Why Does Editing Take So Long?

As some of you may have read, I finished the rough draft of Reckless Recon for Camp NaNoWriMo, just before the end of April. So here it is in the middle of June, and it’s not out yet. What gives? In some ways, editing is almost as difficult as writing the rough...

Muddy Colours on Amazon Covers

As I posted on Facebook, I created an entry in my bookshelf for Reckless Recon a couple of days ago. I like to do this a week or two before the book is ready to publish, just to keep my motivation up, to start filling in all the fields (keywords and categories can...

Series vs Standalones – Which Sell Better?

In early December, I released my third book, Twin Curse. Unlike my last novel, Reckless Rebellion, this novel wasn’t part of my current series, or at this stage, any series at all. It was a standalone fantasy romance, so a slightly different genre even. So how...

Writer Achievements and Resolutions

Well, it’s a New Year. A whole new year in which to achieve things. I’m hoping 2014 will be the big year, when I start making more self-publishing than it costs! 2013 was a pretty good year. I published 3 books, which I wouldn’t have predicted at the...

Love it/Hate it?

It’s a fact of life that all of  us are different, and we all like and dislike different things. Some of us prefer horror movies, some like drama, some like comedy. Some of us like to live in the city, some prefer the country. Some of us like sweet food, others...