IASFA | Chris Patterson | Friends Activity https://iasfa.org/members/chrispatterson/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Chris Patterson's friends. Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:17:42 -0800 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 b75c898d1063e3c82aa73544b1d6778c Craig Martelle's profile was updated https://iasfa.org/activity/p/3513/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:06:17 -0800 0 5da0939dac0312dc985ff84af0d24304 Anne Marie Scott joined the group Science Fiction Writers https://iasfa.org/activity/p/3259/ Sun, 22 Dec 2024 17:19:56 -0900 0 53c4ee6b2172b746d0e1c63609f8c36a Andrew Dobell and Craig Martelle are now friends https://iasfa.org/activity/p/3154/ Sat, 03 Aug 2024 15:06:01 -0800 0 30d6e70c75276f1edef796ba52b94ddd Julia Huni and Erin Evans are now friends https://iasfa.org/activity/p/2627/ Thu, 11 May 2023 22:10:11 -0800 0 07419811aa87835304e9305ab9d69650 Craig Martelle replied to the topic How does one edit the information (blurb, cover) for their books? in the forum New Members Start Here - Introduce Yourself https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/how-does-one-edit-the-information-blurb-cover-for-their-books/#post-38651 Tue, 09 May 2023 23:10:32 -0800 There’s no way to edit your own stuff. You have to send an email to admin@iasfa.org with the changes and the admin team (Craig or Julia) will update your listing. No, this isn’t the most efficient, but where the listings reside on the site requires admin access to dig into the listings and admin for one is admin for all. Someone will ill intent…Read more

]]> 0 638ddad66e311885f70957aa70b5924e Julia Huni replied to the topic Good to be here! in the forum New Members Start Here - Introduce Yourself https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/good-to-be-here/#post-38338 Thu, 06 Apr 2023 20:37:48 -0800 Hi Eric, welcome!
if you’re on Facebook, I highly recommend you join the group over there… it seems to get more traffic and interaction.

https://facebook.com/groups/IASFA.ORG/

]]> 0 42cffb0c51e1ae21a94dbe9710bad26b Julia Huni changed their profile picture https://iasfa.org/activity/p/2604/ Thu, 06 Apr 2023 20:33:25 -0800 0 d070ebcdc4b6fe0900a1c10f21f98ac9 Julia Huni's profile was updated https://iasfa.org/activity/p/2517/ Wed, 08 Feb 2023 18:04:42 -0900 0 4742ff330cb66fe3abef2894e3d833bb Julia Huni started the topic free and 99 cent promo best practices in the forum General IASFA Organizational Discussion https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/free-and-99-cent-promo-best-practices/ Mon, 19 Dec 2022 17:41:05 -0900 After the issues with the December Space Opera promo, I thought I’d throw in a couple of ideas here where people can find them.

* After the current promo ends, you should see next month’s selections by clicking the Draft Listing button on the My Portal page. You can also see it here: https://iasfa.org/draft-listing/
(It’s not instantaneous, so…Read more

]]> 0 99dca9b76b26e8484b390b89e59f270a Julia Huni replied to the topic Website Suggestions - comment on this thread in the forum General IASFA Organizational Discussion https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/website-suggestions-comment-on-this-thread/#post-37091 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:57:59 -0900 done

]]> 0 e8367efde2ee62dee34a452dcefcbe57 Julia Huni replied to the topic Website Suggestions - comment on this thread in the forum General IASFA Organizational Discussion https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/website-suggestions-comment-on-this-thread/#post-37090 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:56:00 -0900 There may be a better way to do it, but I would put an end date on a Bookfunnel link, and in the Advanced Settings there’s an “expired message.” you could put “This book is no longer free, but you can purchase it here: ” and put in a B2B link.

Anyone have any other ideas?

]]> 0 4a33977354b8a130a3fa3d04b51e021a Craig Martelle replied to the topic Website Suggestions - comment on this thread in the forum General IASFA Organizational Discussion https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/website-suggestions-comment-on-this-thread/#post-37089 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:54:42 -0900 Alice – no one is browsing the site’s book listings as we know right now. You’ve talked yourself around in a hard circle and we still don’t have a BookFunnel link from you. I don’t know what else to tell you.

]]> 0 e57d6731f293dd78f0f6024d39546ff6 Craig Martelle replied to the topic Website Suggestions - comment on this thread in the forum General IASFA Organizational Discussion https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/website-suggestions-comment-on-this-thread/#post-37086 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:50:22 -0900 And we can always change the link back after the promotion or you could make the bookfunnel link have an and date and restore it if you participate in another IASFA promo.

