CamelliaCarroll

Heads up for all: Blood Bargain will be LEAVING WATTPAD at the end of the year. The first chapter or two will remain as a sample, but after that the book will only be available as a paid print or digital copy. 
          	
          	I have bought my ISBNs, I am working on a new title page illustration for the front cover of the book, and I’m ready to re-release it in print! This will also include a few minor edits to the text to improve flow, but nothing significant.
          	
          	Thanks all! If BB is on your reading list, make sure to check it out before the year ends ❤️

SeraDrake

@CamelliaCarroll - I like the way Lulu gives decent royalties if an author uses the Lulu store rather than buying through a retailer such as Amazon, but wow, high distribution fees. I'm actually thinking of making an unillustrated, bare-bones paperback edition just so some people can afford the paperback. $25 for a trade paperback seems steep to me.
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SeraDrake

@CamelliaCarroll - I'll look for them when they're available. (I'm doing revised editions in part because of advice I received on tweaks that my novel urgently needed, partly because I need a 2025 publication date to qualify to enter a few real-world contests, including the 2026 Passionate Plume awards)
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CamelliaCarroll

Rest assured, they will be back, and congrats on the revised edition launch!
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CamelliaCarroll

Heads up for all: Blood Bargain will be LEAVING WATTPAD at the end of the year. The first chapter or two will remain as a sample, but after that the book will only be available as a paid print or digital copy. 
          
          I have bought my ISBNs, I am working on a new title page illustration for the front cover of the book, and I’m ready to re-release it in print! This will also include a few minor edits to the text to improve flow, but nothing significant.
          
          Thanks all! If BB is on your reading list, make sure to check it out before the year ends ❤️

SeraDrake

@CamelliaCarroll - I like the way Lulu gives decent royalties if an author uses the Lulu store rather than buying through a retailer such as Amazon, but wow, high distribution fees. I'm actually thinking of making an unillustrated, bare-bones paperback edition just so some people can afford the paperback. $25 for a trade paperback seems steep to me.
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SeraDrake

@CamelliaCarroll - I'll look for them when they're available. (I'm doing revised editions in part because of advice I received on tweaks that my novel urgently needed, partly because I need a 2025 publication date to qualify to enter a few real-world contests, including the 2026 Passionate Plume awards)
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CamelliaCarroll

Rest assured, they will be back, and congrats on the revised edition launch!
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CamelliaCarroll

Just got back from DragonCon and went to some awesome writing panels while I was there!! Was also thrilled to do a mentor session that was incredibly helpful and gave me a lot to think about. Some good things are coming in the next several months. I feel it in my bones.
          
          Hope you’re all well and had a lovely Labor Day weekend!

CamelliaCarroll

Hi everyone! It’s the first update in a while.
          
          I hope you’re all doing well. Did anyone enter the Wattys? Best of luck to you all! I’m hoping to be back with more regularity posting the last bits of Ambrosia Rising AND a revised Blood Memories, but we’ll see how it goes. I got a new second job that I’m very excited for, and I’m also working on some offline projects. 
          
          All the best ❤️❤️❤️

SeraDrake

@CamelliaCarroll - Which reminds me. I need to finish reading the books I bought from your Lulu storefront and review them.
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SeraDrake

@CamelliaCarroll - I did. I not going to advance to the longlist, though - my novel has no hook, the pace is not fast or immediate, there's not much commercial potential from a Wattpad perspective, there are no easy/popular tropes to speak of, it's LITERARY FICTION, there are no cliffhangers, and it's basically the exact opposite of everything Wattpad wants. I mostly just entered it because it was eligible and I felt like being obnoxious.
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CamelliaCarroll

Blood Memories will be down for an undetermined amount of time for workshopping and editing.
          
          This is a very personal book for me, and I want to make sure it is exactly how I want it when the time comes to release the whole thing.
          
          Thanks for your patience and support, everyone ❤️

CamelliaCarroll

@Mummy_Whale Thank you so much!! That’s incredibly sweet of you and I’m so glad to hear that you enjoyed the books.
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Mummy_Whale

@CamelliaCarroll I just finished the first two books and I am enthralled with how the stories were spun.Looking forward to reading Blood Memories too!
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CamelliaCarroll

OFFICIAL WEBSITE IS LIVE!! Find me at https://camelliacarroll.com/
          
          I’m so excited to launch this platform. I’m hoping to use the blog feature for news and communication, and it will also allow me to do things like set bookstore distributor codes for my work and sell online at a lower price point than I can to global retailers. The price is currently about $3 lower than global retail, and I’m planning to drop it another dollar. Digital versions will go up soon! 
          
          Thank you all so much for your support ❤️

CamelliaCarroll

@22Hamilton Thank you so much! At this point, I just hope the website works well, and we shall see what comes next ❤️
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22Hamilton

@CamelliaCarroll Congratulations!  The Website is amazing!  I look forward to witnessing your meteoric rise!
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CamelliaCarroll

AMBROSIA RISING updates and tweaks are all finished! I am fairly confident that I caught everything that needed to be changed, and I also spent a good chunk of time on my laptop with the document just rearranging scenes. 
          
          I hope the new changes will bring the story up to a faster pace and increase the characters' drive to act, aaaaand also provide an opportunity for Ami to have a little more agency in what happens to her rather than finding herself dragged along for the ride.

CamelliaCarroll

Poll Time! Would you all rather see a review book with a scorecard or some kind of contest/awards hosted here? There are pros and cons to both.

QuinceArchFortes

@CamelliaCarroll You can do a mini award if you want to do something quick before settling in with a review book. That being said, my favorite prize *is* a review!
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CamelliaCarroll

@AthenaPersephone9 I was leaning that way myself. I thought it might be more consistent and reach more people that way.
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AthenaPersephone9

@CamelliaCarroll Oh, that's difficult.  But I would say a review book
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