Monthly Archives: November 2016

And Now for the Bad News

Posted on November 30, 2016 by midiguru

It seems NaNoWriMo is becoming a cultural tradition. Every November, hundreds of thousands of people apply seat of pants to seat of chair and write a full-length novel. It may be a less bolted-down tradition than the Christmas tree lot, … Continue reading →

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NaNoPubMo: Wrap-Up

Posted on November 30, 2016 by midiguru

It’s harder to publish a novel than to write one. That’s my experience, anyway. After more than 30 days — my NaNoPubMo exercise started in late October — I still don’t have book covers for my series, and nothing else … Continue reading →

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NaNoPubMo Day 27: Got You Covered

Posted on November 27, 2016 by midiguru

Spending money on a website and more money on book covers — I know how to do that. And I can afford it. But if that’s all I do, what’s the point? Good-looking covers and a nice-looking website are NOT … Continue reading →

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NaNoPubMo: Day 24

Posted on November 24, 2016 by midiguru

Thinking about how to spiff up the author website I don’t yet have. Yesterday I sat down and designed the site content, complete with most of the text. Marketing copy is not my favorite thing to write, but thinking of … Continue reading →

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NaNoPubMo: Day 22

Posted on November 22, 2016 by midiguru

Trying to do things in a sensible order. Before I plunk down the big bucks to have someone build me a nice-looking website, I’ll need to have the raw materials in hand. Not just a book cover (that’s in the … Continue reading →

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NaNoPubMo: Day 18

Posted on November 18, 2016 by midiguru

Had to take a few days off after the election to recover my equilibrium. Today I’m getting back to National Novel Publishing Month, my personal (unofficial) project to wrestle with the self-publishing serpents during the month of November. Right now … Continue reading →

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It’s Not Easy Being Green

Posted on November 11, 2016 by midiguru

Taking a little break here from blogging about writing — the election this week has kind of thrown me for a loop, emotionally. Being a roll-up-your-sleeves-and-take-care-of-business kind of guy, I asked myself, “What can I actually do to maybe improve … Continue reading →

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NaNoPubMo: Day 6

Posted on November 6, 2016 by midiguru

Decisions, decisions. Not having found a website creator whose services or procedures made sense to me, I started thinking about doing it myself. I already have an amateur, hand-coded site, but maybe with WordPress — which most of those site … Continue reading →

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NaNoPubMo: Day 4

Posted on November 4, 2016 by midiguru

The process of publishing my novels would be so much smoother and less stressful if I could find a company that would do it all — the website, the book covers, the uploads to ebook shops, and so on. Maybe … Continue reading →

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NaNoPubMo: Day 2

Posted on November 2, 2016 by midiguru

For many years, I’ve maintained the attitude that my job is to write. Marketing, promotion, and distribution are not among my areas of expertise. This idea worked well for me while I was an editor at Keyboard. That was a … Continue reading →

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