by casblomberg | Aug 12, 2014 | Blogging, Book, books, Business, Life, self-publishing, twitter
At the beginning of May I created a Twitter account. Within that first week I gained 12 followers (maybe it was 11). When the confetti settled, I had no idea how to get more. I decided to stroll around the neighborhood and introduce myself. A few clicks later and I...
by casblomberg | Aug 4, 2014 | Blogging, books, Life, Reading
According to this reading infographic from Common Sense Media, 75% of families have access to some type of e-reader, and yet 27% of 17-year-olds said they ‘never’ or ‘hardly ever’ read. 45% of 17-year-olds said they only read a book once or...
by casblomberg | Jul 28, 2014 | Amazon, Blogging, books, publishing
I did it. I signed the petition calling for Amazon to release Hatchette books. There’s so much anger about this issue out there, I’m half-frightened I’ll turn around and find I’m surrounded by an army of my own indie-published peers with raised...
by casblomberg | Jul 21, 2014 | Blogging, books, self-publishing, SFF, Writing
If a madman, or in this case delusional woman, saved your life, how far would you go to keep it? Over the weekend, I launched a short story that explores this question. It all started in the spring of 2009. Browsing the internet one day, I ran across a writing...
by casblomberg | Jul 17, 2014 | Blog, Blogging, books, self-publishing
My husband takes four weeks of vacation and what do I decide to do? What any respectable perfectionist would do–I reorganize. Not just the clean-up type of reorganization either, but the tear-everything-apart-and-toss-out-all-the-junk type. Everything was...
by casblomberg | Jun 11, 2014 | Blogging, books, publishing, Reading, self-publishing, Writing
Many publishers will tell you they are not gatekeepers — at least in the sense of keeping books out. As Rachelle Gardner points out, publishers want to let books in and that makes sense. Unless, of course, you’re one of the authors stranded on the other...