]]> 0 46cde538d28d72cdedf353cf1cfdb647 Julia Huni replied to the topic Website Suggestions - comment on this thread in the forum General IASFA Organizational Discussion https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/website-suggestions-comment-on-this-thread/#post-37084 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:47:27 -0900 You can set an end date in BookFunnel.

]]> 0 6917626e7758dea1dd55441a9f21aa40 Julia Huni replied to the topic Website Suggestions - comment on this thread in the forum General IASFA Organizational Discussion https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/website-suggestions-comment-on-this-thread/#post-37082 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:45:11 -0900 Alice, I apologize if we missed the link change. None of the books I removed were BookFunnel links. I check the links when I update listings, but it’s quite possible I missed one! I’m sorry!

]]> 0 3abd7c87675ae404a3d242219c53cfcd Craig Martelle replied to the topic Website Suggestions - comment on this thread in the forum General IASFA Organizational Discussion https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/website-suggestions-comment-on-this-thread/#post-37081 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:39:46 -0900 Give us the bookfunnel link and we’ll update your listings. Please keep in mind that you cannot collect email addresses as part of the BookFunnel download page when participating in an IASFA promotion.

]]> 0 6d15ce51c7cd3ec557c82c0b46020d45 Julia Huni replied to the topic Website Suggestions - comment on this thread in the forum General IASFA Organizational Discussion https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/website-suggestions-comment-on-this-thread/#post-37080 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:32:23 -0900 Absolutely! in fact, we prefer those for wide books, because they’re not going to suddenly change price.

As far as accessing the draft form, you can’t. That’s an admin function. Normally, your books wouldn’t be in draft—it was just a quirk because we had to remove both from the promo. .

 

]]> 0 f1264dc90e20efb46707b96e1905b03c Craig Martelle replied to the topic Website Suggestions - comment on this thread in the forum General IASFA Organizational Discussion https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/website-suggestions-comment-on-this-thread/#post-37074 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:06:20 -0900 It was when we moved both your books to draft from live that the system automatically took you off the list. We’ll restore the books, but manually remove the tags for the promotion. That will restore you in the Author Index.

]]> 0 d362b692749ed7a40f5a66bec404286b Craig Martelle replied to the topic Website Suggestions - comment on this thread in the forum General IASFA Organizational Discussion https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/website-suggestions-comment-on-this-thread/#post-37073 Mon, 19 Dec 2022 16:03:41 -0900 I have no idea what happened but we’re looking it. We did check out your two titles, but neither of them were free, so we shifted them both to draft status so they did not show in the promotion when we sent the newsletter. If readers come across books that aren’t free when they are responding to a free promotion, then they leave and never come…Read more

]]> 0 e43747519139d4c58b0acaf7c208f337 Julia Huni and Craig Smith are now friends https://iasfa.org/activity/p/2408/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:12:10 -0900 0 f8cc681f453960bda3f2606ce271832c Craig Martelle replied to the topic Website Suggestions - comment on this thread in the forum General IASFA Organizational Discussion https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/website-suggestions-comment-on-this-thread/#post-36714 Sun, 11 Dec 2022 11:32:18 -0900 That hangup after upload is an ongoing concern. We’re not sure what’s causing it. After about ten seconds of spinning wheel of doom, go to this link and see if your book is uploaded – https://iasfa.org/author-index/. You’ll find that it has uploaded. As for what your book is uploaded for, in the author index, when you see the book you want to…Read more

]]> 0 fe266d88618ab036f68b7144e5e29df6 Craig Martelle replied to the topic Hello from British Columbia, Canada in the forum New Members Start Here - Introduce Yourself https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/hello-from-british-columbia-canada/#post-35668 Sun, 09 Oct 2022 10:31:12 -0800 Welcome across the board. The forums in here are anemic. Facebook continues to be the easiest way to share messages, coordinate, and learn.

]]> 0 c26b55c30397f93e08b6667271582ac2 Craig Martelle replied to the topic Is translating your book worth it? in the forum Physical Side of Publishing https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/is-translating-your-book-worth-it/#post-34223 Sun, 10 Jul 2022 09:43:10 -0800 Translating a series is worth it, if it’s a good quality series. I have three different series in the works for the German market. The first is my action-adventure, a light thriller that has done really well. Having four books translated has worked. My science fiction are a little slower out of the blocks, but those were less expensive to…Read more

]]> 0 615d53b0bef6db90679acd6e6f8768aa Craig Martelle replied to the topic Upcoming Urban Fantasy Fantasy Bundle in the forum General IASFA Organizational Discussion https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/upcoming-urban-fantasy-fantasy-bundle/#post-34004 Sun, 26 Jun 2022 10:59:03 -0800 No – this one is not for you. And for what it’s worth, I’m going to cancel this paid bundle. We’re not getting what I wanted out of the applications and I suspect sales will be obscenely low and waste everyone’s time.

