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2013 Poet’s Market

Believe it or not, there are still other places one can have poetry published than your lonesome blog. In fact,there are a lot of them. I’ve submitted to and been published in a few. The best tool I’ve found is

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Available Now – The Juice and Other Stories

I have released my short story collection on Amazon! There are 11 short stories and 2 novelettes (10,000 and 15,000 words). I’ve previously posted a blurb, so I won’t repeat it here. I do hope you’ll check the anthology out.

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Emprise (The Stream, Book 3)

Emprise is available on Amazon.com as an ebook! For my loyal blog readers, however, I will be happy to send you a free Kindle or Nook version, to up to the 1st 20 people who request one. Simply leave me

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Why I Self-Published – Part 1 – Double Agents

After completing Discovery, I briefly sent it to a few agents. In truth, I never expected a positive response. Rather, I wanted to understand what they would say. Here is a sample response. Only the name of the agency has

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Pricing to Sell on Amazon – A Blog Survey

According to a recent article from David Gaughran’s Blog,  66% of the Kindle Top 100 seller spots were held by Indie publishers. Of the 34% being sold by traditional publishers, HALF were titles at least 10 years old. That means

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The Books thus Far

Well, Discovery is out for the Kindle, and has been for a number of months. I figure it’s time for an update on all my books to date. The Stream Series (Urban Fantasy Adventure) Discovery – The ebook is available,

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The Great Kindle Direct Publishing Select Experiment, Day 1

So, I decided to offer The Stream, Book 1 for free on Amazon. I thought I’d document the process and results a bit for those interested. First, a little background. I previously released my first novel in August. It was

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Perfecting Imperfection

I recently removed my first novel, The Stream: Discovery, from sale. My reasons were myriad, but came down to one thing: I was not happy with its launch. I was also very unhappy with Smashwords, but that’s another story. Yes,

Posted in books, ebooks, editing, perfection, publishing, The Stream, writing

Interview with Author Mary Ann Bernal

For our Fiction Friday interview we welcome Mary Ann Bernal, author of the historical fiction series, The Briton and the Dane, and fellow Indie publisher and Literary Underground member. I am posting this one day early, as I’m on the road

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Interview with Ryan O’Neil, author of “Plain Old Kirby Carson”

Today, “This Blog Blank” interviews Ryan O’Neil, Indie Publisher, and author of Plain Old Kirby Carson (available for sale now)! This Blog Blank: So we may as well get the good stuff out first. Tell us about Plain Old Kirby Carson.

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