An Extended Giveaway & Distribution News
Posted on Jan 13, 2013 in Blog, Books, Publishing | 3 comments
As many of you may be aware, I’ve had all of my books exclusive to Amazon for some time. There are several reasons for this, but part of it has been that by doing this, I’ve been able to have my books in the Kindle Online Lending Library. And, in truth, I’ve made quite a bit of money from that. (For those who aren’t aware, I get paid by Amazon every time someone checks out...
Read MoreStop Moving The Goal Post
Posted on Jan 1, 2013 in Blog, Writing Advice | 3 comments
As I’ve said in years past, I’m not one to make New Year’s Resolutions. I make New Day’s Resolutions (on good days—when I want to stretch my limits. On bad days, I crawl out of bed, take a shower, feed myself, and feel damn proud that I made the effort.) But in the past two years, I have taken the change of year as a time to rethink my professional goals, tweak plans,...
Read MoreTutorial: Ebook Formatting
Posted on Dec 23, 2012 in Blog, Publishing, Technology | 0 comments
Last week I did a video on formatting your manuscript for CreateSpace, so this week I decided to follow-up by creating a similar walkthrough illustrating how to create .mobi (Kindle) and .epub files. Soon (according to Mark Coker, within weeks) we will be able to upload epub files to Smashwords rather than using the meatgrinder. I’m pretty excited about this, because I’m planning to...
Read MoreFormatting for CreateSpace
Posted on Dec 13, 2012 in Blog, Publishing | 5 comments
Being an independently published (aka self-published) author is sometimes overwhelming. There’s so much to learn, such as how to do (or hire) cover art, how to format for all the many types of ebooks, how to format for print, blogging, social media, interviews, distribution, marketing, getting reviews, how to choose effective paid advertising, how to choose the most effective price point… it...
Read MoreDruid Lords Available Now
Posted on Dec 3, 2012 in Blog, Books, My Writing | 0 comments
So, it was an exciting weekend, partly because, for once, I’m ahead of schedule. I’d originally planned to release Druid Lords on December 14th, but I somehow managed the writerly equivelent of catching every light green on the way home from work. I announced it Friday night to my newsletter audience, but in the event you missed out over the weekend, here are the relevant links! Buy...
Read MoreThe Naked Writer Project
Posted on Sep 27, 2012 in Blog, Writing | 15 comments
Author Silvia Hartmann has decided to do something interesting and brave called The Naked Writer Project. She’s doing something that I can’t imagine doing: writing a book publicly. Yes, if you want, you can go to her GoogleDocs page and see her work in progress and subscribe to her Facebook feed to be notified of when she’ll be typing away. Now, I don’t think she’s...
Read MoreMeet India Drummond
I'm a lot of other things, but mostly I'm a writer. I like books with fast action, scary killers, fantasy worlds, and a dash of romance. Maybe even all four at once. To see what types of books I write, click "Fantasy Series" in the nav bar. -- To get in touch with me, click Contact India and send me an email. 
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