]]> 0 b385ed5a995b05195ad35e2429fbecce Craig Martelle replied to the topic Choosing an Aggregator? in the forum Marketing Strategies And Implementation https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/choosing-an-aggregator/#post-32946 Tue, 05 Apr 2022 18:53:59 -0800 I’ve had only good experiences with D2D as well.

]]> 0 c5de9ac996b615ec7d3fe95bfc4b0ff7 Craig Martelle replied to the topic Hello everyone! in the forum New Members Start Here - Introduce Yourself https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/hello-everyone/#post-32587 Mon, 21 Mar 2022 17:00:05 -0800 Did I approve you accidentally? To be a member of this group, you are supposed to have already published something in the SFF genre. If not, you can stay but get to it. Get that book written and show us that you belong here.

]]> 0 95838f53032e186e396bff0b716725c2 Craig Martelle replied to the topic Hi from the UK in the forum New Members Start Here - Introduce Yourself https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/hi-from-the-uk/#post-31125 Sun, 16 Jan 2022 14:38:12 -0900 Welcome aboard – this is a professional organization, but we don’t charge dues at this time. We’re all about helping people to help themselves in putting their book into the right readers’ hands.

]]> 0 11ded18ded6742360332c7df125e263a Craig Martelle replied to the topic Hi - I'm John Hindmarsh and I tell lies in the forum New Members Start Here - Introduce Yourself https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/hi-im-john-hindmarsh-and-i-tell-lies/#post-31119 Sat, 15 Jan 2022 18:50:11 -0900 We get paid to create fantasies within which others indulge.

]]> 0 e4fd1fdd832eca46efeb8df8ed2f1eb0 Kasia Lasinska's profile was updated https://iasfa.org/activity/p/1805/ Thu, 23 Dec 2021 17:03:29 -0900 0 0ef7b39457f5a7948c9a94edc8a543c9 Kasia Lasinska replied to the topic Website Suggestions - comment on this thread in the forum General IASFA Organizational Discussion https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/website-suggestions-comment-on-this-thread/#post-30829 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 17:02:04 -0900 Hi there!

I’d love if there was a way for us to edit our book entries. For some reason, the cover art didn’t upload when I entered my book, and the blurb came out as one giant blob of text (the spaces didn’t work).

If it’s not possible for us to edit the entries ourselves, who should I contact asking for help to edit my book entry?

Thank you! 🙂

]]> 0 c48c2d8de9bed1ecc514c53e7aab10d0 Julia Huni posted an update: I'm posting this here, because I keep forgetting and have to […] https://iasfa.org/activity/p/1774/ Sat, 11 Dec 2021 22:17:54 -0900 I’m posting this here, because I keep forgetting and have to go sift through the Facebook page to find the info. This was copied from Craig’s meeting minutes on Nov 14:

2022 is geared up for a free promo every month
• Jan 23-27 – YA Science Fiction
• Feb 20-24 – High Fantasy
• March 1-21, 2022 – Science Fiction Space Adventure (includ…Read more

]]> 0 c9260c5363cec5a2f37db15674c68763 Craig Martelle replied to the topic Available for Meetup Writing Sessions (writing, not critiques) in the forum General IASFA Organizational Discussion https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/available-for-meetup-writing-sessions-writing-not-critiques/#post-30345 Mon, 06 Dec 2021 01:06:53 -0900 Sure. Craig A. Price – start it up and let me know the link. I don’t have discord so it won’t be me doing anything on it. And that isn’t a call for training. I don’t have time for another social media channel.

]]> 0 149304bd99d22e57659c699313e90947 Craig Martelle replied to the topic Available for Meetup Writing Sessions (writing, not critiques) in the forum General IASFA Organizational Discussion https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/available-for-meetup-writing-sessions-writing-not-critiques/#post-30344 Mon, 06 Dec 2021 01:06:51 -0900 Sure. Craig A. Price – start it up and let me know the link. I don’t have discord so it won’t be me doing anything on it. And that isn’t a call for training. I don’t have time for another social media channel.

]]> 0 2b2d899a32f8aedee2fbf9e6277be4be Craig Martelle replied to the topic Greetings from MA! in the forum New Members Start Here - Introduce Yourself https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/greetings-from-ma/#post-30058 Sun, 14 Nov 2021 18:54:18 -0900 Welcome aboard – watch the blog and stuff. We’ll try to invigorate the forums over the next couple months. Lots of great stuff coming up.

