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18 Months of Indie Publishing
About eighteen months ago, my writing career pivoted: I decided to commit to self-publishing my work. I’ve not talked about it much because I’ve been so busy being an author and publisher, but I’m going to take time to reflect on the experience and look toward the future. WHY INDIE PUBLISH? There are many reasons…
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Should You Write Fast or Slow? Here’s the Right Answer – And Instintively You Know This is Right
As a hybrid author, I have one foot each in two very different worlds. I am traditionally published and as an author/publisher, I release my own books. The worlds operate at tangents to each other and one point of contention is this question: how long does it take you to write a novel? Independent author…
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Out There: The Wrong Goal of Self-Publishing
“I just want my novel out there.” Ouch. Too many times lately, I have heard people say this about their self-publishing efforts. Out there. I just want it out there. What does that even mean? It means a couple things: First, it means that the writer can find closure to his/her writing process. It means…
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The Oldest Mother in the World Wins Book Award
Wisdom, the Midway Albatross, the subject of my 2012 picture book has returned to Midway Island and laid a new egg. She was banded by Chandler Robbins on December 10, 1956 while sitting on an egg and presumed to be a minimum of five years old. That makes her at least 62 years old–and she’s…