It started out as a test based on something one of my mentors said in a class. I posted my Christy winner as an ebook on my website as a total giveaway. Since I hold all the rights to the book, that’s my prerogative. Then I offered it on Freebie Friday, a homeschooling mailout thats [...]
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Reaping the Whirlwind ebook giveaway
August 18, 2007Stop Checking Your Email!
August 8, 2007Checking email is addictive. A tiny voice on the side of your mind says, “Someone may have sent you something. I wonder what it could be.” That tiny voice is as insistent and persistent as a ringing telephone. Who can resist answering it?
You can.
This miniscule nugget of advice will multiply your productivity if you’ll only [...]
Book Galleys–the good and bad
June 14, 2007On Monday I received the galleys for my next release COLORADO CHRISTMAS. Galleys are exciting things. It’s the first time the author sees the book in typeset format. The pages look just like they’ll look in the finished book. The excitement lasts about 15 minutes, 30 minutes if you’re a newbie to book publishing.
After that [...]
More Than a Career
May 2, 2007To me writing is more like breathing than working. During those long 14 years before I got published, I tried to quit more than once, but I’d find myself pulling that manuscript out yet again after it had lain dormant for several months. Something inside of me connected with that paper and ink. Once I [...]
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