Okay my little blog buddies, I’ve been playing around with my Kindle 2, nook, and older Sony e-reader, and while I don’t have all the answers, I am ready to share a few things I’ve discovered. All three of these
E-book conversions.
Since we now own a Sony e-reader, a Kindle, and a nook, I’m working on a comparison post on all of them. In the meantime, you can visit Calibre’s site at: http://calibre-ebook.com/ and use it to convert files to write
Writing How-To: Taking Stock of Characters, Pt. 1
Writing How-To: Character development.
Another note on e-piracy.
Okay, for those of you who see auctions where the sellers claim to have resell rights to my e-books, listen up: THOSE ARE ILLEGAL AUCTIONS. Period. In fact, most auctions of fiction e-books are ILLEGAL. It doesn’t matter what their
Releases Available on Kindle
For the most up-to-date listing of my Kindle releases, hit my Amazon author pages for my various pen names: Tymber Dalton Lesli Richardson Macy Largo Tessa Monroe
Writing How-To: Who’s In Third? Omnipotent limitations.
The first “official” (meaning not a freebie, one I had to pay money for) purchase I made on our new Kindle was Stephen King’s “Under the Dome.” Now, I cut my writing teeth on SK in high school. He was
Writing How-To: "And then, suddenly…"
Deus ex machina. Literally, “god from the machine.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina You’ve seen it before. It’s the object that turns up exactly at the perfect time the characters need it to get out of their life-threatening fix. It’s the character who suddenly
Not "Just" a Card.
Hubby’s birthday is February 18th, so we usually manage to combine Valentine’s Day and his birthday. (Hey, if I get screwed every year because my birthday is close to or ON Mother’s Day, it’s fair as far as I’m concerned.)
Upgrades…
Sorry, I was too lazy to find my digital camera and take a picture of my actual computer. This is my new red Toshiba Satellite T135 I picked up yesterday. Yes, it’s smaller than my regular Toshi, it’s got a
Unsung hero in the piracy war.
Patricia McLinn is my new hero. (Or should I say heroine?) She decided to hit the file pirate sites where it really hurts–in their ad sales revenue. http://www.ninc.com/blog/index.php/archives/a-call-to-protect-copyrights You have to read about how she got AT&T to sit up,
Sweet addiction.
I found this and their dark chocolate version at Wallyworld in the peanut butter section. I LOOOOOVE this stuff. ilovepeanutbutter.com “They tried to make me go to rehab, and I said no, no, no…” *Asshat FTC blog disclaimer: I paid
Writing How-To: Special Snowflake Follow-Up.
Wow. I’m totally blown away (in a good way) to the response to my “You are Not a Special Snowflake” post. I also had no idea (and I had many private responses besides the ones in the comments) how many
"Safe Harbor" up for book of the week!
*Shameless begging for votes to follow.* My Tymber Dalton book, “Safe Harbor,” is up for book of the week over at Whipped Cream Erotic Romance Reviews. Voting is open until Sunday night, and I would appreciate any and all votes:
Publishing, Pirate Prattle, and Pay
There is this myth going around the pirate sites that they think published writers are rich, so if they steal files from them, it’s not hurting them, it’s only hurting “fat cat publishers.” Well, here’s another myth about to go
Writing How-To: You Are Not a Special Snowflake.
I was having a private email discussion back and forth with another writer who, like me, has found better than average success writing for indie e-publishers. They told me something that so totally resonated with me that yes, I have