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Both Ends of the Bookmark

So it’s time for another update on my self-publishing journey. Mostly because a lot of people have been asking me questions about the process and what I think of putting my books up by myself. This post is about money … and how much it costs to self-publish. A lovely writer was asking me about [...]

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When Does Gaming Become Cheating?

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Publishing is a tough gig! Since I’m only in my adolescence when it comes to writing and publishing I can’t tell you if the days of the typewriter and printed manuscripts were harder than publishing is now. I really don’t know if the number of digital publishers [...]

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Nina’s Unhappy Amazon Adventure

This is just a little bitty rant tirade story of a discouraged woman. (I hesitate to rehash my bad luck on Friday the 13th, but I’m feeling daring. So here goes …) Last year, after thinking about it for a long while, I finally self-published a book. It was an easy decision for me. I [...]

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Words and Actions

Today I’d like to welcome dear friend and fellow author Pam Champagne. A Maine author, Pam writes romantic suspense novels with enough danger to keep you riveted to the edge of your seat and sweet love to keep you turning pages late into the night. Take it away Pam … Thank you Nina for inviting [...]

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I’d Rather be a Sprinter

Any of you who stop by my blog on a regular basis know I’m an over-achiever. I always have been. I blame it on being the middle child of five and my mother. (Aren’t all problems the mama’s fault?) Just kidding mom. I have no idea what drives me. I just know that when I [...]

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Publishing Shouldn’t be a Battlefield

Have I ever mentioned how hard it is to write a book? I mean getting from Once upon a time to They rode off into the sunset is not only a difficult process … doing it well takes a lot of brain energy! (Well, for me anyway.) There are all kinds of people who believe [...]

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Which Way to the Book?

Seven years ago when I began this writing journey my vision of how a book would go from my imagination to a manuscript to the readers’ hands seemed like a pretty well-worn path. The whole author —-> agent —-> publisher direction was the only avenue I understood. Enter digital books and small presses and publishers [...]

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Sneaky Amazon

One of the things that I’ve learned in this publishing business is that sales beget sales. You just have to look at 50 Shades of Grey to see what I mean. Readers who wouldn’t have picked up an erotic romance novel, let alone one with a BDSM theme can’t get their hands on this book [...]

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Getting it Juuuust Right

With Amazon, B&N and other venues making it so easy to publish a book, there’s lots of talk in the publishing world about editing. When I first started writing I believed I’d send my manuscript in and some editor-type person would have a look at it, tell me they liked it, but … And I thought [...]

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A Month of Sales Figures

So it’s been a month since I shared sales figures for my self-published romantic suspense series. In the spirit of full disclosure I thought I’d share what’s happened since I put the first book in my series up for free! I have to tell you, there are still LOTS of people who cringe that authors [...]

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