Selena I.R. Drake's Blog

Questions From My Mom – Episode 4

In this episode, I'll explain how to get your book into Walmart as an indie author.

Questions from My Mom – Episode 3

Another set of publishing questions from my mom, this time regarding the highly coveted "Bestseller" status.

Questions from My Mom – Episode 2

In this episode, we cover authors' paydays.

Questions from My Mom

If you're an aspiring author (or the parent of an aspiring author) looking for some answers, this post is for you.

New Month, New Book, New Skills

Lots of new and exciting things to share this month. ;)

An Interesting Thought…

What it's like being an author with a different religious background than most.

I Suck at Blog Titles

Find out what I've been up to (besides taking over the world).

Busy. Busy. Busy.

January has been a pretty busy month for me.

And I’m not just saying that because my mom adopted nine-weeks-old twins on January 10th and established me as their babysitter. @_@

Wanna meet them?

Of course you do!

Here they are. Zoey is in green (left), and Kiki is her sister (right).

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They’re adorable little ankle biters (literally, biters!). More like fuzzy piranhas, really.

Anyway, I’ve done quite a bit of writing in between juggling puppies.

I’ve completed the outlines of the seven remaini...

Movie Talk

I’d love to be sitting here telling you that one of my books has been accepted as a movie, but that hasn’t happened yet.

Nah. This post is about the new movies due out this year that I am looking forward to seeing (the ones in bold are the ones I can’t wait to hit theaters). There are several movies coming out, but here are the ones that made it to my top 12 list.

Here they are (in order of release):

Black Panther – February 16 T’Challa, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, r...

Lifetime Goals

Well, it’s 2018.

‘Tis the time of year many people set those “life-altering resolutions” that often fail. Really, it’s been proven that only 8% of people actually achieve their new year resolutions (80% fail by February). The most common failed resolutions include losing weight/getting fit, stop smoking/drinking, save money, and volunteer.

My advice: Make a list of goals you’d like to achieve in your lifetime, and either check them off or add more as the new year rolls over. It can be 2 thin...