Onward and Upward

So, what I said last week about developing a whole new slate of freelance self-publishing services… introducing The Book Wrangler, which launched today. And if you sign up to my mailing list (either here or there), you’ll not only be served up with free self-publishing and writing advice and self-pubbing news and resources, but you’ll […]

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New Directions

No, I don’t mean the glee club. My new day job and I parted ways on Friday. Suffice to say that it just wasn’t a good fit. What it comes down to is that I should have known better than to accept a job at a salary that was far less than what I needed […]

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Robin Waldrop Interview and Book Giveaway!

This week we’re joined by author Robin Waldrop, who is busy making the blog circuit to promote the latest novel in her Blood Moon series, Shadow of the Blood Moon. Robin tells us about her favorite legends and how they inspire her writing and also talks a bit about the best way to market your […]

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Progress

Dominion is creeping ever closer to being done and ready. Earlier this week, my job extended my lunch break to a full hour, which gives me time for writing and editing during the week. So I’ve been spending my lunch hours taking my Kindle and my notebook down to the park and camping out on a […]

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How To Market Your Novel (Or How Not To)

So, remember last spring, before I became way too busy to blog, how I had begun a series on self-publishing how tos and wherefores? How’s about we pick that back up with a look into my marketing plan. This isn’t so much an expert How To on marketing your book, so much as it is […]

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Good Things

I had a chance to sit down and do some math, and my future’s looking a little rosier than I originally thought. If I’m guesstimating my take-home pay from the new job correctly, I won’t need to put in as many additional freelancing hours as I expected, so it shouldn’t be quite so difficult to […]

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Employed.

Welp, I got the job. I start Tuesday, and there’s a lot to do between now and then, and I’m a little overwhelmed and paralyzed with indecision right now, honestly. I didn’t really expect to get an offer, and I was already making plans for my business and my writing as though I wasn’t getting […]

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The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

The long wait between new updates for Marble Hornets left me flailing about a few Sundays ago, scouring Youtube for a Slender Man fix (but not yet willing to commit to one of the other Slender Man series, because the last thing I needed was another thing to obsess over and eat up all my time). […]

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Cover Wars! Again.

All righty, gang, I finally found the time to re-redo my cover for Dominion. To refresh everybody’s memory, here is the clear favorite from the last round of cover voting:   And here’s the latest version, which pretty much goes in a completely different direction:   And to help you decide which fits best, here’s […]

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The Interview

Well, yesterday I had my job interview at the web & marketing agency. It seemed to go well — they liked my quirky personality and my writing and editing background, but they were less than enthused about my lack of solid programming experience. They said I still have a shot, but they need to weigh […]

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