Monthly Archive: September 2011

Sep 22

You’ve Got to Love the Internet…

So the first book is uploaded and there it is for all to see.  Wrong!  There is much marketing to be done if I want anyone to see it, and to a newby, it is somewhat overwhelming.  Use social media, the battle cry rings out! Alrighty, well I have been on Facebook for some time, …

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Sep 17

Spies & Lies Lives…

As I watch the downloads for Spies & Lies, I feel justification that folks have chosen to download the book (or perhaps the first few chapters). Putting yourself out there, as I imagine most authors feel, is frightening.  More so, I think, then sending the prescribed manuscripts in the prescribed form to the publishing houses, …

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Sep 10

The Biggest Step…

The biggest step in this process was to push the button and thus, make the book public.  Was I ready to share my characters and stories with everyone else?  Yes, that’s why this process, but in a tiny corner of my heart, I hated to let them go. Now that the deed is done, I’m …

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Sep 06

Reality is scary…

Today, I pushed the button. I uploaded Spies & Lies. I will admit, here and now, that the entire process when viewed in the future, is far different from when you actually upload.  You have made a decision, you have put yourself (or part thereof) out for the world to analyze. Scary. But to quote …

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