Tag: Self-publishing-

  • Grant me patience…but hurry!

    I’ve decided that I’m in the wrong business. Oh, I’m not going to give it up anytime soon, but I’m definitely in the wrong business. You see, things in the publishing industry tend not to move very quickly. Books take time to write, editors have their own schedules, cover design takes time, and then–even when…

  • A Slight Service Interruption…Please Stand By

    If you’re not directly involved with the publishing industry, you may not have heard about the Pronoun debacle. What is Pronoun? Well, it was a third-party distributor of e-books to retailers, and a fantastically fabulous resource for indie writers (like myself). I loved it soooooo much. And now you’re probably wondering what the debacle was. Well, long…

  • Self-Publishing: The Devil is in the Details

    With Forever Grace being my third self-publishing effort, you’d think I’d have the hang of the process by now, wouldn’t you? Ha. Not. 😛 It turns out that the process is more of a continuous learning curve than something set in stone. And (for me at least) that learning curve is jam-packed with every kind of niggly…

  • Hybrid Theory: a discussion of hybrid publishing

    So I had my very first live-radio interview last night, and it was a blast. The lovely Marie Bilodeau (author of Nigh) had been invited onto Kate Hunt’s Literary Landscape show at Ottawa’s CKCU-FM, and she very graciously shared the microphone with me–quite literally, as it turned out. The topic of discussion was hybrid publishing–which…

  • The Friday Wrap-Up

    (or What I’ve Been Doing This Week Besides Creating a Workshop for Can-Con): Gwynneth Ever After has a gorgeous new print cover!!! It’s the same design as the ebook, just more of it…and it looks so pretty. 🙂 And in case you missed the news, YES, Gwyn is going to hardcopy production. I’m just finalizing (I…

  • Social Media & Marketing Tips for Writers

    Whether you’re learning the craft,  looking for publishing how-tos, building your platform (or learning what that is), or trying to improve your online marketing skills, you can find a lot of resources on the Internet to help you along. My blog has never been geared towards becoming such a resource, but as I’ve grown as a…

  • The Cost of Self-Publishing

    Gwynneth Ever After marks my first self-publishing effort — and a huge learning curve in my career. While I posted a little bit about my journey here, here, here, and here, I thought it would be nice to provide a wrap-up of my experience — complete with a cost break-down for those of you who may…

  • Netgalley: Another Step Toward Self-Publishing

    I’m just a few weeks away from the release of Gwynneth Ever After and, slowly but surely, I’m making progress. The ISBN number came through on day 10 of the 6-10 business days I was told it would take. Once I had that, I was able to have the digital file uploaded to Netgalley for reviewers…

  • Self-Publishing: The Journey Continues

    A quick update on the self-publishing journey: At this point, my digital files have been formatted for both mobi and .epub. I have to say that I’m impressed with the professionalism and responsiveness of the e-Book Formatting Fairies. The first files had three minor errors in them, but I had the corrected files back just…

  • Another Day on the Road to Self-Publishing

    Well, I’m getting there, folks. I’ve just finished up the final edits on Gwynneth Ever After, and I have submitted the manuscript for digital formatting! Woot! Also checked off the to-do list this week: I’ve applied for an ISBN number (free to Canadians through CISS, the Canadian ISBN Service System) I’ve created an upload account…