]]> 0 1751cb95cf6b35fe5f3274eabc23b007 Kendrai Meeks and Jonathan Brazee are now friends https://iasfa.org/activity/p/1665/ Sun, 14 Nov 2021 17:58:41 -0900 0 b1219c4581b2a9b49d30e2c2b4e06c4b Kendrai Meeks and Jamie Davis are now friends https://iasfa.org/activity/p/1640/ Fri, 12 Nov 2021 01:11:40 -0900 0 9fb15a85550fb006a26f480a4465e1eb Kendrai Meeks and Jeanne Baker are now friends https://iasfa.org/activity/p/1638/ Fri, 12 Nov 2021 01:10:07 -0900 0 54c665d2dfc5e4002240a2a2c1605356 Kendrai Meeks replied to the topic Website Suggestions - comment on this thread in the forum General IASFA Organizational Discussion https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/website-suggestions-comment-on-this-thread/#post-29952 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:14:32 -0900 RE: Editing Book Info

I added a book so I could submit it for one of the free newsletters. I didn’t realize “book number” following the “series name field” meant the installment number of the particular book, not the number of books in the series just named. Is there a way to correct such follies?

]]> 0 86793b44af8a84e8ed0c8fdf0d8b6044 Kendrai Meeks's profile was updated https://iasfa.org/activity/p/1636/ Thu, 11 Nov 2021 23:55:34 -0900 0 feb69fb4eb9a9d3614b45cbc0719c139 Kendrai Meeks changed their profile picture https://iasfa.org/activity/p/1635/ Thu, 11 Nov 2021 23:53:44 -0900 0 646be303ad87f38a7c8917ab141009da Craig Martelle replied to the topic Hello World in the forum New Members Start Here - Introduce Yourself https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/hello-world/#post-29452 Tue, 12 Oct 2021 17:15:38 -0800 Hello everyone. Welcome – the forums don’t get a lot of air time. No reason. It should. Welcome aboard. Look for our blog posts and informational stuff. We’ll see if we can ramp this up in 2022:)

]]> 0 5c21fa5e0bdeb94e7e69c2858e52b50c Carol Beth Anderson became a registered member https://iasfa.org/activity/p/952/ Mon, 15 Mar 2021 00:19:03 -0800 0 374220bbdcaca23ae6ab6a36a50ca79a Craig Martelle replied to the topic What's Next? in the forum General IASFA Organizational Discussion https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/whats-next/#post-21363 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 17:02:27 -0900 It’s a good question – rather than spend time on the forums, I’ve been working to get our books visible through the free book monthly promotions and coming soon, the for-profit promotions. I need the members to ask questions and be active, like you’ve done. The plan? become the professional SFF organization we need to help us to sell more of our…Read more

]]> 0 8b93da308551fdd6fd8491d7e45e2e40 Craig Martelle replied to the topic ACX Royalty Share in the forum Marketing Strategies And Implementation https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/acx-royalty-share/#post-21361 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:59:22 -0900 Royalty share is a great way to get your book into audio, but it locks up the rights unless you develop a great relationship with your narrator. The challenge is if your book takes off. Pay $3k now and then earn out over time, but if your book sells $100k worth, then you just paid your narrator $50k. That being said, it’s more likely that the book…Read more

]]> 0 800b5c7d776be7ddb3d27e5346338880 Craig Martelle replied to the topic Hi - I'm John Hindmarsh in the forum New Members Start Here - Introduce Yourself https://iasfa.org/forums/topic/hi-im-john-hindmarsh/#post-21360 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:43:14 -0900 Thanks for joining us here, John.

]]> 0 f75c8711d96ca03e0c0169ded95d52bd Martha Carr became a registered member https://iasfa.org/activity/p/762/ Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:12:30 -0900 0 eb3eae6513be808f12897db9756926dd Julia Huni changed their profile picture https://iasfa.org/activity/p/586/ Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:27:49 -0900 0 d0a3bf93e16f324f760690c840674ebb Grace Snoke became a registered member https://iasfa.org/activity/p/548/ Sun, 10 Jan 2021 23:36:07 -0900 0 d8e67a46930b19261949aa4017c89525 Jamie Davis and Josh Hayes are now friends https://iasfa.org/activity/p/539/ Sun, 03 Jan 2021 16:35:12 -0900 0 b7b01abb7b9398d764dc9907f533f086 Jamie Davis and Elaine Bateman are now friends https://iasfa.org/activity/p/538/ Sun, 03 Jan 2021 16:13:52 -0900 0