Posts by George Beckman

Finding bugs in the software I marketed was never fun. This bug appeared in the Mac version, and I had to make a “Gutter Talk” report: 9/16/2000 (Gutter Talk) The…

In the blog post, Birthing a Book, I talked about how long it can take to make a book ready for publishing. I recently bemoaned a formatting flub in the…

Self-publishing is sometimes a rocky road. I am not a perfectionist, but I like my book to be near perfect. Ha. When I was programming the grade book, PGGP, I…

Writers can become confused by homonyms. We begin with the full intention of birthing a book and end up berthing the book. Falling prey to the “Is the book good…

My mother always referred to foreshadowing as “The little black box.” In the vein of easter eggs, these hints about future events in the book are best if they are…

We are having a drought in California. I am not a summer guy, and I am not a dry-weather guy. In my longing for rain, I am reposting this rambling…

This blog is an update on delisting books with Draft2Digital. D2D sent my request out instantly because Apple had removed Members of the Cast from their eBook list in minutes.…

Amazon KDP allows books to be enrolled in Kindle Select, making the book eligible for Kindle Unlimited. The minimum time for a book to take part in Kindle Select is…

I take it as a high compliment when folks ask, “When can we expect your next book?” I look at self-published YA writers like Cookie O’Gorman and Kelsie Stelting and…

When I was programming the electronic grade book for elementary teachers, people would ask, “How did you do that?” The answer was simple: “I wrote it wrong until I finally…

Writers always seem to wish for more time to write. This is especially true for those who have a day job, kids, family, parents that need care, and the million…

My mother, author Delores Beckman said, “Writing is like using a wheelbarrow to pick up rocks in a field. Each rock makes the load harder to handle.” I have said,…

When a book is listed on Amazon’s site, keywords are chosen to let prospective readers find books. For Members of the Cast, I chose the following keywords: As an author,…

There is chatter out there (and on this blog) about Kindle Select vs. "Going Wide." Kindle Select gives Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) exclusive eBook rights for 90 days. There…

Writers, During the recent Memorial Day weekend, many hoped for extra writing time, and perhaps some much needed rest, only to have their hopes dashed. The Expansion Effect Everyone knows…