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Author: claire

Vanity Publishing or Indie Publishing – You Decide.

When we look at the technicalities of publishing, my business would in some ways come under the title of Vanity Publisher.  I dislike this title – to me Vanity Publishers are generally rip off artists who charge to much and don’t do their job properly.  How they can charge so much is mind blowing.  I…
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A Tough Decision – Don’t blame the Book Blogger Blame Your Fellow Indies :(

A good blog from a reviewer…sadly true and wishing it wasn’t.

Tutorial for Auto Indents

It seems to be that time again.  A learning curve for me a couple of years ago doesn’t mean all authors and writers are aware of how Auto Indents work and are made.  I still see some Indents in eBook which are way to big.  To me this shows lack of learning and professionalism of…
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12 Self-Publishing Services Authors Should Beware

ALLi’s Watchdog points out the hidden pitfalls of 12 services commonly marketed to indie authors. Source: 12 Self-Publishing Services Authors Should Beware

Ghostly Writes Blog Tour 2016

    It is time to introduce you all to our amazing, horror filled, ghostly, scary halloween Anthology.   Ghostly Writes Anthology will be released as close to 31st October as an eBook on all major distribution sites (always issues with Amazon and FREE books)  This eBook will be FREE so if you like a…
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Write how we Read

Something I stumbled on the other day.  I know alot of writers probably start to write for themselves or their families.  Then you make a sale or two and think…maybe I can write and make some money as well.  Now is the time to write.  The question is “How do you Write?” On a personal…
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Making your book FREE on Kindle

I would say ‘what a joke.’  It is idiotic how KINDLE treat authors who wish to give their books away.  How hard can it be and why is it so hard to do this with Kindle? Why is it so hard?   I have no bloody idea.  They could make it simple like Smashwords, Google…
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Indie Editing & Local Book Stores

Bashed after professional editing and no it wasn’t by my excellant Editor.  It seems to get a book into a bookstore your book has to be perfect if you are an Indie Author – never mind the bloody Traditional Published books which nearly always have one or two errors in them. The Bookstore owners sure…
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Human Writing or…

Yesterday I was introduced to a topic from a post on Facebook which I had never honestly thought about before.  Writing in a certain culture, heritage or colour.  Weird.  I had never thought I couldn’t or shouldn’t write as a black or asian man or woman or anything else for that matter.  In fact the…
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