How Many Discussions Have You Started On MyLot?
By Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15962)
United States
August 15, 2016 9:15am CST
I need FOUR more posts to reach 900, so I’m hoping that I can get those done today. I spend about an hour, or sometimes two hours per day writing on MyLot. I set a timer and usually do my writing in the evening or late at night. It’s the only site in which I participate, except occasionally Facebook.
Since I retired last year, I have more time to write and I currently am working on two novels. I had one published already. I’m also working on a Book of Poetry and I am hoping to publish a book with some of my best articles from MyLot for my grandchildren.
I learned that I can get these all published FREE on lulu.com. The only thing you have to pay for is if you order the finished book and that doesn’t cost much at all. I got 10 copies of my paperback book for about $60. I’m gifting them to my friends and family.
Everyone who has ever wanted to get a book published should look into this fantastic opportunity. It was so nice to have my published books in my hand and to be able to give them as gifts to my family and friends. And it is also, so nice to be able to say that I am a published novelist.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Aug 16
I just have more time than most people on here, because I am retired now. I think that if a person writes interesting posts, it would make sense to get them published in a book.
I especially am using this site to write about things that I think my grandchildren would enjoy reading. That way I can publish my "Memoirs" for them. I've written several things about my childhood and my life, so they should find that interesting to read, even if others don't find it that interesting. 
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@egdcltd (12059)
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15 Aug 16
@IreneVincent Plus there's so much knowledge and experience that would be lost otherwise. Especially as the world has changed so much. And you never know what people will find interesting .
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Aug 16
@egdcltd Yes, in my lifetime, I have seen lots of things and experienced many different situations that my grandchildren know nothing about. The world has changed so much, since I was a child.
Kids today have NO IDEA what life was like 50 years ago. And it was CERTAINLY very different than the world today.
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@Marilynda1225 (83074)
• United States
15 Aug 16
I think I'm in the 300 range presently
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@Marilynda1225 (83074)
• United States
15 Aug 16
@IreneVincent I'm here almost a year too but don't post that many discussions compared to you. Although I'm retired I have other obligations which keep me from as much computer time as I'd like
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
17 Aug 16
@Marilynda1225 My children are all grown and married and even though I have some other interests and responsibilities it's nothing like it used to be when I was running my own business.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Aug 16
How long have you been a member on myLot? I've only been here since September of 2015, but I didn't write much at all for the first couple months because I didn't understand how this site worked. Once I figured that out, I started to roll along. As I said, though, I'm retired and have more time than most people to do hang out here.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39509)
• United States
16 Aug 16
i've nary a clue how many i've dribbled here, lemme go check :) ah, 109. 'bout 100 too many, lol. '
don't reckon i've e'ery heard 'f this lulu place 'fore? that's a sweet deal to get that many fer that price.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
17 Aug 16
Yes, I've got three more books I'm going to get published soon. I need some help from my friend who has agreed to help me. She is recuperating from surgery right now.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Aug 16
You should check out lulu.com. Another site was recommended to me that I haven't check out yet. createspace.com I know nothing about it yet, but I do plan to go there and see what they have to offer.
I had to have some help getting my novel published on lulu.com but I now have the finished product in my hand and it feels good to be able to say that I am a published novelist.
I have asked the person who helped me before to help me again to get my poetry published. She just had some surgery but she said she would help me in a few weeks.
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Aug 16
I am at 293 but I delete outdated and no longer timely posts. On your paperback book, how did you do the cover art etc?
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Aug 16
A friend helped me choose the cover art. She was the one that told me about how to do it and she helped me get it all done. On lulu.com, you can choose from what they have available.
You can go to lulu.com and type in my name: Alice Henry and you will see my book. The Title is "A Total Commitment"
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Aug 16
@IreneVincent I gave up doing a real book decades ago (non-fiction). Being online just isn't the same to me as being in a print publication though there's more freedom and a site like this allows anything I want almost.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Aug 16
@JohnRoberts I had given up too. I wrote the novel way back in 1983 and didn't even know that I had kept it, until I found the manuscript while cleaning out my office. Then, I just happened to mention it to my friend and she told me about getting it published. At first I didn't believe her, but she was right and now I have my novel in my hand.
They say if you write just 30 minutes a day, you can produce a novel in six months or less. The nice part is that we now have Microsoft Word or something similar. So, you can write two or three pages one day and save it and then go back and read it again, to improve it and edit it and then write some more.
All you need is a plot and some personal experiences and before you know it you have a story.
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@rina110383 (24492)
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16 Aug 16
I stopped and deleted all of my discussions in April. I think there were less than 60 of them.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
17 Aug 16
There are a few of my discussions that I probably should delete. But, I'm just leaving them there until I decide what I want to publish in a book.
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@irishidid (8687)
• United States
15 Aug 16
Steer clear of Lulu. Go to createspace instead. Trust me on this.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
15 Aug 16
Really? Why do you say that? I will check it out however.
