I did it! I finally did it! I clicked the stupid 'Publish' button on Amazon and Nookpress. It is done. I have no idea what I am feeling right now. But it feels good. I am now a self-published author. I have a self published book. Here is the link to the Amazon version. This feels great.
Pricing. How much does a book cost? Or, how much is How to Stop Wildfire worth? This is a question I spent about 15 minutes on some serious time thinking about. The answer I came up with is $2.99...but with an asterisk and clauses and so on. First off: Why $2.99? Sarah, I thought you were a believer in openness and that you weren't really doing this for the money. I thought you wanted people to read it. Not throw...
Everything a person has read influences and inspires what they write. Writing really is a community affair in that respect. Fantasy has been heavily influenced by Tolkein and what he laid forward, and so on. People take in what they read and it becomes accepted into their 'internal canon.' So: what are some book series that heavily influenced me or inspired me? What is my 'canon?' Although I don't passionately read fantasy or science fiction, the answer is going to...
So in the process of getting ready to publish How To Stop Wildfire (I'm projecting late April...post the 20th) I have been setting up the Amazon details for it. Things like title, series, edition number, and etc. The one piece of detail that has been hanging me up for a few days has been category, or genre. Being the ignorant book reader that I am, I just assumed I would slap it into Science-Fiction and be done with it. I...
This website is for all things related to my upcoming book series, The Adventures of the Trinity and the One, a new space opera series. The first book will be coming out in April or May on Amazon and Nook. It is very much an origin story for the cast of characters that the series will be centered around. It is an epic space opera series that has high fantasy and sci-fi elements. The universe the story takes place in...