July - 2012

Jul 26, 201211 min read

Book Formatting Woes: I figured out the hard stuff so you don’t have to! (Part 2)

Update: This post was written back in 2012, and thankfully things have gotten A LOT easier since then!! (You NO LONGER need a software...

Jul 26, 20121 min read

There Are No Words

The advanced print proofs of my book are here. !!! (Still working on those formatting posts, but I had to get this up there in the...

Jul 23, 20126 min read

Book Formatting Woes: I figured out the hard stuff so you don’t have to! (Part 1)

Update: This post was written back in 2012, and thankfully things have gotten A LOT easier since then!! (You NO LONGER need a software...

Jul 17, 20122 min read

The Big Reveal: Stitch Cover Art!

I’m SO excited to share the final cover art for Stitch! Drumroll please… Ta-da! A big shout out to Damon over at http://damonza.com/ for...

Jul 13, 20126 min read

Any Advice? Marketing & Promotion Schedule

The past few days while planning my marketing campaign, I keep running up against the same question (or rather, ramming into it headlong...

Jul 11, 20125 min read

Navigating the Befuddling World of Book Blogs

Yesterday, I almost drowned. Okay, not literally, but I felt like I was drowning. You see, I had a couple free hours, so I decided...

Jul 9, 20123 min read

On Freedom & Liberty (and a Belated Happy 4th!)

(This blog post was meant to be in honor of the Fourth of July last Wednesday, but as I spent Independence Day and the subsequent rest of...

Jul 3, 20124 min read

Making the Connection – Marketing a Book to Readers

Note: This post was originally written in 2012 but I updated it in 2021 with some additional tips! I can tell you with confidence that...

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