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So it’s been a busy couple of weeks.  I went to a workshop out in Oregon:  The Character Voice & Setting Workshop with Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Katherine Rusch. As always, I’m left with the impression that I love the ocean, but being next to it for too long would be bad for me. […]

Available at Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.com, more to come… Ebooks 101: Beginning Formatting by DeAnna Knippling I put together an ebook based on the Formatting 101 class I taught for Pikes Peak Writers in February…adding screen shots, step-by-step instructions, templates, checklists, and more.  This is the formatting ebook you want if you want to know

Ms. Marshmallow of This little author should be writing books, not blogging linked to my blog on handling critiques and commented, The final item on the list covers a lot of ground, including that modern dilemna of the “strong female protagonist.”  People really have a lot of ideas about how women and girls should act. 

I am so wiped out this week, and still trying to understand the effects of all my messing around wtih Alien Blue over the last few weeks, so I’ll sit on the updates for that for a bit.  Also, I’m going to be tied up next week, so posts here may be, um, a bit

The indie editing series continues (starts here but the collective posts are here). — It’s helpful to literally print out a copyediting checklist and check off boxes as you complete steps, but it’s not necessary.  Personally, I recommend going through everything in this blog post first, using a checklist, then going back and doing next week’s checklist

The other posts in this discussion are about buying an ereader before you start selling ebooks (especially if you’re going to give some out for free) and calculating how much you invested in your ebook.  If you want to know where I’m getting the figures for how much your book costs, look at the second. Last time:

The indie editing series continues (starts here but the collective posts are here). — What is copyediting? Copyediting, when it comes to books, is the stage between content editing (which you should have finished by this point) and layout/formatting.  The general idea is to make the book text perfect before handing it off to be formatted, so

Here’s what I think:  it’s awfully hard not to have a blind spot about people you don’t like. And it’s awfully hard not to have a blind spot about people who make your skin crawl. Nevertheless.  We can’t be all “Woo hoo, advertisers are pulling support from Rush Limbaugh’s program!” and all “Boooo! Paypal threatens

The other posts in this discussion are about buying an ereader before you start selling ebooks (especially if you’re going to give some out for free) and calculating how much you invested in your ebook.  If you want to know where I’m getting the figures for how much your book costs, look at the second.

The indie editing series continues (starts here but the collective posts are here). — Philosophical considerations The short answer to the question, “How do you integrate comments from your beta readers (or even from an agent)?” is “Only integrate the valuable ones.”  That’s true as far as it goes, but it doesn’t really provide practical guidance as