Tag: indie author
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An Indie Author Ready for the Future of Publishing
Literary agent Andrew Lownie in THIS article recently stated that he believes that nearly 75% of published books within then next 5-10 years will be self-published. This announcement has certainly turned the writing blog-o-sphere on its nose with both excitement and scorn. Of course, this is mere conjuncture, but even the pronouncement has some broad and interesting…
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Thinking is Writing (aka: writing in a pool)
Thinking is writing. I’ve said this before, but the longer I’ve been a writer the truer it becomes. (Sometimes to the detriment to the people around me. I am not ignoring you on purpose.) A writer friend mentioned yesterday that I should do some writing without paper, pencil or device. I took the advice. I…
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Speed Writing. Speed Publishing. A Great Afternoon.
Besides being a writer, I’m a teacher. Sometimes those two facts collide. Like yesterday. It was at the beginning of the high school-wide parent-teacher conference when I was sitting at my desk minding my own business. A colleague, who is in charge of the forensics team, came to me with an urgent request: could I…
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Great Start! FREE on KINDLE – “The Recluse Storyteller” – 2 more days!
My second novel, The Recluse Storyteller, is having it’s longest and most effective FREE DAYS ever! It’s been steadily climbing the Amazon Free charts for the last two days and has rested at #147 by the end of the second day. If you haven’t done so yet, please pick yourself up a copy and share with your…
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Media, Content, Reporting – In the Hands of Individuals. (AKA – Everyone’s going indie)
One of the sports columnists from my hometown in Pittsburgh, PA recently caused a seismic shift in the sports reporting landscape by going indie. Dejan Kovecivic is an award-winning columnists and sports journalists who grew up in Pittsburgh and spent the last couple decades working for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and then, the last couple of…
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Thanks for Stopping by: Best Blog Month Ever!
I just want to thanks to all those who have popped over to the blog this past month. September was the best blog month ever for both visitors and views. I have greatly appreciated the comments, likes, and shares from many of you. Who knew blogging could be so much fun? I really do it…
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I’d Rather Write a Novel than a Summary of that Novel
I’m at it again. One of my most frustrating times of the year. Writing the dreaded “blurb” that will become the back of my novel or the description on Amazon or just the pitch that I’ll use with reviewers. I’m nearly at the point of sending the draft of my fourth novel out to some…
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Indie Authors: the DOs and DON’Ts from Thomas Edison
Nobody doubts Thomas Edison’s brilliance. He produced an unparalleled number of patents and his inventions alone made the 20th century what it was. We all know about the light bulb, of course, but more importantly he created the generator and power grid to make the light bulb work. But that’s just for starters. How about…
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Overtaking my own novel
Put this in the every increasing fat file folder called “I still don’t know what I’m doing as an indie author.” Release dates for novels. What’s really the best? Here’s the spacing of my three novels: December 2012 October 2013 July 2014 Is that good spacing? Bad spacing? Could have it been improved? Could it…
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Another Scrivener convert. I should get commission.
I was standing outside the theatre doors, greeting the crowd at the world premiere opening of my musical last week when one of my writer friends attacked me with a firm handshake. “I took your advice about Scrivener, and, wow, it’s fantastic. Thank you so much.” It’s easy to proselytize something you are passionate about,…
Author Mark W Sasse 