Category: Books

• Happy New Year!

  It’s 2015 already so I suppose you guys deserve an update. Laptop has been repaired, my work on “Tasting Ash” has finally resumed (slowly with many false starts and general malaise) and I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to release the novel sometime this year. My main workhorse computer is still down for the current…

  Y. K. Greene

  January 6, 2015

  Backend, Eldritch Elysium, Living the Writing Life, Progress

  backend bs, blah blah, blather, blathering bs, Delays, Eldritch Elysium, update, writing

• More Delays

  So it’s well past due that I gave an update but I’m afraid it’s all bad news. My work machine’s monitor is dead, so I can’t use it to work on the novel at all. My laptop which I usually use for editing, revisions, marketing and backup, is having harddrive failure punctuated by rolling BSOD’s…

  Y. K. Greene

  November 25, 2014

  Backend, Books, Living the Writing Life, Progress

  backend bs, Delays

• Amazon, Hachette and Smashwords

  So – I’m re-reconsidering Smashwords, for several reasons. First and foremost, though the meat grinder is still their prefered method of upload for new titles and though it still sucks mightly, there is now the option to upload checked epub files instead. I’ve yet to figure out how to create an epub that they’ll accept…

  Y. K. Greene

  May 29, 2014

  Books, Living the Writing Life, Marketing, Telling the tale

  Amazon, backend bs, basics, blah blah, blather, blathering bs, Formatting, Hatchette, indie author, Smashwords

• Short, Sweet and Sassy

  While I was stuck in bed away from my working computer and basically miserable, I couldn’t help but think of writing. Specifically synopsis and what really makes a good one. One that’s interesting, draws you right in but though it doesn’t lie and clearly mentions key point’s also doesn’t give anything away. Brief without feeling…

  Y. K. Greene

  March 4, 2014

  Ash of Ambitions, Books, Eldritch Elysium, Living the Writing Life, Telling the tale

  Ash of Ambitions, backend bs, blah blah, blather, musings, random

• Free Friday!

  Ah weather. Last week there were ice storms bad enough to knock the power down in my area for three days of frozen hell and today it’s scheduled to be in the 80’s. That’s going to be hell on my herb garden. Anywho, enough of my domestic misery – I’ve got a present to make…

  Y. K. Greene

  February 20, 2014

  Books, Four Horsemen, Giveaway, Living the Writing Life, The Uncertainy of Death

  blah blah, blather, blathering bs, cheap ebooks, ebook, Four Horsemen, free, Giveaway, indie author, The Uncertainty of Death, update

• Free First Friday: “Toxic Ash”

  Tomorrow I’m giving away free copies of “Toxic Ash” on Amazon. It’s a rare chance to nab copies of the second novel of the series for free so I hope you jump on the chance When you dance with the Devil – there’s Hell to pay… Somehow Ash survived Nevada but now it’s time to…

  Y. K. Greene

  February 6, 2014

  Books, Eldritch Elysium, Giveaway, Toxic Ash

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• Monday Bon Mots: Toxic Ash

  I’ve decided to shake my posting schedule up a bit and was thinking of posting story excerpts on Mondays.These lovely little writing samples can range from a sentence to a page and will be from novels and shorts, sometimes with pictures but probably far more often without. Just a little taste for the readers of…

  Y. K. Greene

  January 27, 2014

  Books, Eldritch Elysium, Monday Bon Mots, Toxic Ash

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• Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award

  It’s almost that time of year again. Somewhere between when I’ve finished writing my latest novel and before I stop fretting over it like a fussy hen and start writing my next novel. Into this no-mans land falls several events, MLK day, my birthday, Valentine’s Day, Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. In something like 26 days,…

  Y. K. Greene

  January 21, 2014

  Books, Living the Writing Life, Marketing

  Ash of Ambitions, blah blah, blather, Book Reviews, indie author, random, Revision, writing

• Start The New Year Off With A New Book

  It’s New Year’s Eve and many people around the world are going to be dressing up to head out and party through midnight. However if you’re like me then the only thing on your mind is what quiet little corner you’re going to take refuge in and what awesome new book you’re going to spend…

  Y. K. Greene

  December 31, 2013

  Books, Eldritch Elysium, Marketing, Toxic Ash

  ebook, Eldritch Elysium, indie author, Toxic Ash

• While You Were Sleeping…

  If you signed up for email alerts you already know this but for the rest of you, I went ahead and released “Toxic Ash,” updated the blog, Facebook and all the relevant hoodads – and then just because I wasn’t feeling like enough of an over achiever I went ahead and made this:

  Y. K. Greene

  December 17, 2013

  Ash of Ambitions, Books, Eldritch Elysium, Goals, Living the Writing Life, Marketing, Progress, Toxic Ash

  Ash of Ambitions, book covers, ebook, Eldritch Elysium, indie author, Toxic Ash, update, writing