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December 10, 2016
Lessons Learned From My 1st Book Launch
The time from “book sent for Kindle formatting” and now — one day after my first book launch was a blur… Here, “book launch” means the several day period on Amazon when the book is free. What caused the BLUR? … Continue reading →
December 6, 2016
It’s FREE today! BURNOUT-How a Desert Lizard Restored My Faith
BURNOUT– How a Desert Lizard Restored My Faith, Book 1 in the Burnout to Bliss series, is the personal story of a spiritual seeker and workaholic who experienced extreme burnout aka dark night of the soul – including night visions … Continue reading →
December 5, 2016
Joy! The Process of Publishing My Weird Indie Project
This update of My Weird Indie Publishing Project is a follow-up to the “Preface” of the book published here earlier (“How I Wrote My Memoir”). It is a status report about the awakening process that is happening while I go … Continue reading →
November 27, 2016
About the Book Launch
About the Book Launch addresses the five W’s about this insider term for Indies and their readers...
I vowed never again to write a book until I learned how to market one. I spent months reading books about other people’s success and how they did it. The topic that appeared most in my reading was “The Book Launch.”
I’m definitely doing one for my next book and you can even be a part of it! Continue reading →
I vowed never again to write a book until I learned how to market one. I spent months reading books about other people’s success and how they did it. The topic that appeared most in my reading was “The Book Launch.”
I’m definitely doing one for my next book and you can even be a part of it! Continue reading →
November 22, 2016
Book Poll: And the winner is…
Book cover poll: what if you held a party and no one came? Indies: see my note to you below. Continue reading →
November 21, 2016
My Weird Indie Project: BOOK COVER poll
The book cover is part of the metadata that helps readers fund your book. Please help me choose which book cover works best for my new book. Continue reading →
November 20, 2016
My Weird Indie Publishing Project: METADATA!
In the publishing world, metadata refers to all that information about our books we must provide so readers can find our books. This is especially true for indie authors whose readers shop online instead of in bookstores. I've filled in the blanks with what I have so far about my book. Continue reading →
November 15, 2016
Weird Indy’s Timeline: Draft to Launch
This tenth post in My Weird indie Publishing Project is a checklist I created so I could choose -- from all the steps I must take from draft to launch -- what I wanted to do based on how I felt at the time. Continue reading →
November 7, 2016
The Big WHY in editing Memoirs
#9 in "Weird Indie Publishing series:
While the author should be able to answer "Why am I writing this" for any book she writes, it's especially true for the memoir written by someone who isn't famous. Continue reading →
While the author should be able to answer "Why am I writing this" for any book she writes, it's especially true for the memoir written by someone who isn't famous. Continue reading →
October 31, 2016
Dancing with Your Editor
Relationships must be earned and the one with your editor is no different, because all relationships include baggage of previous experience mixed with expectations for a better one. I call this The Dance. Continue reading →
