Morgan Drake Eckstein

@morgandrake (2136)

United States

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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Morgan Drake Eckstein's Responses

Am I Being Unreasonable??

Jennifer @LovingMyBabies (85288) • Valdosta, Georgia 6 Apr 13

Okay, a little confusion happened this morning with someone and their payments. So I thought I would ask all of you here for your thoughts on this. ALL of my fees are paid UP FRONT because of payment problems I have had in the...

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Morgan Drake Eckstein Having been taken advantage of by people, I personally charge upfront always...or I better have some leverage to be able to collect. It has been my experience that people who are unwilling to pay upfront have no intention of actually paying for services. Of...

7 Apr 13

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selling my book

ecaron @ecaron (678) • Canada 1 Feb 13

I just published a children's book and now I have to promote and advertise but I have no money to invest in these online promotion packages and people say that I'll never succeed without them. I need to sell a few books and then...

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Morgan Drake Eckstein Well, with the self-published children ebook that me and a friend recently created (Trutle Monkey) and published though Smashwords, we started a fanpage just a few days after we decided to do the project. Basically, what we could afford was free. So she did...

2 Feb 13

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parents in gambling.. are they thinking?

vernaC @vernaC (1491) • Romania 19 Nov 12

In squatter area where I used to live, I see jobless parents, gathering around and gambling from morning till night or worse till the next morning. Their homes, kids, partners are being neglected. It's very common that they ask...

gambling

parents

vices

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Morgan Drake Eckstein One of my aunts was a gambler. On the bright note, she did not have any kids. But she borrowed a lot of money from my grandparents. Honestly, it is a disease. There is a certain "high" that comes from winning...and losing for that matter....

19 Nov 12

Which is the best software to create cover pages for ebook?

vidhyaprakash_2 @vidhyaprakash_2 (7116) • India 9 Aug 12

I published 3 of my ebooks in smashwords, but my book covers are in horizontal manner, as i created it using power point. Now i am in need to create vertical cover pages. I just want to know which software or application help us...

cover

ebook

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Morgan Drake Eckstein I have been using the Paint program to modify photos and artwork that I have done into covers for my ebooks. What I worry about is that if the required cover size keeps increasing, my scanner will not be large enourgh to dierctly scan the artwork that I am...

10 Aug 12

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I'm planning to start up with blogs.

Srikanth @spuliven (68) • India 8 Aug 12

Hi all, I'm just planning to start with blogs.. I had seen many blogs online where we share our knowledge with others. So, can someone suggest me how to start up with blogs and good blogger sites to place my blogs. I know...

blogs

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Morgan Drake Eckstein Well, I must warn you that blogging is not quick money. It took me three years on my primary blog to build up an audience that would support my business, and then it was only because I used it to direct attention to the other stuff that I was doing (I am a...

8 Aug 12

Whether to Keep My Entire Online Earning On My Paypal Account Or Not

ARIES1973 @ARIES1973 (11426) • Legaspi, Philippines 5 Aug 12

I would like to solicit the opinion of my friends here in myLot on a personal decision that I would like to make. I am earning a little from my online job and I am planning to keep the entire amount until such time that it reach...

bank account

paypal

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Morgan Drake Eckstein I transfer my earnings out of paypal every month or two. The reason that I allow it to sit there for awhile is because I recieve several small payments a month from various sources. It is more of a convenience for me to pull the money out once a month than it...

5 Aug 12

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Ebook publishing

kvarun88 @kvarun88 (274) • India 1 May 12

Hey guys have u ever published ur book online on a site like smashwords or kindle's independent author publishing platform? if yes then please share ur experiences on the same. As i have a few books written by me and i want to...

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Morgan Drake Eckstein I doing some ebooks through Smashwords. The hardest thing to learn was the formating (no tabs, etc.). I am making some money, not a lot, but some.

5 Aug 12

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To much info???

lafredricktaylor @lafredricktaylor (256) • United States 25 Jun 12

I am in the process of writing books. One of my books is a poetry book. I display alot of my work on facebook. I get alot of responses from my statuses and I think thats good publicity. But some of my best work comes from the...

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Morgan Drake Eckstein While I do post a small amount (a real small amount) of my work on Facebook, I am not sure that Facebook is the best platform for publicity. Or at least, that has been my experience. My biggest set of buyers seem to be people who just found my work elsewhere....

