I’ve been a bit brain dead. I have a crisis of writer confidence, which is a normal part of writer life, but dealing with it kind of sucks. I’ve noticed I’ve been zooming out more and sometimes I find myself watching random videos. Facebook, in its helpful AI way, has zeroed in on the type
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Publishing: Expectations vs Reality
This topic is probably better suited to a professional conference, but it made it on the blog question list, so here we go. A recent article in Bookseller found that “debut authors struggle with the lack of support” and the process of publishing a book “negatively affected” their mental health. Also water is wet, snow
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Tired AF
Since I have bribed y’all with free fiction last week, you will now have to suffer through my whining. I am so bloody tired. Day before yesterday Kid 2: Mom, when was the last time you had a day off? Me: Uhhhh. So yesterday was my day off. I did nothing. Nobody came over. It
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Why Not a Russian Hero
The mods on Facebook and Mod R have received a lot of messages asking why we are not writing Arabella right now. “But why can’t you write a Russian hero? It’s like the North Pole and Santa Claus, it happens in an alternative Russia.” Some emails create a false equivalency between Hidden Legacy and Elizabeth
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The Epic of Jericho
Through the mists of time, people tell legends of a miraculous plant. It exists shriveled and dead, a little more than a dry clump, until water touches it, and then it blooms into vibrant green, suddenly alive. Its name is the Rose of Jericho. Once there was a woman who didn’t trust the legends, so
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Deep Breath
Hello. My name is Ilona. ::takes ANDREWS off the name tag and melts into a pile of goo:: The release is done. The publicity week is over. All of the orders in the store have been sent to production. We have lingering out of stock issues, but they are only affecting about a dozen orders.
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Self-Publishing: Yet More Questions
If you are wondering why we are revisiting this: some questions were raised in the chat during our last zoom when we discussed the publishing plans for our next project If you self-published a book, is there any case where the publisher will pay for a self-published book and promote it more? There are several
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Preorder for the Magic Tides/Magic Claims Audio
We have the actual preorder links for you and the solid, actual release date. July 10, 2023.
Happy Tuesday
Magic Claims is one week old today, and I think that was the busiest release I ever remember. We’ve tried ads, we redid our office set up, we opened the store, and now I’m deliriously happy that everything has ran its course and we can get back to writing. Frank Norris once said, “Don’t like
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Happy Juneteenth
From Wikipedia: Juneteenth (officially Juneteenth National Independence Day) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Deriving its name from combining June and nineteenth, it is celebrated on the anniversary of the order by Major General Gordon Granger proclaiming freedom for enslaved people in Texas on June 19,
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Special Request Merchandise Designs
We have filled 1200 orders. We have to wait a little bit because the store must give us the next deposit so we can fulfill more orders and because we are waiting on some vendors to refill their stock. We expect to fill all orders by next Friday. The store will close on Wednesday. Special
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Print Availability of Magic Claims
Our POD books are printed by two printers: Amazon KDP and Ingram Spark. Amazon KDP – provides books to Amazon customers. Ingram Spark – provides books to independent retailers, such as independent book stores. Ingram Spark now distributes to Amazon, so there are two listings for the print. Amazon edition is here: Amazon Magic Claims.
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