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

On sale at Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, and Smashwords. Basement Noir by DeAnna Knippling If you didn’t want me to find out, you shouldn’t have made me a detective. Private Investigator Spade comes up from the basement to investigate the death of Gramps in an old hotel run by a monkey and populated by lunatics. But sometimes the

On sale at Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, and Smashwords. Basement Noir by DeAnna Knippling If you didn’t want me to find out, you shouldn’t have made me a detective. Private Investigator Spade comes up from the basement to investigate the death of Gramps in an old hotel run by a monkey and populated by lunatics.

I’ve decided to stop posting weekly free stories. I’m still going to post a story every week; I’m just not going to put them up for free for all, every week.  I’ll have exceptions. The reason is this:  very few people are taking me up on them.  For example, last week, I hadone person do

I’ve decided to stop posting weekly free stories. I’m still going to post a story every week; I’m just not going to put them up for free for all, every week.  I’ll have exceptions. The reason is this:  very few people are taking me up on them.  For example, last week, I had one person

Last night I dreamed of Guinea pigs. Lee, Ray, and I were on our way back from a store in another dream, just walking along a road, when I saw a flowerpot on the side of the road with Cheese Nibs crushed in it.  And the back end of some critter, its little feet kicking

This week is banned books week. While I do not (yet) have a book that has had the privilege of being banned, I have read many, many banned books and have enjoyed most of them. Here is a list of the most commonly banned/challenged books in the U.S.  How many have you read? Italics =