In the previous post I told why I prefer Smashwords as a writer. Now I’m going to put my reader’s hat on! The writer hates she can’t download her own books from Amazon: my books on my Kindle are all Smashwords files. I have no idea what the customer gets except for the preview before [...]
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Random Friday
Posted by Barb on May 4, 2012
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Writer Wednesday
First I’ll send you to Smashwords blog for a post on new viral catalysts. I’m also reading Mark Coker’s Secrets to e-publishing success, but I’ll do a full review when I’m done, LOL. Well, I’ve read the part where Mark Coker credits Joleene Naylor for his new cover… I should hire her for my future [...]
Posted by Barb on May 2, 2012
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/writer-wednesday-13/
Writer Wednesday
I shall open this post with Kris Rusch analysis of the publishing world in her excellent post about Scarcity and Abundance. I think there is abundance indeed, which is good for readers, but can be very frustrating for writers. A Goodreads author “retires” from the marketplace after four books on KDP, burned out by his [...]
Posted by Barb on March 21, 2012
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/writer-wednesday-7/
Writer Wednesday
Apparently Scott Turow’s rant against Amazon was a faux pas rebutted by Joe Konrath & Barry Eilser (who also mention David Gaughran‘s excellent post on the topic and add an open letter to Mr Turow by author Suzanne White) – it’s a long read, but worth it. My take on the whole paper vs.ebooks or [...]
Posted by Barb on March 14, 2012
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/writer-wednesday-6/
Random Friday
I’ll be a reader today instead of an author, even if DeAnna Knippling post on ebook pricing is mostly for authors! As you probably know, I bought my Kindle for my b-day last August. I downloaded some free writing books, but I don’t know if and when I’ll read them (I’m sick of non-fiction on [...]
Posted by Barb on March 2, 2012
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/random-friday-6/
Writer Wednesday
Smashwords has been down most of yesterday and KDP isn’t that fast in making books public, but finally before dinner I was able to upload also on Smashwords. Except they were backlogged, so I didn’t manage to see the titles go live before going to bed. I might have to update with the links today, [...]
Posted by Barb on February 15, 2012
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/writer-wednesday-2/
Writerly updates
Hope you had a great weekend. I did my necessary socializing but also had some time to go through half of the latest book – and then spent Monday trying to mend plot holes that weren’t there in the first place! Happens when you add characters or write a new related story that changes some [...]
Posted by Barb on November 22, 2011
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/writerly-updates/
New releases
Hope you had a great, creative weekend. I can’t complain! I’ve put up two short story collections and updated a couple of shorts that were already out – and were free; not anymore. The only things that will remain free are the ones that showed up on this very blog or Serial Central, i.e. Starblazer [...]
Posted by Barb on November 8, 2011
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Indie authors
The daily prompts weren’t very inspiring, so I found some food for thought on the Smashwords website. July 30, 2011 – Prequel backfires. I was browsing over at Amazon this morning and was surprised to run across a hoard of scathing reviews for Jason Pinter’s The Hunter. Pinter’s a well-respected indie author, yet readers were [...]
Posted by Barb on August 3, 2011
http://creativebarbwire.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/indie-authors/
My name is Barb, and I'm a writer, sometimes an artist, mostly a world-creator and storyteller of fantasy worlds. I have more than one pen-name and write in more than one genre.
I blog about life, the universe... OK, you can guess I'm a writer, but not Douglas Adams, so I'll leave the Hitchhiker's Guide aside. And no, I'm not going to spam you by only rambling about my books - if you're interested, just go to the dedicated pages, thank you.
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