Writing is a waste of time?

Writing is a waste of time?

It’s always a work in progress due to the effort luck and persistence involved with getting your work out there to the masses, if that is your intention.

Writing is all about enjoyment.

Getting published by a traditional publisher is about hard work. It will take up most of your time for many years and succeeding is not assured. That’s where persistence and luck comes into it.

It’s not a waste of time if you enjoyed writing it. And it’s not a waste of time time with anything you put effort into to achieve a goal.
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Self publishing sucks nuts.

Self publishing sucks nuts. 
Although I think smashwords is better and easier and cheaper. Amazon is very restricting and they take a big chunk of your earnings. 
I recently published an anthology from a group of us writers. It’s now on smashwords which also sends it automatically to multiple other platforms. I’ve been publishing on smashwords and amazon since 2011 and a few years ago decided not to use amazon anymore. 
Don’t expect to make much money from self publishing, regardless of which platform you go with. Most people are lucky to make $500 a year. 
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#storytelling #author #published #selfpublishing

Melbourne Writers Tonight

In Melbourne?
Feel free to pop in tonight to chat to other writers and also hear from Peter about his successful travel writer blog:  https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Writers/events/hwthmqyzjbxb/
#writing #Meetup #happyhour #writemynovel #travelwriting

World Writers Collective

When the World’s Most Famous Mystery Writer Vanished. 

NT writer Fest blog from Magz. 

Writing competitions. 

Flash Fiction. 

And lots more: www.worldwriterscollective.com 
#shortstories #writer #creativewriting #writingcompetition #writernews

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Thank you, even if you just want to come along and chat to creatives, that's fine too. Everyone is welcome :)

Our next event is 6pm Tuesday 16 April at The Wharf Hotel

Affordable Writer Retreat Olinda Vic May 2019

Hi everyone, we have banded together with our good friend David Collis to create our very own writer retreat.

May 2019

Two nights

Meals included

Details: www.worldwriterscollective.com/writer-retreat-2019

(Three rooms available only)

20000mAh Solar-Powered Power Bank groupon review

20000mAh Solar-Powered Power Bank groupon review

The Groupon site would not let me review the product, so I had to create my own page to do so. It's actually unusual they have not allowed any reviews for it?!?

So, first of all the product arrives with no packaging, no instructions, no warranty card, no invoice and a very tiny usb to mini usb cord.
10 cm long cord. What is with that? It's almost useless.

Well, it's still a good deal. I think about $10 cheaper than elsewhere, so still worth it I guess.

The solar panel:
Well, with no instructions I decided to hold it up towards the sun and the green LED came on, so I am guessing it is working?

All four LEDs come on when I plug it in to recharge, although with the last one flashing.
At this stage I am going to guess this means almost fully charged.

So, should you buy it?
It's a gamble. Groupon is usually ok. Sure, why not. It's not too expensive.
Still, after I contacted their customer support via "chat" they were totally unsure about the product and its packaging, saying instead that maybe the packing was damaged in transit and that's why it is not present with the product.
Yeah, ok, ummm, huh?
I have a feeling it was an Indian in India answering the questions I put to him/her. I think his/her name was Veredesh, so fair chance.

I asked about the warranty, and they said it is 6 months. The invoice is digital. But the packaging and instructions are not to be seen. Likely the instructions can be found online.

Enjoy!