by Joy | Feb 27, 2020 | authors, dream of authorship, Indie Authors, Publishing
When I was a little girl and first dreamed of being an author, I pictured riding to a fancy rooftop restaurant in a limo, stepping onto a red carpet in fancy heels and greeting excited readers at my book’s Launch Party. Yes, I realize how ridiculous that sounds. I...
by Joy | Nov 7, 2019 | authors, dream of authorship, Indie Authors, Publishing, readers
For Indie Authors, any opportunity to sell our books is cause for excitement. That is, after all, why we went through the grueling process to publish them. How else are they going to get to readers? The thing is, though, events are tricky and they won’t always—or...
by Joy | Oct 16, 2019 | authors, books, fantasy, fiction, Indie Authors, literature, Publishing
We have a special guest today. Please help me welcome one of my dear writer friends, E.E. Rawls, author of Strayborn, a just-out-this-week fantasy meets steampunk tale with characters who face the terrors of coming of age while also learning to use powers of elemental...
by Joy | Oct 3, 2019 | authors, Indie Authors, Publishing, writing process
Working as an Indie Author is a little like attempting to switch hats during a storm with hurricane-force winds while still holding on to the other forty-eight hats in your collection. Yeah. As in a prized hat collection, each of our metaphorical ones has a place...
by Joy | Sep 26, 2019 | authors, doubt and fear, dream of authorship, Publishing
Tuesday marked the beginning of a new chapter in my life—the publication of my first novel. While, in many ways, this has been just another week—each day full of the typical weekly activities and responsibilities (times a thousand, thanks to all the last-minute tasks...
by Joy | Sep 5, 2019 | authors, dream of authorship, goals, Indie Authors, Publishing, Revisions, writers, writing process
The Question I got the question the other day. The one that makes me cringe and frantically glance around for an escape while doing a mental run-through of what the asker’s intentions could be. You know the one. Are you self-published? Well, of course I am; and,...
