So I have this thing where I like to play with cover art when I’m bored or procrastinating. I’ve been gradually getting better with Photoshop, watching a video here, reading a tutorial there. I completely <3 my cover artist Robin Ludwig, but I can’t justify the cost of her talents for my Meet Cutes since […]
Okay this is probably a rather dull topic for some of you, but it’s been on my mind as the proper launch of To Get Me To You draws nigh. It is the first book in the series and is, obviously, properly number 1. This is a no brainer. Chronologically, Be Careful, It’s My Heart follows it, […]
So this morning I woke up to an email from Amazon to me as a KDP author asking me to send an email to Hachette basically beating the Amazon drum and spouting the party line. I’m sorry…what? While I agree with Amazon as a consumer–I think traditionally published ebooks are often priced way too high–I […]
This little brainchild resulted (as many do) from an off the cuff remark I made to Susan the other day. Things were looking iffy at work about funding for a project during the next fiscal year (which ended up working out), and I was brainstorming additional ways of generating some income. I have already […]
So I told y’all I’d written the class. Well, now it’s live at WANA International. Here’s the blurb from the site: I have long decreed that ebook formatting IS NOT HARD, and now I’m here to prove it to you. Ebook Formatting from A to Z is an intensive 4 session class designed to teach […]
So I’ve been railing for YEARS that ebook formatting is not hard. I’ve been doing it myself since I started self publishing in 2010 and I FINALLY got around to putting together a class to teach the rest of you. It is available through WANA International. Ebook Formatting from A to Z is an […]
Ebook booster. I read about this over at J.A. Konrath’s blog ages ago. It’s only for free books, so I’ve never actually used it before. It costs $40, which is hella cheap as far as promotion goes. They submit your free book listing to a whole bunch of places and save you the time. So […]
So I mentioned that over the holiday, I plan to write my class on ebook formatting. I know how I do it, but I realize that not everybody uses the same software, same version of this that or the other, so I’m polling you to try to get a clearer picture of what I may […]
As I’ve been dipping my foot back into the self publishing pool, some things have gone exactly as expected or better. Amazon and Barnes and Noble got Riven up within 24 hours. And I got through the Smashwords meatgrinder really quickly, with only one small detail I had to change with a bit of random garbage […]
This morning I read the 24 Reasons Why George R. R. Martin Is The Biggest Troll in Literature Right Now. Now, days later, I still say that Julian Fellowes is right there with him (he’s the creator of Downton Abbey). I haven’t yet decided whether I’ll watch Season 4. It’s gonna take me a […]