October 2011

Trivia for the day:  A codex isn’t a prophecy – which, for some reason, was what I had been thinking it was – but a bound manuscript book, as in ancient annals, scriptures, etc.  I think if you took a bunch of computer paper with you to a conference to take notes, then had them […]

All right.  How do I know when to epublish vs. when to keep submitting a short story to a market? (Novels are a discussion for another day, especially because I’m not entirely sure how I feel about it at the moment.) First, you have to do what makes you comfortable.  This is my process, one

As an indie publisher, how fast should you publish books? For some reason, this has been a big hangup for me, mostly subconscious.  I have eight books that are written (plus two short story collections) and can be published.  They still need to be edited, have covers built, etc., but they’re there, and I’m behind

I recently experimented with putting up my first free story to Amazon, and am working on my second. A caveat: I wouldn’t put stories up for free if they weren’t there to do more for you than just spread your name around.  I think they should be there to lead people to specific stories–if you

Writers, publishers, readers (mostly readers) – where do you get recommendations for your favorite independent books? Because good grief, I’m having problems finding out anything beyond: Book reviewers that have reviewed my books Book reviewers that I meet online via Twitter/FB Kindle boards Nook boards Goodreads has LOTS of indy books listed, but if you’re