Muddy Colours on Amazon Covers

As I posted on Facebook, I created an entry in my bookshelf for Reckless Recon a couple of days ago. I like to do this a week or two before the book is ready to publish, just to keep my motivation up, to start filling in all the fields (keywords and categories can...

A Macro Editing Tip

Editing is one of those tasks that most writers hate. It’s longer, and more tedious than writing is, and lacks the thrill of discovery that comes with a first draft. And yet, it’s vitally important to putting out a good novel. I’ve written before about...

Series vs Standalones – Which Sell Better?

In early December, I released my third book, Twin Curse. Unlike my last novel, Reckless Rebellion, this novel wasn’t part of my current series, or at this stage, any series at all. It was a standalone fantasy romance, so a slightly different genre even. So how...

Writer Achievements and Resolutions

Well, it’s a New Year. A whole new year in which to achieve things. I’m hoping 2014 will be the big year, when I start making more self-publishing than it costs! 2013 was a pretty good year. I published 3 books, which I wouldn’t have predicted at the...

Priorities

You may have noticed that my posts have been a bit thin on the ground lately, and that I kind of fell of the face of the NaNoWriMo planet there. Things have been a bit hectic here at home, and when my attention is needed elsewhere, something in my huge list of...