Monthly Archives: April 2012

• Needs More Sex

  Posted on April 28, 2012 by OliviaDCraig in Talking About Writing

  I was walking my dog this afternoon, which on the weekend means I have company.  A friend who has a sweet, funny dog the same size as my papillon walks with my pooch and me.  She is a wonderful person, intelligent and kind.  Strolling together while our dogs sniff their way along the sidewalk is [...]

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• It’s Always So Difficult to Talk about Money

  Posted on April 24, 2012 by OliviaDCraig in Marketing, Publishing

  You don’t have to work too hard to find blog posts–lots and lots of blog posts–about Kindle Direct Publishing and pricing strategies.  There are a dozen or more different theories out there about how an author should price their work.  Some favor a low price point, which encourages readers to take a chance on an [...]

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• How Did This Happen?

  Posted on April 23, 2012 by OliviaDCraig in Publishing

  I’ve tried to be very honest as I’ve navigated the whole indie publishing thing.  I will be the first to confess, I don’t really know what I’m doing.  I’ve tried to rectify that as best I can by reading various blogs and posts, and seeing what popular authors in my genre are doing.  But sometimes, [...]

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• I’m Back

  Posted on April 16, 2012 by OliviaDCraig in Publishing

  Howdy, all.  Sorry to have disappeared for a time.  I’ve been running around Turkey for the last week or so with a dear friend, my sister and her fifteen year old daughter (aka my niece).  We had a blast.  We shopped and ate and gaped with awe at some of the country’s gorgeous art and [...]

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• What’s Next?

  Posted on April 5, 2012 by OliviaDCraig in Marketing

  Being a newbie published author, I don’t yet have a feel for the cycle of things. In the past, whenever I wanted to write, I’d complete my story, share it with readers and then go on to my next project. If people liked it, they’d generally let me know. But once I’d typed “The End,” [...]

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• My First Misstep (of no doubt many)

  Posted on April 3, 2012 by OliviaDCraig in Now What?

  So Redemption has been up on Amazon for a couple of days now.  I have to say, I’m pretty pleased with how it’s gone so far.  It’s been hovering right around the 20th position in the Kindle Gay Romance category (getting as high as #18!) and sales have been steady. Everyone who’d told me the [...]

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• More Life (and Publishing) Lessons

  Posted on April 1, 2012 by OliviaDCraig in Publishing

  I keep talking about learning when it comes to this indie publishing adventure.  It happens every day in ways both small and humbling.  What did I learn when I hit the Save and Publish button last night? It’s virtually impossible to try and upload something so that it hits an exact target release date.  Case [...]

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