Blargle Splect: Writerly Musings & Blather

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is a publishing platform like Smashwords’ infamous meat grinder in that Draft2Digital (D2D) lets you take your unpublished manuscript, format it for various…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

The Return of Free First Fridays

Well I’m pleased to announce that Free First Fridays are returning, sort of. “The Uncertainty of Death,” will be available for free on Amazon all day Friday!

Y. K. Greene

January 2, 2014

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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

I’m Baaack!

Seems like it’s been forever since I’ve been able to sit down and connect to the internet from the comfort of my own home! Of course, while I’ve been away I haven’t been idle – I’ve been working tirelessly on getting “Toxic Ash” ready for release.

Y. K. Greene

December 11, 2013

Books, Eldritch Elysium, Living the Writing Life, Progress, Toxic Ash

Book Interior Formatting: The Dreaded Page Number

Formatting. Everytime 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. Everytime, I end up looking up half a dozen new pages because I’ve lost or misplaced my bookmarks. Everytime,…

Y. K. Greene

December 3, 2013

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

Book Review: Teal Haviland’s “The Reaping Chronicles: Inception”

Time for something completely different. Or so I thought when I picked Teal Haviland’s “The Reaping Chronicles: Inception” out of my ‘to read’ list. It’s been a very long time since I read anything with angels in it (the last time I tried the plot holes were so ginormous I couldn’t finish reading that novel)…

Y. K. Greene

November 26, 2013

Ebook Reviews

99 cent ebooks, Book Reviews, cheap ebooks, ebook, ebook review, Inception, indie author, Teal Haviland, The Reaping Chronicles

Book Review: Liz Shulte’s “The Ninth Floor”

It’s October as I’m writing this and I’m realizing that I don’t have any horror books in my ‘to read’ list. Not a single one. If I didn’t know better I’d say no one was writing horror ebooks at all! So I had to settle for a bit of a thriller Liz Shulte’s “The Ninth…

Y. K. Greene

November 19, 2013

Ebook Reviews

Book Reviews, ebook review, indie author, Liz Schulte, The Ninth Floor