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Creative Rest

I am exhausted. With over a week spent at my sister’s to help her rehab from hip replacement, to the very next day an author event and some driving, to yesterday tearing out all my tomatoes, beans, and cucumbers and cleanup. I am exhausted. Last week while still at...

Being a Better Publisher

I finally uploaded Resurrected, the sixth book in The Great Escapee Series today! Everywhere! Yesterday I spent the better part of the afternoon working with Publisher Rocket. I was determined to take the time to figure out categories and keywords for the last three...

Change Genres? Really?

I have a stack of books beside me and more on the shelves behind me. All different genres. About crafting. The writing process. The writing life. How to write from the shadow, the darkness. Genres. How to write romance. Too many more on that bookshelf, beside my bed,...

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Author Ad Results

Apr 7, 2025

Here they are! My author ad results with Written Word Media: Hello and Bargain Booksy. By the way, no affiliate links...

Journal Entry 2/19/2025

Mar 23, 2025

Affiliate links included in below article. This was in a new book. I’m never sure if I like it. Even if the...

Rescuing my book, Rescued

Mar 21, 2025

rrThis isn’t fun to admit but for eight years now, I have struggled with book two, Rescued (Affiliate link to Amazon,...

Mark Dawson’s Self Publishing 101 Course Opens Again!

Oct 5, 2019

Several months ago, I took a chance on Mark Dawson's Self Publishing 101 Course. I took the time to gather in all my...

One Thing At A Time

Sep 16, 2019

I listen to podcasts about writing and publishing. Like Mark Dawson's The Self-Publishing Show. And get stressed. I...

How I Met My Editor

Jul 29, 2019

Funny. I wrote the title, "How I Met My Editor," and kept thinking ... what does that remind me of? You just thought...

I’ll Do This Indie Author Thing My Way

Jul 21, 2019

And part of doing this indie author thing my way is sifting through the available avalanche of information and...

Terrified to Post My Facebook Ads for Authors Stats Here

Jul 13, 2019

I'm sticking my neck out here and many of you know what I'm feeling. Posting Facebook ads for Authors stats, you say?...

Sunday Afternoon, a Model A, and a Glass of Tea

Jul 9, 2019

Authors have these memories of how they got started: usually stories of how they wrote as a child--even creating books...

Back to Prison

Jun 2, 2019

A couple days ago, I posted that I am living back in the dark tunnel of anger. Yeah, back to prison. I hate admitting...

I’m Back in that Dark Tunnel

May 30, 2019

In 2018, I released Rage Rising: My Walk Through the Dark Tunnel of Anger. Ta-da! I'm done with that old pest--anger....

Greatful/Grateful

Apr 26, 2019

I am doodling once again. And I realize something. I have been missing this. This is an integral part of my day ... my...

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