It’s Friday. How did that happen? We haven’t had a snippet for a bit, so here is Augustine being impersonating an impressive business owner. Augustine’s office lay on the seventeenth floor. He’d chosen that location precisely because it was just under the top two floors. The eighteenth floor held a private training space. The penthouse
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Trad Publishing: Editing and Production Glossary
I heavily debated posting this. I might still take it down, because I’ve long ago decided that the internet doesn’t need my “wisdom.” Also, I am bitter and jaded. However, we keep getting repeated questions and there is some weird erroneous stuff floating out there. With that caveat, here is the basic primer on who
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Cover Sensibilities
It is Monday, and I’m armed with Russian Country tea and a list of BDH questions. The process of creating the Maggie cover through traditional publishing. How did everyone decide on the theme, covers, etc? Were there other drafts or ideas? Why is the UK cover slightly different in color? We have now worked with
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Reestablishing Homeostasis
It’s Saturday, and I’ve had my tea (Harney & Sons Vanilla) and my breakfast shake. Sookie, the old bulldog, is snoring on the pillow behind me. Tuna is asleep next to her, Tubby is sacked out on the floor with his ball, and Nykie is having a cat moment. Perhaps because she is part dachshund
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The Audiobook of The Inheritance Is Live On Audible
Audible: We will notify you once your title has passed Quality Assurance checks, and we begin distribution. This will usually be within 10 business days, provided there are no issues with the production. Also Audible: Here it is on sale less than 24 hours from the upload. Surprise! Buy here: US Amazon / US Audible
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A Mug, Appearance, Math, and a Snippet
And it’s Monday again. My adventure in seeing clearly continues. Except that I can’t see the texts on my phone with the eye that was operated on. This caused some concern, so I bought reading glasses, although today I was able to read a text, kind of. My biggest issue is remembering eye drops. I
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The Two Sides of the Reading Coin
Thank you for all the blog prompts. I wanted to answer this one sent to us by an aspiring author: Since I started writing, I hate everything I read. Reading used to be an escape. It makes me feel like I’ve lost a part of myself. I think I’ve talked about it before, but coincidentally,
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Augustine Snippet: Maria
I am sitting on a treasure trove of art, news, cool writing, and I can share none of it. I have a large Augustine snippet for you today instead. Some of you have read the first version of this scene. It has been edited and expanded. In return, please drop some blog topics and questions
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A Fluffy Pancake
We have made it back and forth from my appointment. I was pronounced healthy enough for surgery and the traffic was not awful. In celebration of this, I bring you this tiny snippet. Also, just so you know this conversation took place: Me: Do not laugh. Jeaniene Frost: I am not laughing. Me: We were
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The Winners of This Kingdom Giveaway
Drumroll, please. By the grace of Random Number Generator, we have three winners. So many of you have entered that we had to break the comments into pages, and the winner was selected by rolling for page number and then the comment number from the oldest to newest. (We had a total of 6,028 entries.
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Special Edition FAQ
When Mod R sent over the list of questions, my first instinct was to dismiss it, but then I realized that she is going to spend a long time posting individual replies and that time needs to be spent elsewhere. So let’s talk about the special editions. What is a special edition? A special, or
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Kindle Unlimited and Libraries
Amazon lifted KU exclusivity for libraries. More information in this article from New Shelves. My question is to the librarians among us. Will your libraries be taking advantage of this feature? Is this something useful or will this have no bearing on your library collections?
