I’m almost done. I’m in the process of uploading The Sciell onto Createspace so I can create advance copies! I ran into a hiccup, though. Now, I have to go back over 300+ pages to fix formatting issues. At least I don’t have to read it anymore. But, I gotta say, I don’t know how…
We open a vein and pour our blood into our stories. Not something we can help. If we don’t put everything in it, the story won’t possess readers. This is all, slightly, romantic and all, but there’s a down-side. We can become defensive to criticism. My book has gone through beta readers, my publisher, an…
Check out the trailer for my mom’s, Deborah Johnson, up coming new book of poetry and short stories- Found. It’s the sequel to Finding Me…Again?
As I said in the previous post, Total Awesomeness…Well, Not Total, I attended my first publishing conference last week. This post’s title is a quote from bestselling author Guy Kawasaki during his session Author- Publisher- Entrepreneur. First of all, I have to give another shout out to Evernote. I took all my notes in this…
My beta readers gave me some great comments. Since I have a better understanding of where my series is going, I’m editing my first novel differently this time around. If I come across a pivotal scene, I make a note of it as reference for the series. This book brought up a lot of questions. I’m writing them down…
I’m a resource nerd- new information makes me happy. Through a blog, I found out about The Alliance of Independent Authors. Seriously. How couldn’t I have known about this? I make a point of knowing all the great publishing resources out there, at least the ones that apply to me. The Alliance of Independent Authors is the first non-profit organization…
Wonder what you have to do to get your book advertised on the steps inside Jacob Javits Center. That’s hardcore. My second day at BookExpo America began with a panel discussion called The Real Deal- Update on The African American Literacy. I was excited but cautious of this one since my books aren’t geared towards just one…
