Draft2Digital Fees

The new Draft2Digital Policy

 Draft2Digital / Smashwords

I would advise new writers to avoid Draft2Digital.

The site is imposing a $20 fee for opening an account, another thing to watch is the policy of using Lending Libraries. These libraries pay the distributor, then get their money from lending fees, but the writer doesn't see a dime unless the books sell well.I have been waiting three years for my royalties to reach the $10 minimum for electical payment.

Finding Love in later life

 Romance in Whitchurch 

I am in a relationship

When my wife, Linda, died in Janurary of 2025, I thought at 68, I would not have another romance.

This was not only because of my age, I never considered myself attractive to the ladies. I was wrong on both counts.

I put myself in isolation for several months to grieve, then returned to Twitter. Within days, I had ladies asking if I was available to meet them, some wanted a relationship, while others were looking for a fuck buddy.

I soon found out that ladies not only on Twitter, but on Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, and Zangi were asking for dates.

The one lady who is willing to form a lasting relationship with me is my friend Clara, who lives in Whitchurch, not far from where I live in Hartcliffe, Bristol.

Author in Demand

The Allure of the Older Lady

                              More books raising interest

Again, I have been approached about the promotion of one of my books. This time the book is my Adult Romance set across Europe, the Middle East, and settling in India - Secrets - the book may upset some readers, I didn't intend the story to have LGBT+ themes, but it has some. The story ends with an open ending, if it sold, there is room to begin a series of stories.

As you see from the photo, the cover does NOT feature a young lady with little on the actress on the cover is from Belgium

The funniest scam

 Block Ghana

A World of Scam

I have had some strange scams, most are see-through, some contain basic errors even a person with no online profile can spot.

I have contacted by people "claiming" to be either Jennifer Anniston, Emma Watson, Emily Fox, and even Sophia Loren. The thing to remember is that unless you know the person, the information is mostly online, so anybody could use it.

The funniest scam I was asked for was from a young lady in Ghana. We wrote letters, that shows how long ago this was, I've been online for almost 20 years. Her letters were long, and flowery, but said little. One day, she asked could I pay to have her car transported, and docked at Southampton, until she could claim it?

I almost fell of the bed, I was bedridden at the time, when I read that.

What arouses me?

 An aroused partner

Sexual Explosions

Ladies I have spoken to online are suprised, pleased, and aroused to chat to me, why?

My big turn-on is seeing the lady I am with, aroused. Unlike many men, my pleasure comes from giving pleasure to a lady. In a way it is self-serving, as if I can arouse the lady, she is likely to be more willing to arouse me, and the cycle continues

The Price to me of being an Indie Author

 Alan Place - Indie Writer

The Appeal of my eBook -The Awakening

For years, I read stories of Indie Writers who made it big, that was not the case for me, as was proven this month.

This month, I was approached by writer Mary Cubica, she came across my story about India, saw its possible success, and asked if I would agree to her sending a request for contact to her agent. Naturally, I agreed, but knowing the cost of publicity was beyond me.

The question nobody asks a successful Indie Author is, how much did success cost? The reeason the question is not asked is nobody wants to know the price of success

Ghana is the SCAM Capital

 Block Ghana

A World of Scam

If China is acepted as the capital of cybercime, Ghana is the capital of the SCAM.

The most known is the Lagos Scam. In this case, someone will message you saying "Send me £1,000, and next month I will send you £7,000." It sounds too good to be true, and as Rule 101 quotes, "If something sounds too god to be true, it usually is."

I was contacted via Twitter, last week, by a young lady from Portland, Oregon, that raised no alarms as I get contacted by people in the USA often. However, when we changed to WhatsApp, things changed rapidily.

It turned out she was staying in Ghana with her father, RED FLAG.

Her opening comments raised so many more danger signs it was hard not to see the SCAM coming. Her opening question was did I own a house, followed by did I own a car, both questions designed to find out if I was rich. She followed by a repeated request that she would like to meet me, I took this to mean she wanted me to pay her for a trip to the UK.

While this is easy to think as ridiculous, I have had worse