I’m taking this great class on self-publishing and today the focus was picking the right title for your book. If you think a cover can turn a mediocre book into a bestseller, according to the instructor, so can the title. He shared with us this resource that I thought I’d pass onto you. Even if…
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Ventures in Self Publishing
If you’ve been a regular follower of my Friday Ramblings you know that this year I wrote a cookbook and have just self-published it. I won’t say it was easy work but it’s satisfying knowing that you have total control over your book, and yes you take both the accolades and blame if something’s not…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Cookbook is Launched
Welcome to December and the first rambling of the month. My cookbook was finally launched today. It’s already on sale on Amazon and hopefully will be popping up on more sites in the coming days and weeks. It was a long journey and cookbooks aren’t the easiest ones to write. However, having said that I’ll…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Self Publishing is Here To Stay
Seems like every writing related article I’ve read this week has been focused on the merits of self-publishing, and as a self-publisher myself I couldn’t agree more that self-publishing is worth the effort and something that’s here to stay. I saw this article today on the UK Guardian newspaper Web site. Very interesting and here’s…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Another Series Completed
Another week over and lots more things crossed off my to do list. I finally finished the last story in the Big Sky Cowboys trilogy. The first book should be released sometime this month. I’m really glad that these three books resulted from me taking part in last year’s NaNoWriMo. I think it made the…
A Review of Self-Publishing: Writing A Book And Publishing Books And E-Books For Yourself And Others by William Benitez
Over the holidays I finally got a chance to finish reading William Benitez’s book on self publishing. If you’re thinking about adding some titles on this topic to your bookshelf, here’s my review. As someone very interested in self-publishing, I’ve read lots of books on this subject. One thing I preferred about this title was…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Mother Nature obviously wants me to keep on writing indoors this year because another foot of snow fell yesterday. The trees are coated with white and it looks like a scene from a Christmas card and not spring with flower and buds blooming. I suppose I was a little premature when I uncovered the patio table…
Self-Publishing Workshop
I saw this on one of the writer’s Yahoo Groups and thought some of you might be interested in this workshop. **Permission to forward granted and encouraged.** Becoming a Self-Publisher sponsored by the Heart of Texas RWA Course Details Self-publishing provides an amazing opportunity for authors to take control of their own publishing career. It sounds…
Self-Publishing Print Books with Feedaread.com
Self-publishing is here to stay. I know the major emphasis has been on electronic books but if you still have your heart set on being published in print (and self-publishing print books), here’s something that might interest you FeedARead.com Tell us about Feed a Read and how it got started. FeedARead.com is independently run and was…