I’ve recently seen a couple of posts discussing the foreign market for ebooks. This post pointed authors to some online sites that would help American writers go after the UK market. This post on Indies Unlimited talked about Amazon entering the Danish market. For some reason, I had not even thought of targeting foreign markets. […]
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The daily grind is called that for a reason. Doing the same thing day in and day out can start to wear on you, even if it’s something you love. So, every once in a while, it’s important to take time and recharge your batteries (figuratively, for life; or literally if you have a camera
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Short post today. Just the good news. My novel, Life First is up and available for purchase. I uploaded it to Amazon first and that was the quickest and most efficient. Here’s the link for it. I’m also selling at Apple, Barnes & Noble and Kobo. However, I used Smashwords as the distributor, and
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As you may or may not know, I love Star Trek. Huge fan. So, I was psyched beyond belief to see Star Trek: Into Darkness when it came out a few weeks ago. Before attending, I knew it would be a completely awesome movie whose villain was not Kahn. I knew this, because I’d read multiple
Expectations influence perceptions; So what are you setting your readers up for? Read More »
The other day, in my Twitter feed appeared a post from Gideon Cross (see left). It immediately struck me as odd, because (1) I don’t follow Cross, and (2) Gideon Cross is a fictional character in Sylvia Day’s Bared to You series. I recently followed Day, so I suspect the post came through because of
Tweeting as your character: Yay or Nay? Read More »
In a couple of recent Facebook discussion groups, the topic of how to name characters came up. My general feeling is that you should choose your character’s names the same way you’d choose a name for your child. Give it some thought. This impacts lives. If we go with my model, and look at characters
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