Nook: Where’d That Book Come From? (A good thing.)
After I “Went Wide,” letting Draft2Digital (D2D) distribute my book, I checked Barnes & Noble (Nook) to see if Members of the Cast was listed. It was in both print…
Videos About Formatting Manuscripts
Joe Garland is providing a series of videos showing how to prepare a manuscript for self-publication. They can be found at Dermody House If you struggle with making your book…
Updating An Amazon Book
Because Ernie Fink (@ernie_fink on Twitter) found "summersault "when it should be somersault, I decided to update the KDP Kindle, paperback, and hardback formats of Members of the Cast. In…
Kindle Unlimited Revisited
Nothing like speaking too soon. All appearing in red turned out to be untrue. Sorry. Kindle Unlimited is Amazon’s book borrowing system. For $10 a month, anyone in the US…
#LineByLineTime
Line By Line Time is a weekly Mini-Critique in which writers/authors share a few lines that demonstrate the week’s topic. On June 10, 2000, the #LineByLineTime topic was “First Lines.”…
Books2Read
I used Draft2Digital (D2D) to format Members of the Cast for eBooks. (Self-Publishing 101-2) When the 90 days of Kindle Select were over, I “went wide,” allowing D2D to distribute…
Series?
Members of the Cast, a historical novel taking place in 1959, enjoys positive reviews. Of the 15 written reviews on Amazon, two (13%) want me to write more about Maggie. I…
Vacuum Work
What you are about to read troubles me. I don’t want to sound superior or like a know-it-all, but I firmly believe the writing craft must not be taken lightly.…
Platform
Platform is the world you have built around yourself as an author. These are the avenues to let the world know about your book. It is all about "Getting Noticed,"…
Early Days
As I throw myself into the world of Yarlophone, the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) beta test for printing hardbound books, I have submitted Members of the Cast for approval. Human…
Cut!
Is your WIP too long? 75K for a Middle-Grade book. 90K for a young adult (YA). 350K for an adult book? Even though every word is precious to you, and…
Relief
Too much of anything is not good for the whole. This goes for us as people, and it is true for plots. For a discussion point, we will discuss the…
Writer’s Recursion
The last stages of preparing a book can be hard work. Revision is more than fixing typos and inserting a missing Oxford Comma. Hopefully, revisions improve the book, but combing…
Querying
No one ever said querying was fun. When done carefully, it is a multi-stage process. I realize “how to query” articles can be had by the cargo. In this blog,…
Hard Cover
I have completed the upload work for Kindle Direct Print (KDP) Hardcover beta. What Worked: • My paperback cover• My Keywords were brought forward• KDP knew who I was as…