by casblomberg | Jan 13, 2015 | Blog, Blogging, Book, self-publishing, Writing
If you’ve already self-published (or plan to self-publish) a novel, you’ve probably heard of a thing called beta readers. Beta readers are those wonderful readers who get a chance to read your novel before it goes to the masses and tell you what they think...
by casblomberg | Oct 8, 2014 | Blog, Blogging, creativity, self-publishing, Writing
Yesterday, I ran across Dylan Hearn’s post, The Ten Worst Writing Tips I’ve Received. He warns the readers the tips are ones that did not work for him, but acknowledges everyone is different. He also doesn’t seem to mind if you counter his points,...
by casblomberg | Sep 16, 2014 | Blog, Blogging, creativity, Fantasy, publishing, self-publishing, SFF, Sweden, Writing
I got the message yesterday at 10:00 am. “Marie at work thought you might be interested in this.” In the e-mail from my husband, I found a link to an announcement on LinkedIn about a Pop-up Bookstore. Authors were encouraged to come listen to three...
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 | 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...
