One of the nice things about Amazon changing to epub format for Send-to-Kindle is that it opens up access to books sold elsewhere. Like Smashwords. Smashwords is having its traditional End-of-Year Sale Dec 15th to Jan 1st. In the past, Read more
As writers, one of the ways we can support causes we believe in is donating words. When a generous editor puts together an anthology to benefit a charity organization, donating a story gives us a chance to help. I’ve Read more
One of the fun things about being part of an author community is the chance to write in a shared project. I haven’t yet co-written anything. (Not sure any other author could live with my pantsing process.) But I’ve done Read more
It‘s being driven home to me lately, both how completely interdependent we are around the world, and also how insular we are in our ideas and our awareness. Books can be a window to that wider world, even when they’re Read more
…but burnout and loss of confidence are things that happen to many authors, sometimes unpredictably. I just saw a favorite author, who had a successful book out in November, say she hasn’t written a word since October. Sometimes a book Read more
Covers are always a topic of discussion in the genre. Trends come and go. Two guys photoshopped together may now be considered old fashioned. Single interesting men became much more common. (Adding a bit more difficulty in discriminating M/M from Read more