Dear Diary, As expected I made every mistake there is to make while self-publishing a novel. After its "Hydra leak" on the 1st of January I went through the Kindle version and found no less than 25 translation, formatting, or just-plain-dunce errors that had to be fixed. The Orange Beast is still laughing at me… Continue reading Self-Publishing Journal Entry #6
Tag: Tapped
Official Release – Tapped
I'm starting off the New Year with a bang! Or ... well ... a mistaken "bang" on the 1st because in my NyQuil induced haze I accidentally "leaked" the novel online but we're moving past that now. This is my first self-published novel and I'm equal parts terrified and pleased by it. Tapped is a… Continue reading Official Release – Tapped
Publishing Debates
In January of 2011 my first book was published by Wings ePress, a small independent publishing house run by some very kind people. They put out a nice, professional book and I was over the moon about it. I liked the size, font, color, formatting, and everything. I was new to the whole publishing scene… Continue reading Publishing Debates
Self-Publishing Journal Entry #4 (I think?) — AKA, “DANGIT, HYDRA!”
Dear Diary, I spent New Years Eve sick on my couch. I did not have the joy of watching the infamous "potato drop" in my home town. I could not smell the glorious turkey breast as it was cooking in my crockpot (Thank you to my Grandmother and to my Aunt Debbie for passing along… Continue reading Self-Publishing Journal Entry #4 (I think?) — AKA, “DANGIT, HYDRA!”
Book Cover Reveal – Tapped
So the artist that I normally bat my eyelashes at for cover art is currently closed to commissions. Which is fine, he's super talented and has a lot of his own stuff to do. (That's Chris Howard, author and artist for the Saltwater Witch stuff, which if you haven't read you really should read because… Continue reading Book Cover Reveal – Tapped
Self-Publishing Journal Entry #3
Dear Diary, Scrivener hates me. I find this quite sad because I really like Scrivener and its little note-card preview and clean setup. And really, I've done nothing to deserve its hatred. We only just met a month or so ago. How do I know it hates me? Because it refuses to be rid of… Continue reading Self-Publishing Journal Entry #3
Self-Publishing
After much deliberation, research, waffling, and picking the brains of several writers I know I have decided to try this self-publishing thing. This is not meant in any way to snub or look poorly upon the small presses who have so graciously published me over the last few years. Wings ePress and Double Dragon Publishing… Continue reading Self-Publishing
Clearing Off the Cork-board
Early Thursday afternoon -- on my lunch break, no less -- I was able to type "The End" on Tapped. This was my most extensive round of edits. I solicited an editor to help me develop the story and couldn't be happier with the results. Gabriel Fitzpatrick helped me see the strengths and the weaknesses… Continue reading Clearing Off the Cork-board
Nearing “The End”
By the close of this week I will have finished the edits on Tapped. I started this book two years ago for Camp NaNoWriMo and sent its second draft to a wonderful editor by the name of Gabriel Fitzpatrick. (Authors, if you ever see him advertising to do some work, take him up on it.… Continue reading Nearing “The End”
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