Category: Living the Writing Life

• Scrivener Series: Re-outline, Reorder, Rewrite

  This is the fifth installment in my Scrivener Series, which showcases how I use Scrivener  write entire novel series. Be sure to check out my writing process post for quick links to the currently published posts and a preview of what I’m going to cover next. By now I’ve been writing up a storm in…

  Y. K. Greene

  October 14, 2014

  Living the Writing Life, Scrivener, Telling the tale, Writing

  basics, blah blah, blather, blathering bs, ebook, indie author, muse, musings, Tips, writing, writing tips

• Scrivener Series: Final Outline

  This is the fifth installment in my Scrivener Series, which showcases how I use Scrivener to write help me write entire novel series. Be sure to check out the previous installments (Bible, Wallowing) or check out my writing process post for a preview of what I’m going to cover next. At this point I’ve got…

  Y. K. Greene

  September 30, 2014

  Living the Writing Life, Scrivener, Telling the tale, Writing

  basics, blah blah, blather, blathering bs, ebook, indie author, muse, musings, Tips, writing, writing tips

• In Out and Back In Again

  I keep wanting to update the blog with excellent news that Mom’s out of the hospital and recovering well – except every time I start to type that out she ends up back in. It’s a series of diminishing problems, we started with a heart attack so this is still progress, I just wish she…

  Y. K. Greene

  July 23, 2014

  Living the Writing Life

• And We’re Back! Sorta…

  So Mom’s been out of the hospital for about a week now. Surgery went ridiculously well and they even managed to not replace one of her valves but it took her about two weeks to finally be released home. In the meantime I was running back and forth from our home-base in back-end of beyond…

  Y. K. Greene

  July 1, 2014

  Living the Writing Life

• Fly Commentors – FLY

  I much like all Independent Artists, am really attached to the issue of net neutrality. Simply because I don’t have the budget to match companies like Netflix dollar for dollar so that I can access the same user base at equal speeds. So when I saw this video on youtube of course I had to…

  Y. K. Greene

  June 3, 2014

  Backend, Living the Writing Life, Marketing, Writing

  FCC, Fight, Net Neutrality

• 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

• Sorry Sorry

  I was deep in that dark place where all artists eventually go and sometimes return brandishing their freshly severed ear as a present. Climbing out of it involved burying myself in my work in a way that also didn’t make things worse, so it was kind of like trying to paint a self portrait with…

  Y. K. Greene

  May 21, 2014

  Backend, Living the Writing Life, Progress

  backend bs, blah blah, blather, facebook, pinterist, twitter

• Scrivener Series: Write The Damn Thing

  This is the fourth installment in my Scrivener Series, which showcases how I use Scrivener to write help me write entire novel series. Be sure to check out the previous installments (Bible, Wallowing, Timelines & Outlines) or check out my writing process post for a preview of what I’m going to cover next. Alright, now…

  Y. K. Greene

  April 3, 2014

  Living the Writing Life, Scrivener, Telling the tale, Writing

  basics, blah blah, blather, blathering bs, ebook, indie author, muse, musings, Tips, writing, writing tips

• Scrivener Series: Timelines & Outlines

  This is the third installment in my Scrivener Series, which showcases how I use Scrivener to help me write entire novel series. Be sure to check out the previous installments (Bible, Wallowing) or check out my writing process post for a preview of what I’m going to cover next. By now I’ve been writing up…

  Y. K. Greene

  March 20, 2014

  Living the Writing Life, Scrivener, Telling the tale, Writing

  basics, blah blah, blather, blathering bs, ebook, indie author, muse, musings, Tips, writing, writing tips

• Scrivener Series: Novel Project – Wallowing

  This is the second installment in my Scrivener Series, which showcases how I use Scrivener to write help me write entire novel series. Be sure to check out the previous installment (Bible) or check out my writing process post for a preview of what I’m going to cover next. Alright I’ve already mentioned that my…

  Y. K. Greene

  March 18, 2014

  Living the Writing Life, Progress, Scrivener, Writing

  backend bs, blah blah, blather, blathering bs, editing tips, Formatting, indie author, musings, writing, writing tips