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October 17, 2012
YOU tell ME
So what kind of content are you looking for? More about me? About REDUCED? Or even updates on the progress of the sequel, REUSED? Writing tips? Publishing? Editing? As I said, YOU tell ME! Or maybe just a brief blurb about Rocking Horse Publishing? Lots of news on that front – we have a couple [...]
October 15, 2012
Publishing Info
Rocking Horse Publishing is now accepting submissions! There are NO FEES to authors – very important. We are not a vanity press, when we say “we don’t accept every manuscript,” we mean it! Our turnaround time is approximately two months. We handle editing, proofing, formatting, cover design, marketing,ISBN, and copyright (which the author holds), and [...]
October 12, 2012
Rocking Horse Publishing
I think I need my head examined. Wait – don’t answer that! I KNOW I do! Once upon a time, we started a business called The Rocking Horse, Ltd. We were in Colorado, and we called ourselves an entrepreneurial conglomerate: we did a little of everything. When we moved to Texas, and decided to start [...]
October 10, 2012
Blah
We all get the blahs sometimes, right? Or is it just me? It’s too cold, too hot, we’re sleepy, we’re distracted. We may have all the time in the world, but can’t get motivated. Or we get so motivated so fast that we burn out, oh, right around naptime – 2:00 p.m. or thereabouts. Right? [...]
October 8, 2012
KDP
I signed REDUCED up for the KDP program; I give Amazon a 90-day exclusive on Kindle (as opposed to other e-books/readers), and I have five days to promote REDUCED as a freebie. Freebies can be good – theoretically, people will download the book and write glowing reviews – and then MORE people will buy your [...]
October 5, 2012
FREE!
Thought I’d grab your attention with that! This has been a busy week – new websites, new Twitter accounts, new Facebook pages (see Weds. post!) AND two interviews: M3 – Momma’s Money Matters The Writers’ Lens Oh yeah, the “free” part? REDUCED is FREE on Kindle, today through Sunday! Woot!
October 3, 2012
Big Announcements!
Woot, woot! TWO new websites up and running yesterday (I was on a roll)! One for REDUCED, of course, and one for… …wait for it… …REUSED, the sequel! Show them some love, will you? Plus – you can follow REUSED on Twitter @ReusedtheNovel, or check out upcoming announcements and stuff on Facebook! Be sure, too, [...]
October 1, 2012
Weekend/Camping
On Saturday, I headed down for an old camp staff reunion. Yes, some of the same people who inspired REDUCED were there with me…and, just before I left, I realized that the county park where we were staying is one that Abby passed through during one of her scouting missions! Yep, traveling north to set [...]
September 28, 2012
Query Letters
I’ve been hearing a lot about query letters lately. Writers’ Digest had an article recently, and even had a contest of sorts to have your query letter read and critiqued. Is that really necessary? I know writers who spend months on a query letter; I know some who spend a week, at least. I think [...]
September 26, 2012
Dystopian Friendships
Ever look at the relationships in dystopian fiction? Often there is a group ofpeople, loosely organized, and two, perhaps three, on whom the story focuses. They may have known each other, or known of each other, for a period of time prior to their present difficulties, but generally they’re simply thrown together and have to [...]
