I haven’t posted in over 6 months. No excuses. Just real
life happening. Since my last post, I did get a job as a Med/Surg telemetry RN
on nights. So, I have had to adjust to a whole new schedule. And then the COVID
virus struck. I had to learn how to homeschool my grandson with the whole e
learning bit. I have to say the last few months have not been boring. I figure I
can commit to 2 blogs a month for now.
I have finally published Secrets of Jenkins Bridge on
Amazon. It just went live today. Now I am learning (the struggle is REAL) how
to use Adobe Photoshop to make my print cover version for the book so I can
submit it for the print version. I just may need to find a book designer for
this one!
I have to say I have a new appreciation for editors and publishers.
Now I know the importance of proper formatting for just kindle alone. And it
seems every other reader (B&N, Apple, Google etc) all have different
formatting rules. Like I said...a new appreciation. If you want to be an indie
writer, take everything into consideration. I did not know it would take me
several hours…yes several…to format for kindle. And then another several hours
to format for print version for kindle. And that is just Amazon.
I found Smashwords which seems to be a great place to
publish ebooks and their “meatgrinder” (love the name) will run it through and
format for all the different readers and sites. That is what I am currently
working on-setting my manuscript back up for their standards and submitting it
to them.
I did receive my rights back to The Wishing Wreath, the All
I Want for Christmas anthology with SoulMate Publishing. I am considering
putting it up for free on Amazon. It is such a great short story.
Indie authors, how did fare self-publishing? Do you have any
little gold nuggets or suggestions for me?
