Tag Archives: indie stuff
On Choosing Indie…Again: An Epic Journey
How can I possibly break this down to be a single post? The decision is part of a journey, and I can’t figure out how to yank out the reasons and present them out of context. I’m not a bullet-points … Continue reading
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#ROW80 update, upcoming release, and some recommended reading
So whew, it’s good to have this all settled and to say, “Thanks for asking, it’s coming out around September 2nd!” Really good. I’m still wrapped up in this book and not so much active in the next one. I … Continue reading
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FINALLY, a release date for Heroes ‘Til Curfew
Last night I wrote this really long, wordy post. Well, it was last night and into this morning. Now I’m thinking maybe I need to go a little simpler. Those of you who know how the indie stuff works know … Continue reading
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#ROW80 Susan, what the hell are you doing?
Hell, I don’t know. I think maybe I’m a recovering stats junkie. I used to right on top of all my stuff. Checking my sales everywhere and recording that in a spreadsheet used to be the first thing I did … Continue reading
The Runaways- Movie, not the comic
Maybe I can blame the fact that I had to watch this movie on Stacey Wallace Benefiel whose recent Bad Reputation post has had that song stuck in my head for days. But today as I went looking for something … Continue reading
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Now with representation…
We interrupt Friday’s regularly scheduled hero fiction appreciation (which I wasn’t even able to come up with this week anyway, as I’ve had my nose in my own book and haven’t gotten a whole lot of fiction myself, except for … Continue reading
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Would you ever take a contract?
Ok, so this is sort of a take-off on Ms. Jami Gold’s recent post on Would You Ever Turn Down A Contract? And on that specific subject, Nadia Lee had some interesting things to say about that on Zoe Winters’ … Continue reading
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Writing to a Niche
So again this morning I find myself clicking from an Etsy newsletter to an article, and in that article finding so much that seems to pertain to us indie authors. I should probably have some kind of Etsyish Publishing category … Continue reading
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Formatting for Print on Demand
Ok, so last week I started talking to you about getting started with CreateSpace. We talked about some things you can do and think about before you really dig into formatting. The last step we talked about was doing one … Continue reading
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Beginning Steps in Print
I don’t know why I’m so all-fired motivated to get you guys to put out print books, but yeah, here’s another post about it. I wrote this before I went on break, but while I’ve been away I’ve read yet … Continue reading
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