Tag: independent publishing
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Audiobooks: Not Just Spoken Books
Now Hear This! Audiobooks Are Not Just Spoken Books, Part 2 Navigating Distribution Channels Come to think of it…Navigating audiobook distributionis not as simple as the “red, right, returning” rule of nautical navigation. No sooner had I cried, “Done!” with recording Chick Stories than I faced getting it to market. My contract with Drew Howard…
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Now Hear This!
Audiobooks Are Not Just Spoken Books, Part 1 Finding My Voice Come to think of it…Writing, reading, and speaking are totally different proficiencies. When is an audiobook not a book? When it’s crying out loud! And that’s where I found myself in the midst of producing the audiobook version of Chick Stories, a Memoir of…
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Chick Stories now on YouTube
Share the Adventures Lived, Laughter Shared, and Lessons Learned on YouTube Are you a chick? Do you have a story? Do you like eavesdropping on other women’s stories? Then this channel is for you. Inspired by Chick Stories, the memoir and presented in short, casual conversations, the Chick Stories YouTube Channel features women sharing their…
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Maximize Book Success with Amazon Reviews
Come to think of it,are you relevant? This afternoon, a friend told me she had just finished reading Chick Stories. She related a story in her own life that was similar to one of mine. “One of the reasons I wrote the memoir,” I said, “was to encourage readers to connect with the adventures lived,…
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HOUNDED Wins Gold in 2025 FAPA Contest
The 2025 Annual Florida Authors and Publishers Association (FAPA) President’s Book Awards recognized Hounded as a gold medal winner in the Middle-Grade (Children/Young Adult) Fiction Category. Hounded, a contemporary coming-of-age novel inspired by the legendary Irish warrior Cú Chulainn, is illustrated by William E. Green III. The FAPA President’s Book Awards Program recognizes book publishing…
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Got a Book Inside You?
What Are the Odds of Getting It Published? Writer and friend Deborah Garafano found the “Odds of Getting Published” by Dean Talbot an interesting read. Originally published on February 2, 2023, some of the statistics reported in the article may have changed, but the odds of an author getting his or her work traditionally published…
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Hounded into a Story
As published in the Gazette, a publication of the Gulf Coast Writers Association, January 2025 Imagine a Celtic Karate Kid in a Percy Jackson adventure. The result is Hounded, a contemporary coming-of-age novel inspired by the legendary Irish warrior, hero, and demigod Cú Chulainn [koo KULL-an]. Written for a middle-grade audience, Hounded tells the story…
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Join the HOUNDED Advance Team
I’m excited to announce that Hounded will be available on Amazon October 29, 2024. One of the most important things an author can do is to launch with a ton of Amazon customer reviews. I’d love your help with this. Book reviews can make or break a book on Amazon. The quantity of reviews—good and…