What the devil is the woman DOING?

[rolanni]

So, yes, still working on Dragon Ship. I need to write on the order of 1600 Perfect, Polished, and Publishable words each day, every day for the next 18 days.

Pray for me.

Also? I haven’t seen the a general announcement about this (granted, I’ve not been gallivanting around the internets much lately). It is a real situation (thanks to Eric Shivak for tipping me off), and it’s worth checking out, if you happen to sell ebooks through Amazon KDP.

Sometime in the last couple of days, somehow, some why, some switches got…switched in a number, but not in all, publisher accounts (if you are an author who is epublishing your own work through Amazon this means you!). The switches? Well, the switch that tells Amazon whether to pay you by EFT (Electronic Fund Transfer) or by paper check got flipped to CHECK, regardless of whether you had previously told them to send your money via EFT.

Also? All of the foreign payment information flipped from “Pay me in USD” to “Pay me in [local currency].”

Also, also? In my case, the deposit-to bank information was wiped out.

So, what you want to do, if you publish ebooks through Amazon, is go — right now — to your account and check those switches. All of them. If they’re wrong, flip ‘em back.

Though I asked, there has as of this moment been no answer from Amazon/KDP about whether or not my deposit-to bank account has been compromised by Whatever The Heck Happened. Because, yanno, my bank account isn’t nearly as important as Amazon’s bank account.

It’s a shame that it’s rather too easy to say, Oh, well! Amazon has seen a way to limit its exposure to the Christmas Buying Season payout 60 days down the road. If Amazon was a little better about its other business practices, I’m sure that such an idea would never have entered my devious, writer’s head.

So, that’s what else I’ve been doing.

As if that weren’t enough excitement, Amy from Framemakers came over yesterday and we — by which I mean she — spent a couple hours hanging paintings back in the living room, which now looks perfectly lovely and orderly.

This will not, she said, darkly, last.

This morning, Steve and I went in to town to find out what was making the horrific racket in his car. While Mr. Smith and his able crew were looking into that, we did food shopping, stopped at Barrel’s for some wonderful handmade soap, went by the Post Office, where our denim shirts from Renovation had arrived! and so back to Mr. Smith and the happy news that Argent the Subaru needs somewhat more than $1,000 of work in order to make him whole and quiet again.

Sigh.

Now, we’re home, and having snacked on an apple-and-cheddar scone we picked up at Barrel’s, Steve is washing the dishes, I’m finishing up this blog post so that I can start in on writing down today’s Sixteen Big Ones, and life, as they say goes on.

I hope everyone is having a pleasant wind-down to the end of the year. Do be safe, and remember to tell the people you love how much they mean to you.

Originally published at Sharon Lee, Writer. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

16-k, whadaya got?
Another day older and deeper in plot....
St. Peter, doncha' call me 'cause I can't wait,
I gotta write and fans to sate!!!

Yes, I know - bad doggerel, bad bookseller
Lauretta@ConstellationBooks
PS And yes, it's 1600 not 16000....but that didn't scan!

[mbarker.livejournal.com]

How about "A thousand six hundred and whadaya get..."

Next verse?

A character here and a character there,
Hang 'em on a cliff and see if they swear.
Bring in a man with a gun right now,
A chase scene, a romance, oh, let it flow!

Next?

[(Anonymous)]

Brilliant!
Lauretta

Renovation shirts?

[daughterofhonor.livejournal.com]

Hey, maybe I'll get my Renovation shirt soon, then...

It was great to meet you guys there, even if I never could find the parties.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

The amazon thing is a bit more complicated -- I had set up for check payment, and that hadn't changed. But, the foreign sales (hey, I *have* one . . .) no longer allow payment in dollars unless you set up EFT. So . . .

[3ravensringo.livejournal.com]

Speaking as a fellow KDP author who got icky surprises from working with them, I can't say I'm all that surprised.

Best wishes to you!

-James Crawford
"Blood Soaked and Contagious"

[haikujaguar.livejournal.com]

I saw this through a tweet and was glad I did! What a bizarre change. I have a ticket in to KDP to ask what's going on with the change.

[attilathepbnun.livejournal.com]

Am praying; will also light a candle to the Muses and applicable saints ...
Too bad about Argent; perhaps Mr. SMith would accept an installment plan?

[marlenedotterer.wordpress.com (from livejournal.com)]

Thank you for the heads up about Amazon. Sure enough, mine had switched to check and local currency for everything. And you know? This was the second time it's happened to me. I guess this is something I have to check every week or so, just to make sure it's right.

What a pain.

Dragon Ship

[barbinbandon.livejournal.com]

I thought Dragon Ship was done and all you had to do was tweak. Apparently not.

Prayer said and all mannner of positive energy speeding your way from Oregon.