Indies in the news.
So you’re a writer. You want to be published. What are your options? You’ve probably been told publishing independently will hurt your chances of landing a contact with a traditional publishing house,...
View ArticleNever be without your beta
Traditionally published authors have an advantage over the Indie author. Their book goes to an editor who scrutinizes the contents. He (or she) looks for structure, sense, style, characterization, etc....
View ArticleGenre,anyone?
I needed to pick a published review as part of the material I’ll send a promotional website. Choosing one wasn’t easy. The problem is, readers get different things out of a book; their interpretation...
View ArticlePressure!
In Night School, a show airing on MTV in 1982 that ran roughly a half-hour long, in which he answered questions posed by audience members, Billy Joel revealed that the pressure he was talking about in...
View ArticleDEMON DEMON BURNING BRIGHT: PLUS 1 BOOK, MINUS 1 AGENT, AND KINDLE SELECT.
Demon Demon Burning Bright is live on Amazon.com, Amazon.uk and Barnes and Noble. When I get around to publishing to Smashwords, it will also be available on Smashwords, Sony, Apple, Kobo and Diesel....
View ArticleMy KDP Select Experiment
Quite a few authors who chose to publish through Kindle Direct Publishing Select are publicizing their results, particularly those who did/are doing well selling their books through the program, so I...
View ArticleKINDLE SELECT EXPERIMENT: SECOND ATTEMPT.
In February I wrote about my KDP Select experiment with my short story collection Femme Fatales, my disappointment and doubt the program would continue to be a success for self-published authors....
View ArticleOh, woe is me!
DEAR NOOK READERS, I’M SORRY. If you downloaded the free Along Came a Demon for Nook from Barnes & Noble, you may have the wrong book. You may have the old, outdated novella version which should...
View ArticleTo Be Or Not To Be
I am a voracious reader. I enjoy nothing more than losing myself in a book, sinking into a plot, becoming immersed in a character’s personality, opinions and adventures. To me, many characters become...
View ArticleA New Game Plan
I should have announced it months ago, but I was reluctant to do so because I feel some readers will be disappointed. I also tried to think of a way in which I could gently ease into the announcement,...
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