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Fear of the Unknown

If you think the scariest part of writing a book is starting to write it, you’re wrong. To me, that’s actually the most fun part. Why, because it’s a place where I can escape and not be critized.  But now… Now it’s time to recieve reviews from foreign eyes. (Deep Bass) The Editor. When I first submitted the book to our editor, I was losing sleep asking myself so many questions.  What if she told…

As a creative person, I realize that I can sometimes be a bit how do we say “emotional” when it comes to well pretty much anything.  Erkyah Badu so accurately states why I feel this way on her live version of “Tyrone” when so simply says:

Also as an artist I realize there are times when my mind is over flooded with so many ideas.  Sometimes it is hard to determine which idea I should move…

Publishing and Marketing- What Am I Doing?

Publishing and marketing books are two things very new to me.  Sure, I have experience editing papers and doing some social media here and there but for an actual book? No clue!

We are venturing into new territory “the indie book world” and quite frankly it is somewhat intimidating.  Writing a book is one thing. If you have patience, creativity and an understanding of story structure you can…

This weekend I came across a new site called GoodReads which apparently isn’t new to 25 million people.  A social networking site for bookworms? Oh come on! Who failed to tell me about this wonderfully delightful internet Wonderland?!?!  Seriously, not cool guys!

I spent a good portion of my weekend going through my bookshelf to see what books I read and rating them. Unfortunately, most of my…