Ebook design

This blog post isn’t about how to format your ebook (I’ll be writing one of those next week, now I’ve actually worked it out!), it’s about design. An ebook, like a print book, has several design elements besides the cover and the actual text,...

Table of Contents in Novels – Do We Need Them?

** Update: After a recent issue with scams on Amazon, a few people have had emails from Amazon because of their table of contents at the back of their novels. Amazon has publically said it is acceptable, but their style guild recommends putting them in the front...

Carnival of the Indies

I’m in the thick of editing right now, so there might be a bit of a break of posts. But my “How Motherhood Taught Me to Accept Critiques” post is listed over ath the Carinval of the Indies roundup. So go check out some of the other great posts...

How Motherhood Taught Me to Accept Critiques

When I was pregnant, I read a lot of books about parenting. I’d settled on the attachment parenting model, and read everything I could get my hands on. But still, nothing prepared me for the reality. When my daughter was a baby and toddler (she’s 8 now,...

Why More and More People are Choosing Indie publishing

Why do authors self-publish?  Some people say that writers self publish because they aren’t good enough to be traditionally published.  I say speak for yourself! And so do many other authors, such as Ruth Cardello, who has turned down a 7-figure publishing deal...