Tag: indie author
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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…
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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
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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:
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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,…
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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)…
Blargle Splect: Writerly Musings & Blather 