25 Jun 12

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Have you ever created your own ebook?

hestylim @hestylim (1210) • Indonesia 25 Jun 12

Hi mylotters, Have any of mylotters created your very own ebook? I am wondering, if publishing a book needs ISBN, does Ebook need one? What does the contain of ebook besides the story itself? Is the contain just the same...

ebook

writing

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Morgan Drake Eckstein I recently started to do ebooks through Smashwords. Besides the story(ies) or article(s), you need to include the typical front material of copyright notices, etc. and the back material of who you are and where the readers can find more of your work. The...

25 Jun 12

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Do you listen to music when you write? If so, what kind?

leafygreens08 @leafygreens08 (754) • United States 25 Jun 12

I have my player going right now and it's playing some lovely Vivaldi. The string orchestra fills the room with delightful happy sounds while I sit here typing away. I try to pick lively numbers from the classics like Vivaldi,...

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Morgan Drake Eckstein I used to, but the habit drives my wife nuts--therefore, I had to learn to operate in complete silence. Part of what disturbs my wife is the fact that I will listen to the same CD over and over again. The truth of the matter is that I don't actually hear the...

25 Jun 12

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Why did Google+ fail

jplaya100 @jplaya100 (15) • United States 9 May 12

I liked the idea of Google + and immediately signed up for the beta but only got into the full release. Its been a couple of months since Google + release and still i only have about 3 friends out my 50 on it. I encourage people...

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Morgan Drake Eckstein I had a totally different experience than you have had with Google+. About three quarters of the people I follow have followed me back. I will admit that my use of it is more about sharing various links (about eight out of ten are sharing links from other...

9 May 12

Do You Shop With Coupons & Vouchers?

alicia812 @alicia812 (646) • Australia 3 May 12

I have seen this show in the US where they featured housewives, women, who are addicted to collecting shopping coupons. All they do the whole day, as if it is their full time job, is to go online, find websites on coupons or...

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Morgan Drake Eckstein My wife and I use a few coupons when we go shopping. She loves them. I, on the other hand, often wonder if they are worth the effort. I notice that the coupons are often for a more expensive item than I would normally get, and often the coupon does not make it...

3 May 12

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Do you believe in levitation?

amy77824 @amy77824 (147) 3 May 12

Hi MyLotters i was wondering do any of you believe in levitation and if you can really levitate. What lead me to this question was this spell i want to try out that lets you levitate a small rock. It then develops onto making...

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Morgan Drake Eckstein As a Wiccan and a ceremonial magician, I must admit that I have never seen a spell that successfully does this. Of course, my spellwork tends to focus on being able to find rare books in used books stores at reasonable prices, and other probability based...

3 May 12

How to make money online?

gicarlo @gicarlo (131) • Philippines 3 May 12

Hey guys! How are you? As of now, I am jobless. I was looking for online jobs and as I browse, I noticed they are using this make money online term. Can anyone out there share their experience how this thing works? I was lucky I...

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Morgan Drake Eckstein I have tried to make money online, and most of the sites I have learned are not worth the investment in time and energy. Of course, in all fairness, I should point out that I am a freelance writer and that my time is better spent actually writing than doing...

3 May 12

How many of us like Jehova's witness?

luxlyangels @luxlyangels (1286) 3 May 12

They show up in many houses around the world, When i was little my mother never listened to them, even if she did she gave them very little time. For me, i dont handle rejection very well so anytime i see them i always give them...

jehovas witness

religion

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Morgan Drake Eckstein I have no problems with the Jehovah Witnesses. Normally, they just drop off a flyer for one of their gatherings, and rapidly exit my yard. It is the Mormons that I have issues with. The Mormons want to stand there and talk no matter how many times I tell them...

3 May 12

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I'll Get that Novel Finished, if it's the Last Thing I do!

sheilanewton @sheilanewton (58) 29 Apr 12

Being a big procrastinator, I kept meaning to get further than Chapter 3 of my novel last year. Then I heard about NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month - last November. I took up the challenge to write 50,000 words - and i did...

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Morgan Drake Eckstein Thanks to college classes, I have yet to conquer the NaNoWriMo. I have been doing it for four years straight, and have four unfinished novels to show for it. Unfortunately, this summer I have time to attempt to finish them, and guess what--they are all on the...

1 May 12

Is it better to have a 9 to 5 or work for yourself.

BrettRegistre @BrettRegistre (88) • United States 9 Mar 12

This is a easy question, but there are still some people who think that you should clock in instead of clock out for good. Its a fact that, if you want to succeed in life you can't work all your life making someone else rich....

think outside the box

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Morgan Drake Eckstein I have always split the difference between these two choices. I was actually working at a burger flipping job when I started to do freelance writing. It is amazing how much time you have to think in such a job. Even today, I tend to do half for regular...

10 Mar 12

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