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New fiction!  This is another book that’s going up on Kindle Direct Select, which means I’m leaving it up there exclusively for three months (until July 9).  I’ll announce when it’s available on other sites, but for now it’s at Amazon.com. If you buy an Amazon copy but need an additional file format, contact me […]

The indie editing series continues (starts here but the collective posts are here). — Line-editing the text in a work is what most people think of when they think of line edits.  And most people think of it as being relatively straightforward.  You check for correctness.  Either it’s correct or it isn’t, right? No.  It’s more clear-cut

Great!  Because the publishers don’t want you to. Pikes Peak Library District is calling out big publishers about not providing library copies of ebooks…or charging over $100 a copy…or only letting the library check out the book 26 times before they charge the library for a new copy. See their Facebook NOT eNOUGH page for

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.

I don't operate by "Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer" theory. # I operate on the "Do something stupid, get sent back to follow the instructions" policy. # I just got listed as a MG book reviewer on Step-by-Step Publishing http://t.co/UBpQGrbK # And THE FIRST requester did not follow the instructions. O waily

What what what?  Why didn’t I know that National Library Week was coming up?  Because I’m an ungrateful wretch, that’s why.  Pass the word on! You remember when you were a kid and the only place you could get book (aside from Christmas, maybe) was the library?  Yeah. At Pikes Peak Library District, check out

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

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

When "raising the stakes" is a waste of time: http://t.co/qZ1To3Qg # Copyediting checklist, part one: the technical stuff. http://t.co/SC5s75qI # The stuff that nobody wants to read but everyone needs. Siiiiiiigh. # Think you have problems coming up with book titles? Try naming a TV show… http://t.co/YxoBfSc5 # Will Google will ever get that a

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.