Jamie’s debut novel is an adorable, fun, science-y YA book. So of course I loved it. So much that I blurbed it: “Smart and funny with a side of geeky awesomeness, Ultraviolet Catastrophe charmed me from the first page. It’s the kind of YA SF I love: fun, believable characters who take center stage, while still allowing the reader to play… Read More
(This is an excerpt from my Indie Author Survival Guide, available on Kindle and Nook.) Ch 6.6 Give Yourself A Creative Retreat Once I actively looked for ways to boost my creativity (see Training Your Intuition), I found lots of opportunities, but few that really fit my needs. Often conferences are aimed at beginning writers. Retreats with just me and my writer buddies… Read More
(This is an excerpt from my Indie Author Survival Guide, available on Kindle and Nook.) Ch 6.5 Training Your Intuition Intuition is often either knocked as superstitious (by Logic Brain types) or embraced as a mystical power (by Creative Brain types). (p.s. my brain is half of each; they fight a lot.) I’m beginning to think intuition is our own personal superpower. While… Read More
(This is an excerpt from my Indie Author Survival Guide, available on Kindle and Nook.) Ch 6.4 Making the Donuts Ya’ll may be to young to remember, but there’s a commercial for Dunkin’ Donuts where a guy gets up, every morning, in a daze to lumber off to the bakery and “make the donuts.” He’s in a half-awake stupor, but dang it, he’s… Read More
(This is an excerpt from my Indie Author Survival Guide, available on Kindle and Nook.) Ch 6.3 Abundance vs. Scarcity “You need to build your herd of turtles.” Truth #1: It easier to sell 10 copies each of 10 books than 100 copies of a single book. Truth #2: The book world is now one of abundance, not scarcity. Neither of those ideas… Read More
(This is an excerpt from my Indie Author Survival Guide, available on Kindle and Nook.) Ch 6.2 Yellow-Spotted Sales-Checking Fever You Have Sales! I’m not sure which is worse: refreshing constantly to see if your sales ranking has changed (or worse, author ranking) or refreshing the actual number of sales. It’s pure adrenaline when the number’s shooting up (because of an ad) and… Read More