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Book Blurb for Newest Trilogy

New trilogy. Katty’s trilogy. New book blurb. I don’t even have a book blurb for that series yet, but I need one. See my blurb studies for previous books here. My theme for all my writing is hope—whether it’s fiction or nonfiction. J.D. Barker - on The Creative Penn...

Back Cover Blurb. Huh? I have written two blog posts about blurbs, trying each time to learn, but to apply what I learn to my own back cover blurbs. So here I am again. For book three in my The Great Escapee Series. ...

Book Blurb Two

Research I’ll reference the article on The Alliance of Independent Authors website. Still gaining insight there. I’m also a member, so I want to give them credit. Super good information here: https://selfpublishingadvice.org/book-blurbs/ I also highly recommend...

Book Blurbs–I’d Rather Write a Book

I’m digging into learning to write better book blurbs. Sounds fun, right? Book Blurb One I have book one, Released, on a Smashwords promo for free until May 31 and am always hoping to sell through the three book series. But here’s the thing: my current...

How to fix old Projects in Scrivener

Dec 19, 2022

Yes. I'm trying to blog again. But I could not access my Scrivener Project titled Blog Posts. I love Scrivener (This...

I don’t know how to blog

Dec 19, 2022

I am a writer. I am an author. I have had two people tell me--no demand--that there is no excuse to not blog--if...

Quote from Released

Apr 29, 2022

"Randy hesitated, grimaced and looked up at Clarence. "You're not. Not again. Listen Clarence, I've known you a long...

Chiropractor Adjustments in Chapter Flow

Apr 16, 2014

I'm struggling with the WIP. Since adding a key chapter toward the end, everything has to have that chiropractor...

Platforms are not for Sissies

Apr 5, 2014

I am baffled. If writing five novels isn't enough (plus around fifty short stories and articles and five children's...

Kombucha, Kale Chips, and Editing

Apr 2, 2014

Kombucha. A few months ago, I didn't know what that was. My daughter started brewing her own, so I bought a bottle....

My Writing Life

Feb 18, 2014

I'm finding my way in this writing gig. When I first did NaNoWriMo three years ago, I wrote for hours without a break....

Enjoy the Frosting While You Can

Feb 5, 2014

I love cake … No. I. Love. Cake. Cake AND frosting! Ask my sister! In my devo time the other day, (from Jesus...

Aim for the Target

Jan 27, 2014

We went out and shot my new gun day before yesterday. I got it for Christmas from Dearly Beloved. He knew I wanted...

Benign

Jan 27, 2014

Got the call. It's benign. Nuff said!

Procrastination Is My Nation

Jan 25, 2014

Procrastination is my friend today. It's my buddy. My excuse. I will get writing done. I will. Later. Maybe it's the...

Production … Or Not

Jan 15, 2014

I didn't produce a thing all day, today. But yesterday … yesterday. I wrote a short story in the morning. It was a...

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