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Before Rachael was kidnapped aboard The Floating Menagerie… Available at Smashwords, B&N, Amazon, and other online bookstores. The Exotics: Tigerlilly (A short story) by De Kenyon After Rachael’s friend doesn’t return on the first day of second grade, she asks her mother to find her new address so they can be pen pals. But Rachael’s mother can’t find Brenna’s […]

Now available at Smashwords, B&N, and Amazon, with more to come.  What?  You don’t have Book 1?  You can find links for purchase here, or you can sign up for my newsletter and get a free copy.  There’s also a short story, Tigerlilly, that happens before the main story.  It has more clues, but the books can be

Alien Blue is now available not just at Amazon.com, but also at Smashwords, Apple, Kobo, and B&N.  And in print. Huzzah! Bill Trout didn’t set out to get involved with aliens. He just wanted to run his damned brewery and heal up from being abandoned by his ex-wife. But that ain’t the way things worked

I’m working my way through The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron, and this is reading-diet week, where I can’t read stuff to amuse and/or tranquilize myself.  I might go to a movie with someone later this week, but that’s by way of socialization.  I hope.  Because I really don’t get out enough.  Anyway… This morning

I’ve been trying a bunch of different ebook pricing, marketing, and promotions strategies.  While you shouldn’t consider me an expert by any means, I have come away with some lessons.  The first post is here; the ongoing series is here. Social Media Guard your time.  People with good intentions will suck you dry in a heartbeat. Network

I’ve been trying a bunch of different ebook pricing, marketing, and promotions strategies.  While you shouldn’t consider me an expert by any means, I have come away with some lessons.  The first post is here; the ongoing series is here. Promotions The best thing you can do to promote your story is to start with reviews.  Get

I’ve been trying a bunch of different ebook pricing, marketing, and promotions strategies.  While you shouldn’t consider me an expert by any means, I have come away with some lessons.  The first post is here; the ongoing series is here. Roughly, marketing is making sure that if you catch someone’s eye with promotion, the information they need

I’ve been trying a bunch of different ebook pricing, marketing, and promotions strategies.  While you shouldn’t consider me an expert by any means, I have come away with some lessons.  The first post is here; the ongoing series is here. Pricing Short stories seem to be in the $.99 range for me.  I experimented with

I’ve been trying a bunch of different ebook pricing, marketing, and promotions strategies.  While you shouldn’t consider me an expert by any means, I have come away with some lessons.  I’ll keep posting these over the next week. Overall What works today in any of these areas may not work tomorrow, so keep an eye

The indie editing series continues (starts here but the collective posts are here). — The line-editing saga continues!  Remember: use your style sheet, follow the five (or six) Cs, and the author’s vision supersedes other considerations.  If you’re not sure what the actual rules of any given point are, look them up;  if you disagree, note it on