The indie author world has a unique vocabulary. Words are drawn from traditional publishing, These are commonly used terms in the online world used by indie authors. Many of them have to do with advertising and marketing, but some of these will show up in blog posts, in forums, and social media posts. Also included […]
This post is part of a series about sewing NotQuilts. If you’re unfamiliar with this method, The NotQuilt series begins here. All of the pink butterfly strips are sewn down. That means moving on to filling out the empty spaces with more strips of fabric. Which will require us later in this post to take […]
One thing I learned from my membership in the 20Booksto50K group on Facebook is that there are always new writers appearing who need a guide to the lingo we use. So here are some commonly used terms used with advertising and marketing, along with their commonly known abbreviations (some, like newsletter (NL) would appear only […]
This post is part of a series about sewing NotQuilts. If you’re unfamiliar with this method, The NotQuilt series begins here. The next step in the NotQuilt design was to construct the Roman stripes. From the beginning, I wanted their orientation to alternate with each block, marching across the fashion face like a basket weave. […]
This post is part of a series about sewing NotQuilts. If you’re unfamiliar with this method, The NotQuilt series begins here. I finished sewing down the Dragon Princess grid. It makes a grid, I’ll say that. A very pink grid. A wide, large pink grid. It’s really pink. It doesn’t look like what I had […]
Website vs. social media? There are people who decide to ditch the website in favor of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest. This is not a good idea. You can invest a lot of time and effort in social media, and have fun doing it, but social media has significant shortcomings that can be mitigated or […]
This post is part of a series about sewing NotQuilts. If you’re unfamiliar with this method, The NotQuilt series begins here. I spread Dragon Princess on the floor to check the placement for horizontal strips three and four. They will not be exactly 8½ inches apart. Fortunately, the Roman stripes will conceal the variances in […]
It used to be that an author would have one or more people to act as beta readers to look over a manuscript. It was a spouse, family members, a writer friend (who owes you a massive favor), or the publishing company’s editor. Wherever they come from, their job is to read your jewel-like prose […]
This post is part of a series about sewing NotQuilts. If you’re unfamiliar with this method, The NotQuilt series begins here. The topmost and bottommost horizontal rows are sewn down. Time to work something mathing on the NotQuilt! Dear Daughter and I pulled everything away in the living room. Dragon Princess was spread out on […]
The best writers health care starts with prevention, but when minor illnesses get you down, you don’t have to lie back and take it. It is not the job of The Career Indie Author to dispense medical advice. That said, we can give advice about what to do if you fall ill with a cold […]