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Distribution Updates – Kindle MatchBook, iTunes & More!
Hey Stitch Fans! Just wanted to let you know about a few quick updates made to Stitch & Shudder’s distribution. Lots of details below,...
Jan 8, 20142 min read
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Thanks to my family/friends for the Surprise Shudder Launch Party!
So, yesterday was a busy day. I worked from about 6:30 am to 3 pm straight gearing up for the release and getting all the promotional...
Jun 16, 20136 min read
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Guess what came in the mail today!
AHHHHHH! They’re here!!!!! Can’t wait to crack one of these babies open and find me some typos! (Actually, I hate proofreading, but...
Jun 4, 20131 min read
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Reminder – Shudder ARC Giveaway Ends Saturday!
It’s almost here! Squeeee!! (Okay, I’m really not a squee-er, but you get the point.) So I know my blogging has been a little slow...
May 29, 20132 min read
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Pre-Release Jitters
This content was originally posted on www.reutreads.wordpress.com as part of the Shudder Blog Tour in 2013. What goes through an author’s...
May 7, 20134 min read
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Clarifying the Cryptic Amazon Email
If you own a Kindle version of Stitch, you may have received an email from Amazon in the wee hours of the morning that went something a...
Apr 23, 20135 min read
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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: Shudder is coming!!! Cover Reveals start TODAY
So… Easter weekend got a *bit* in the way of my progress with the Shudder drafts the past few days, but never fear – the release train is...
Apr 1, 20132 min read
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Top 5 Things I Love About Being an (Indie) Author
Check out a guest post I wrote up today at A Dash of YA titled, “Top 5 Things I Love About Being an (Indie) Author.” Here’s a sneak...
Nov 10, 20121 min read
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Play By Play: CreateSpace, KDP & Smashwords Publishing Timeline
Stitch has been officially published for 10 days now, and I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that I am the author of a...
Aug 11, 201210 min read
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Triaging Book Bugs: What the World of Software Taught Me About Publishing
So, the blog tour planning is going PHENOMENALLY, but there’s one hitch that’s got me a little worried: book bugs. Okay, I might have...
Aug 8, 20125 min read
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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, 201211 min read
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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 23, 20126 min read
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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 13, 20126 min read
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Why I Decided to Self-Publish
If you work outside the book industry, you may not know that there is a revolution underfoot. Amazon is shaking up the publishing world,...
Jun 27, 20124 min read
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