Almost there…
My time has been completely taken up with house and family obligations for most of this year, but we’re finishing up the final projects now, and by the end of the month I will be free to return to writing … Continue reading →
Looking good
This year
This year I’ve had important family commitments that have kept me absorbed and not writing or publishing. Come next winter this will change and I’ll have more books out. But for now, that’s how it needs to be. So back … Continue reading →
About Jamey…
I don’t want to repost what I said over on Fierce Planet, but did want to note here that last week, suddenly and without warning, our cat Jamey passed away from cardiomyopathy. Basically his heart had a genetic problem and … Continue reading →
More on covers
Tara West (Tamra Westberry) is an author and cover designer herself, and lately she has interviewed several other cover designers. These interviews are full of useful information for authors who design for themselves as well as authors who want to … Continue reading →
Wednesday Links – Book Covers
I haven’t done a links post recently, because honestly I haven’t had much to say, but I ran across a cascade of interesting links yesterday all relating to book covers and font choices, and I wanted to preserve them here. … Continue reading →
Fortunes, from yesterday
More data from Kevin McLaughlin
Kevin has new graphs out, this time using the Top 100 bestseller data, and this time he expanded his work to both the science fiction and fantasy genres. It’s very interesting stuff and he makes great points about pricing potential, … Continue reading →
Self-published books dominate Amazon Top 200 SciFi ebooks
I found this study via a Tweet by David Gaughran. In the post, Kevin McLaughlin presents some data he pulled together from the Feb. 26, 2012 list of Top 200 ebooks on Amazon, in the Science Fiction genre. He carefully … Continue reading →
KDP Select
Like a lot of self-published authors, I am trying an experiment for Last Night in Amazon’s KDP Select Program. Since sales have been bouncing around the floor, and all the downloads I get elsewhere are freebies, I figure I’ve got … Continue reading →