The Administration of the Authorpreneur

Whew, guys? I'm freakin' overwhelmed. I'm not great at the whole "taking care of myself" thing. Part of that comes from being socialized female, which twists the "taking care of oneself" bit until it seems like it can only come on the heels of "taking care of everyone else (even when they haven't asked for your help and don't want it)". Partly because I've got this bone-deep sensation that I should have been left on the side of the road as an infant and not cursed the world with my presence. (Oh, sure, I know that's not actually true. Mostly.

April 7th, 2015|Categories: blog|Tags: , , |
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Happy Indieversary to Me!

Party This Way by Garry Knight, on Flickr I have been self-publishing for a year! [Insert whatever that sound is that people play for parties.] Man. What a fucking trip. I have published seven novels (plus one more this week), seven novellas, and one twelve part serial. And a lot of stories and scenes and fun stuff here on the blog. In fact, I've published 150 posts here on the blog, which is, indeed, more writing out in the world. I'm gonna yammer on a bit. I know. You're shocked. Before. I always knew I was going to

February 9th, 2015|Categories: blog|Tags: , , |

Okay, continuing with the–ahem–experimentation…

I'm gonna start selling some books here on the site. This may be a short-lived experiment, but let's chat for a minute about book buying. I buy a lot of books from Amazon. I like the Kindle app better than the Nook app, I don't have an iPhone, and I guess I've always just assumed Kobo didn't have an app (though now that I'm writing it, that seems silly). I should look into the Kobo app idea. I could stand to support Kobo. I don't sell in double digits over there, but they're real supportive of self-publishers. Like, they occasionally say

February 8th, 2015|Categories: blog|Tags: , , , |

Oh, goals. You’re so cute.

When I started publishing, I thought I wanted to write full time. That was my only goal. I wanted to write fiction full time and quite the day job. That, my friends, was a child's goal. It was, and still is, a good goal, but it was overly simplistic, and assumed a world of do this or don't do this. When in reality, as we know, though I keep having to remind myself, each decision is made up of a million tiny decisions, a million incremental shifts one way or the other. That's the whole "slippery slope" thing, right? "It's a slippery slope!

January 11th, 2015|Categories: blog|Tags: , , |

Publishing Update: September, 2014

So, I'm listening to David Gaughran on the Rocking Self Publishing Podcast, and I'm feeling moved to do a little update dance here on the site for my self-pub brethren. I'm gonna do a list, cause that's how I find this info most frequently. Also, for the sake of simplicity, I'm calling The Scientific Method one book, even though it began life as six episodes and a box set. 2014: February Books out: 1 Vendors: 2 (Amazon and Smashwords) Sales: 21 March Books out: 2 Vendors: 3 (Amazon, Smashwords, ARE) Sales: 101 April Books out: 3 Vendors: 3 (Amazon, Smashwords, ARE) Sales:

September 22nd, 2014|Categories: blog|Tags: , , |