Queen Anne’s County TV, the local cable show where I live (in Scenic, Convenient-to-Nowhere, MD) has launched a new show, “Papa’s World,” (a reference to “Papa” Ernest Hemingway). Every episode will feature an Eastern Shore writer, and I was chosen as the very first interview. You can watch the whole Continue reading “lost dogs” on “papa’s world”
Several months into the attempt, I realized that it would be extremely unlikely to get my novel Dragontamer’s Daughters published by traditional means. If this were 1993 instead of 2013, I’d be pretty much hosed. Fortunately, this is the 21st Century, where the Internet makes all things possible. Before I Continue reading publishing “dragontamer’s daughters” (the indie way)
The process of trying to get a book published has been very educational. After I had finished (or thought I had finished) writing Dragontamer’s Daughters in August 2010, I set out trying to get it published the traditional way. Once upon a time, that might have meant mailing the entire manuscript, unrequested, to Continue reading publishing “dragontamer’s daughters” (the traditional way)
Though I have no regrets about self-publishing my debut novel, Dragontamer’s Daughters, there are several things I wish I had known beforehand. It would have saved me time, effort, money, and irritation. In June 2012, I released my book(s); in the weeks and months that followed, I quickly learned that: Continue reading 31 things no one tells you about self-publishing
