The curved ball thrown by my paperback distributor featured in my IWSG post two weeks ago. To recap, an email from the publisher said Ingram would be dropping my “book/books” from April 25th. But not which titles. the supply chain
Publisher curved balls #IWSG
Last week, my publisher partners sent me two emails, both throwing me curved balls. As I often do, I decided to talk through my problems here with you! Janet Alcorn, T. Powell Coltrin,Natalie Aguirre, and Pat Garcia! Publisher: Smashwords (ebooks) problem: ebook rejected
When did you last update your book descriptions? #IWSG
Update your book descriptions? Why? Those were my questions when I read an interesting post on marketing your Amazon titles at Jane Friedman’s website. Kristina Kelly, Miffie Seideman,Jean Davis, and Liza @ Middle Passages Update Book descriptions to increase your Amazon Rankings That,
Fancy some extra reading? #IWSG
Extra reading is something I rarely need, but I got an email from a research group, and I thought I’d pass it on to you. As if getting through my review list to fit one book in every Saturday, or
A Year to Forget plus some fun #IWSG
I think 2023 was a year to forget for me. The good news is that I have recently had some improvement in both my wrists and my neck/shoulders, and I am generally feeling more positive about doing things. The decision
To NaNo or Not to NaNo? #IWSG
November already, and it brings NaNo to plenty of minds and keyboards. It’s this month’s question, too. PJ Colando, Jean Davis,Lisa Buie Collard, and Diedre Knight! Question of the Month November is National Novel Writing Month. Have you ever participated? If not, why
An Interesting Question | #IWSG
I was intending to review my rereads of the Princelings this week, but I found the IWSG Question of the month so interesting, I knew I couldn’t do both subjects justice in one post. If you’d like to see what
Revisiting the Princelings
Earlier this month I spent about three days revisiting the Princelings books. I reread books 4 through to 10 to see what I think of them now. Importantly, to see how the recommendations work that I’ve been giving to people
Happy 12th Birthday #IWSG
Happy birthday to the Insecure Writers Support Group – 12 years old today! A birthday review of the last 12 years When I read the question of the month, I realised that in 2011 I was preparing to publish the
Publishing Progress Problems | #IWSG
Publishing my books has become more difficult recently. I thought I might as well tell you about it, since I’ve been praising Blurb.com for years, and now it seems things are changing. Kate Larkinsdale, Diane Burton, Janet Alcorn, and Shannon Lawrence! The Cavies of
Junior Book Reviews and learning points #IWSG
Junior books are what I would call early or pre-middle grade. They are for youngsters reading to enjoy a story, which may have some mild danger in it, but still learning many words. I decided there was demand locally for
Character emotions – or yours? #IWSG
Character emotions are important. Anyone who writes characters who don’t at least show their emotions in their inner thoughts (deep POV) is not likely to engage their readers. Fortunately we have two major aids for this. Books like the wonderful
Cohosting IWSG January 23
Oh look, I’m cohosting today! Welcome to 2023, and I hope it brings good things for you. I particularly like this month’s Question, which gives plenty of scope for thinking about the year ahead. Debs Carey, Kim Lajevardi, Sarah Foster, Natalie Aguirre, T. Powell
On Comments and NaNoWriMo | #IWSG
Having trouble with comments seems to be a thing at present. I thought it was just me, but then Damyanti wrote a blog post asking for feedback, and I sent her quite a lot. And then I worked out why
My Favourite Genre | #IWSG October 22
A question about my favourite genre this month for the IWSG question of the month. Tonja Drecker, Victoria Marie Lees, Mary Aalgaard, and Sandra Cox! What is my favourite genre? Despite starting out writing gentle, clean, interesting mysteries set in a fantasy world populated