Interview with me about Indie Publishing
Hello all, and I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas (or other holiday). A little while ago, Candace, at the fabulous Candace’s Book Blog, invited me for an interview. I had a lot of fun answering...
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Interview with me by Heather Day Gilbert
Recently, I was thrilled to answer some questions posed by a great writer friend of mine, Heather Day Gilbert. Among other projects, she is trying to find a publisher for her fantastic-sounding Viking...
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Analysis of how people are reading Ocean of Dust
Ocean of Dust has been out for over 2 months now. Being the nerd and geek that I am, I did some analysis on my sales. No, I’m not ready to give actual numbers so early in the game, but I did analyze...
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Are self-publishing and ebooks destroying our bookstore heritage?
There has been considerable press for years about what effect self-publishing and ebooks are having on our literary culture, be it bookstores and libraries or even literary masterpieces themselves. I’m...
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Why my book was free for 5 days
I recently made Ocean of Dust FREE for 5 days on Kindle. Worldwide, anyone could obtain my book for absolutely nothing. Um… aren’t I writing books to make money? Well yes… and no. Why (and how) did I...
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Book Reading Survey
Hello everyone, and Happy Thanksgiving to those that celebrate it! Just for a bit of fun, I thought I’d post a short survey about book reading preferences. If you read novels or novellas (and if you...
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Editors – how to deal with deadlines
First world problems for authors: Editor deadlines. How much of a stressor is this for the modern author? Though authors have worked with publishing and editorial deadlines ever since some ancient...
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I’m interviewed for Blondie & The Brit
Featuring the fantastic author/writing podcast: Blondie & The Brit, who interviewed me last week. It was a lot of fun and we cover a variety of topics. Play the interview You can also right...
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Bookbub
In February 2016, I ran a week-long promotion with Bookbub. For those unfamiliar with the name, it's a service that emails readers informing them of free or heavily discounted books. It is reckoned to...
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Indie Author Day 2016
October 8th: Tamara and I drove out to Yuma, Az to take part in the Yuma County Library's Indie Author Day, organized by the SELF-e program. SELF-e is powered by Library Journal and acts as a kind of...
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