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Freebie time!!!
Okay, guys – apart from today being tax deadline (finally!!! Effective tomorrow I have a life again!!!), today is also a free promo day for my first book! Yep, FREE. Got a Kindle? Or got a Kindle...
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On Pricing E-books
In light of the Dept. of Justice coming down on Apple, HarperCollins, and some others in regards to e-book pricing, it’s time to address the question: what’s a fair price to pay for an e-book? Frankly?...
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Another freebie!
Yes, it’s the turn for my second book, Secrets, to be the Amazon freebie du jour! Link: http://amzn.to/IpDOXz And already, as of 10:40am, it’s #44 in Contemporary Fantasy. Now look, Book 1 reached #6...
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Who’s Your Audience?
When we the writers do our job and write our story, we focus more on plot nuances, grammar, spelling – all important things, and all essential in creating a good book. But we cannot discount than, when...
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Women in Writing, and Strong Female Characters
Considering that I’m a woman writing urban fantasy/sci-fi/paranormal fic/whatever you want to call my brand of writing, I think it’s time I sounded off on this. Bear in mind that this will be a lot...
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An Open Letter to Simon & Schuster
This is why I’m writing it. Dear Simon & Schuster, Whom, precisely, do you think you’re fooling by your so-called self-publishing solution? Do you really think that we have that short a memory,...
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Musings on the State of Self-Pub Today
So in light of the latest outtake by Simon & Schuster, I started thinking of how self-publication has evolved, and its general current state of affairs. What I’m seeing is that, as far as being...
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Back on Nook for Christmas!!!!
Ladies and gents, a small announcement. Because in part I got tired of having only one digi-medium, and in another part because it’s Christmas, I’ve temporarily disabled my subscription to KDP Select....
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The Real Author Solution is Research.
David Gaughran, who is a brilliant and prolific blogger as well as author, hosted Emily Suess in this post about Author Solutions. We’re in 2013. At this point, self-publication has evolved to where it...
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Freshly interviewed!!!
The lovely Ellie Burmeister, who is the author of How to Get a Literary Agent in Two Murders of Less, has arranged a fantastic Q&A with me about The Index Series. I present the interview here:...
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Movie 1? Script 1? Hey. Why not?
Releasing a screenplay as a book. Hey...why not? Continue reading →
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A Whole New Different Project (and question for my folks)
My favorite book is a 53-year-old story about a time and place in history. I think I'd like to translate it. Now, how would I go about doing that? Continue reading →
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Writing prompt again/Character Growth
From the NaNoWriMo facebook group: One of your characters has just achieved the victory they’ve been working towards. Flashbulbs go off, reporters flood in, all clamoring to know, “You just did what no...
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On Letting Someone Go (In Fiction and In Life)
There's always a time to say goodbye - whether it's to a character you've written or to a person whose time in your life has come to an end.
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David Gaughran on Author Solutions
David Gaughran on Author Solutions So guys. Remember Author Solutions? Penguin’s “self-publishing” option, which is little more than a glorified vanity press with entirely too high a price? I do. So...
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Bending Rules on NaNo This Year
I know this will catch me flak from quite a few people in the writing circles, but for the good of my books, this has to be done. My NaNo novel for this year will be a continuation of the one I started...
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The Obligatory NaNo Post
In retrospect, maybe I should’ve taken a break from writing this year. I really don’t want to have to admit this, but there’s simply not enough time in the world to make everything happen the way you...
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The Obligatory NaNo post…
Well, it’s that and if I have to look at the memoriam to Bruce N. at the top of my page, I’m not too sure how long my strength will hold out. But yeah, I’m doing the challenge again. 50,000 … Continue...
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