So I bit the bullet and changed the cover for Sunspots. Got a lot of negative feedback and yes, it did look kinda cheesy and wasn’t feeling the love. I do all my own work and
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Defeats, successes, and reading The Goldfinch
So Sunspots never made it to the next level of ABNA and the reviews were available today. One reviewer seemed to like it and the other, well, hated it. You need two yes votes to move on.
Continue ReadingTribute to Mickey Rooney and other musings
I met Mickey Rooney. More than just met him, I actually interviewed him for a column I wrote for a tabloid in Jacksonville, Fla. It was a long time ago and as I think about
Continue ReadingThe disillusionment and education of being an indie author
As an Indie Author, I am at the mercy of tour companies, reviewers, and ad response at websites and newsletters. Some of these experiences have been great, most not so great. Some ads at first were great
Continue ReadingAuthors are uniting
So there is a petition going around to have Amazon get on the ball and stop the snarky trolls from attacking authors by making all reviewers use their real names. Seems these nasties use sock
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