Tag: Self-Publishing
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Social Media and the Self-Publisher
Social media can be wonderful, and I love certain parts of it. Sites like Facebook allow you to connect up with people you haven’t seen for years and often help you to stay on top of some of the stuff going on in their lives. It allows you to easily share pictures and events with…
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The Ins and Outs of ISBNs
It’s time to talk about ISBNs. ISBNs are important. ISBNs are confusing. ISBNs are numbers. In the four parts of this blog, I’m going to explore the following areas: 1) The Ins and Outs of ISBNs 2) Why you should get your own ISBN 3) Where you can get your ISBN 4) How to get…
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To Pseudonym or not to Pseudonym
A Pseudonym by any other sweet would be named smell. No, that’s not how it goes. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. That’s it. But then again, we wouldn’t know it was a rose, would we? We would call it something else. I don’t know. It’s starting to be silly. However,…
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Setting up Your Book: The Basics
When I started into publishing, much of the whole process seemed so complicated and so difficult. One of the reasons I started this blog was because I was having a great deal of difficulty finding helpful websites to walk me through the “how to’s” of publishing. I thought I could be a support and help…
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Working with Your Proof Copy
It’s been a little while since I’ve posted a blog, but with Christmas and New Years and snow and cold and more… I’ve had to step back just a bit. It’s time, now, to get back to posting blogs. One of the things I’ve been able to do over the Christmas Season is to proof…
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December Book Update
December is a busy month, but the publishing process continues! This past month I posted a series on Alpha and Beta Readers and as I’m finishing up book one, I am reminded of how grateful I am for each person who has taken the time to give me feedback. But in the meantime, let me…
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Editing with Alpha Readers
This is the first part of a short series I’m posting on Alpha and Beta Readers over the coming weeks. This first one is about how to make use of Alpha Readers in your editing. The second is about how to make use of Beta Readers. The third is about the questions I ask my…
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November Book Update
This past month I have been pretty silent on the blogging front. I’ve been focusing in on NaNoWriMo as I’ve written the rough draft of the third book in my series (rough draft finished!) and cleaning up the first book in my series for publishing in April. I’m planning on posting a series soon on…
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Vanity or Subsidy Publishers?
In a previous blog, I wrote about The Self-Publishing World. In that blog, we took a moment to see what Self-Publishing has looked like over the years, especially in comparison with Traditional Publishers. In this blog, however, we want to explore something that is kind of half-way between a Traditional Publisher and full Self-Publishing. Self-Publishing…
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Six Ways to Receive Feedback Well
As a follow-up to Five Ways to Tell You Do Not Want Feedback, I wanted to share six great ways to show you do want feedback and to help you make good use of the time with your “Feedbacker”. I’m sure that’s a word. Don’t look it up. I strongly believe that good feedback on my…