Inside My Notebooks
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If Before October Ends Had Landed in My ARC Inbox
What would Lupe Farkas write if Before October Ends had arrived in her ARC inbox from…
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Indie Author Experiment Day 28: 36 Emails, Kindness & Growth
Day 28 of the Indie Author Experiment brought 36 author emails, three emotional hours, unexpected kindness,…
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Day 27: Saturday Woke Up, Google Found Me and Amazon Is Next
Saturday finally decided to show some love. Website visitors rose, Google began surfacing more of my…
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The Indie Author Experiment Day 26: Something Is Moving
Day 26 of The Indie Author Experiment brings rising website traffic, podcast growth, stronger social discovery…
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Indie Author Experiment Day 25: The “Penguin Life” Email, a Book Trailer and Friday Numbers
Friday came with receipts. I’m sharing the emails behind a fake “Penguin Life” publishing inquiry, the…
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Indie Author Experiment Day 24: Kindness, Tumblr and the Old Internet
Kindness is spreading, Tumblr is alive, and Coca-Cola still owes me a reply. Day 24 brings…
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Indie Author Experiment Days 20 & 21: Week 3, Two Books Sold & The Chosen Begins
Three weeks into my one-year indie author experiment, the numbers are finally telling a story: social…
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Indie Author Experiment, Day 19: Love Songs, Frozen Pizza & Google God Goes Cross-Platform
An 82-year-old man made me cry, Riverside ate 45 minutes, Goodreads put me at #44, Google…
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Indie Author Experiment Day 18: Tumblr Is Back, My Book Is Being Read, and I Asked the Bloody Question
Tumblr is talking back, my book is being read, Google knows I exist, and I finally…
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He Is 91. And He Is Still Dreaming.
A wonderfully old-fashioned email from a 91-year-old author arrived exactly when my own little saboteur was…