The IWSG question of the month for November asks about life as a writer. I had a look at all the other things that go on at IWSG as listed in the monthly email. I wonder whether I really want
Life as a Writer #IWSG #booksky
Ups and Downs of a New Book #IWSG #booksky
A new book is nothing but ups and downs. And if you don’t have a fixed home/work schedule, it can take over. Internet research rabbit holes are just as bad for losing days at a time. Rebecca Douglass, Natalie Aguirre,Cathrina Constantine, and Louise
What to do about audiobooks? #IWSG
Do you have, or do you listen to, audiobooks? I have an audiobook problem, and I’d like your ideas. Basically, my narrator needs to change. Feather Stone, Kim Lajevardi,Diedre Knight, C. Lee McKenzie, and Sarah – The Faux Fountain Pen My audiobook problem It
Curved ball follow-up
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
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
Through | #writephoto + The Business of Short Stories
The Business of Short Stories by Shannon Lawrence (the Warrior Muse) is published tomorrow, so I’m doing a shout out today. I thought you might be interested in it, since you like the #writephoto event. This week’s offering ‘Through’ comes
Greed and Retribution – #flashfiction OUT TODAY!
Greed and Retribution is the second of my Flash Fiction collection to hit the press. Greed and Retribution: The Carruthers Collection and Other Twisty Tales If you’ve been reading my flash fiction long, you’ll have come across Carruthers and his
#IWSG | Have you tried Audiobooks?
Audiobooks. They used to be something you listened to on long journeys if you didn’t want to or couldn’t read. Or maybe while you did boring tasks around the house. According to the stats I’m seeing, they are coming into
Why my blog name dooms me to failure | Technical tips
My blog name dooms me to failure. Well, relative failure. Of course, ‘relative’ depends on what success you hope to make of your blog. Among the many excellent features reblogged by The Story Reading Ape each day, one from Just Publishing
Have you met Kristen Twardowski?
I met Kristen Twardowski a little while ago when the Story Reading Ape reblogged one of her amazingly insightful posts. Then he reblogged another one and I decided to follow her by email. I don’t know about you, but I like
I’m working too hard
It’s the old story, isn’t it? We work by day and write by night, and then we wonder why we’re so tired. I started joking some time ago that I’m now a full-time publisher, and in my spare time I
London Author Fair
At the end of February I went to the London Author Fair. This was for authors of all flavours, not just those interested in self-publishing, despite the heavy presence of Createspace, KDP, Kobo and Nook. And Blurb, which I hadn’t
On being your own webmaster
Yes, this is part of my occasional series on being an author-publisher! How much do you need to know about computers to be a self-published, self-promoted author? I think when I first decided to self-publish, I read the information available
Blame Chuck Wendig
I’m sure Chuck Wendig can be blamed for a lot of things, particularly my flash fiction. Ok, I’ll take responsibility for that myself, but he sets the challenges each week. No, this time it was his excellent blog on being