I’m in the process of changing this blog’s design, hopefully for the very last time. If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, then you’ll know how many themes I’ve gone through. Too many. For one reason or another, I’ve never been quite happy with the themes that I’ve installed on here, [...] Read more »
Fiction and Reality
Yesterday was a very inspirational day that started off early. I’m not sure why, but I struggle to get up all week, only to spring awake on the weekends. As I was working on a design, I kept thinking about the bookmarkers I had mentioned in Friday’s post. There has to be a way to [...] Read more »
Goals for 2008
“Every step I take brings me closer to the realization of my dreams.” Judi Moreno, author of You Are More Than Enough Dream Journal As 2006 came to a close, I set one goal for myself: to finish that book. While I didn’t write that goal down, I kept it planted firmly inside my head [...] Read more »
Adobe CS3 Design Premium vs. Standard
I’ve spent the last week drooling over the latest upgrade, agonizing over the price and whether or not I should buy it, and doing some research. This research involved reading review articles on sites such as MacWorld and various blogs. Most importantly, I wanted to find out how CS3 measured up to endusers. Some had [...] Read more »
Writing, Editing, and Site Hiccups
Last weekend, I found myself immersed in editing, rewriting and writing. I edited almost two chapters for Prosperity. The writing “groove” followed me into the week, onto other projects, such as the Lulu blog. I’ll be posting on that site once or twice a week. I had planned to post another article last night, when [...] Read more »
My Manuscript Arrived
My mind and fingers have been itching to start editing that manuscript since I typed “The End” on Sunday. Last night felt like a mild version of nicotine withdrawals. I know of at least two scenes that I need to revamp or get rid of entirely. It seems that I take a perverse pleasure in [...] Read more »
Prosperity – Draft Complete
This novel is by no means finished, but I’ve finally completed what I consider to be the final draft. Now all I have to do is polish the darned thing before submitting it to a professional editor. If there was anything I learned from compiling and editing the anthology is that I will never catch [...] Read more »
The Light at the End of the Tunnel is Blinding
Not only did I reach my 90K goal yesterday, but I came to the most critical part of Prosperity at around 8pm last night. I was on such a roll yesterday that I wanted to continue until I typed “The End.” Both kids were gone, but the hubby was home and wanting my company. It’s [...] Read more »
Determining the Anthology’s Audience
Trying to target an audience for the anthology proved to be difficult due to the multiple genres in this collection. If I had to do it all over again, I would have narrowed the anthology’s focus to fiction or nonfiction. Then I would have narrowed that down to a specific genre. That said, I’ve narrowed [...] Read more »
Self-Publishing Through Lulu: Buying the Global Distribution Service
When I first signed up for a Lulu account last year, the price for an individual ISBN was around $35.00. At the time (if I remember correctly), you had to submit your book to the online retailers. They’ve since done away with that and charge you $100 for their Global Distribution service, where Lulu assigns [...] Read more »
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