on sure helps!
Debbi
Re: Hooray! 13 is my lucky number :)
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 5:47 am
by JTILLMAN9693
Congratulations Debbi. I'm fairly new to the site also and it is encouraging when you hear that others in the same boat begin to succeed.
Re: Hooray! 13 is my lucky number :)
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:50 pm
by Debbi
Hooray, I sold another article! But alas for me I made a typo when modifying my rates yesterday. I meant to put $45 in the full rights section but accidentally put $15
So the article said $15 for use, $29 for unique, and $15 for full. Rats! Oh, well I'll just have to write more articles to take its place. In any case now I have two sales under my belt and am feeling more confident. It makes me wonder though if I should reduce all my prices? I keep seeing articles selling for $7 and $3, even $1 a few times. Is that what buyers are expecting these days? I hope not and have seen some articles selling for over $100 so I don't want to lower prices if I don't have to, of course!
Debbi
Re: Hooray! 13 is my lucky number :)
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:09 pm
by Celeste Stewart
Oh, bummer typo!
Don't worry about those cheapo articles. Those are mainly for usage articles, often sold in bulk.
Re: Hooray! 13 is my lucky number :)
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 6:04 pm
by JTILLMAN9693
Hello. I recently had my first sale yesterday. I tend to do articles on my lunch at work and was happy to see that one my articles had been sold. Like everyone else, here,I'm hoping it will be sign of many ones to come. I'm hoping to also become a better writer with each submission as well...
Re: Hooray! 13 is my lucky number :)
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 6:05 pm
by Celeste Stewart
How cool is that? Making money on your lunch hour