Category: Living the Writing Life

• Scrivener: Series “Bible”

  I love Scrivener, it makes writing novels (and writing novel series) so much easier! One of the things I noticed while constantly changing my writing process, however, is that there’s not that much information out there on how to effectively use Scrivener for writing a novel series. So I’m going to try and outline some…

  Y. K. Greene

  March 13, 2014

  Formatting, Living the Writing Life, Scrivener, Writing

  backend bs, Editing, indie author, Revision, Scrivener, Series Bible, writing tips

• My Writing Process

  My writing process has changed. A lot. In the beginning I started out using a few books on the art and craft of writing novels and tried to follow along – often deviating about a third of the way through their recommended process as I got the hang of their method, made changes to suit…

  Y. K. Greene

  March 11, 2014

  Living the Writing Life, Progress, Writing

  backend bs, book cover design tips, book covers, ebook, Editing, editing tips, Formatting, naming, Revision, writing, writing tips

• 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

• Tumblr

  Big news flash and sounding of sirens. I have a new Tumblr account. That’s it. I honestly have no idea what I’m going to do with it or if it really has anything to do with my writing and should therefore be brought up here. Probably not. Though I did notice a lot of villain…

  Y. K. Greene

  February 11, 2014

  Backend, Living the Writing Life

  backend bs, blah blah, blather, blathering bs, Help, indie author, muse, musings, random, tumblr

• When To Pay, When NOT To Pay: Book Baby Update

  I’ve previously mentioned BookBaby here in the “you’d have to be crazy to pay these prices for this ‘service’ which you could do just as well yourself for free,” column of my When To Pay, When NOT to Pay series. Things have changed though so I suppose it’s worth a quick update. The primary sticking…

  Y. K. Greene

  January 23, 2014

  Backend, Formatting, Living the Writing Life, Marketing, Writing

  backend bs, BookBaby, ebook, Formatting, indie author, When Not To Pay

• 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

• Book Interior Formatting: Dotting Your I’s and Crossing Your T’s – Final Checklist

  Formatting. Every time I finish a book and start the process of formatting it for print, I have to run around and look at at a thousand different pages trying to remember everything I know about formatting. Every time, I end up looking up half a dozen new pages because I’ve lost or misplaced my…

  Y. K. Greene

  January 14, 2014

  Backend, Formatting, Living the Writing Life, When To Pay When Not To Pay, Writing

  Ash of Ambitions, backend bs, book covers, Formatting, indie author, When Not To Pay

• Draft2Digital

  By now if you’re an indie publisher, author or hoping to pursue independent publishing in one way or another – you’ve probably heard of Draft2Digital. But just in case you haven’t, Draft2Digital.com is a publishing platform like Smashwords’ infamous meat grinder in that Draft2Digital (D2D) lets you take your unpublished manuscript, format it for various…

  Y. K. Greene

  January 7, 2014

  Backend, Formatting, Living the Writing Life, Writing

  Amazon, backend bs, basics, Createspace, Draft2Digital, ebook, Formatting, iBook, Koble, Nook, publishing, Revision, Smashwords, Tips, writing tips

• 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