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  • CreateSpace, Game of Thrones, and historical fiction

    But first, a snow update… It’s melting… CREATESPACEMy 2nd adventure with CreateSpace is coming to a close. (If you missed the original adventure, it’s here – a painful tale.) But I am happy to report that it’s better, and easier, the 2nd time around. I’m formatting Raji Singh’s Tales of the Fiction for print. We…

  • Adventures in self-publishing: using CreateSpace

    The journey began a few days after Christmas. Take 1 Word document and format it, convert to PDF and upload to Amazon CreateSpace. Easy. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! WARNING: LONG POST AHEAD! I read [some of] the online help. I’m usually pretty darn good with technology (if I do say so myself), so I had no qualms about…

  • Thursday Walks…

    Most of us are still struggling to get through cold, snow, and flooding rains washing away roads (a nod to my friend Jaime in Kentucky – stay safe). So let’s walk through the flowers in this garden near Palm Springs, California, and dream of spring and warmer weather. BLOG HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK This will…

  • Is it still Thursday?

    This. In a Bah! Humbug! kinda way. I’m not talking about Christmas. I’m lamenting the frustrations of working with technology. Can that be my excuse for not posting my usual “Thursday Walks” yesterday? If the truth be told, my tardiness is due to two adventures that side-tracked me this week: 1) formatting my manuscript for…