selfpublishing Tag Posts Index

Place of Infinite Miracles (Book Review)

I was thrilled when I heard @ericvancewalton was writing a new book. I came to this platform very young, and I think I can say without fear of sounding corny or

I Did IT! I finally did it!

After days of toiling away in photoshop and learning many new programs, including DIY Email Setup: Custom Domain, Netlify DNS & ProtonMail Integration for 3

An educational deep dive to the deepest depths to educate, enlighten, delight and empower

Well hello educators out there around the world, giving your all every day to teach young minds the best that they can be- to themselves and the world. I hope that

The Day Has Finally Arrived…

Kindle Pre-Orders Begin Now! The day I’ve been waiting for for the past five months is finally here—the Kindle (eBook) version of my newest book is available for

The Heebie Jeebies (aka, The Pre-Launch Jitters)

Today I’m making final preparations for my new book, Poetry from the Edge of the Apocalypse, to launch (the date will be announced within the next week). As I’m

Coming Down to the Wire

AI is Getting Crazy Good My talented friend and renowned tattoo artist Greg Lehman sent me the above picture today. As you can see he’s really mastering ChatGPT.

Poems from the Edge of the Apocalypse - Book Cover Design

A striking book cover is the single most important element of book design. Your book's cover will serve as your work's first impression to the world (no pressure)!

Book Progress Update

Creating a self-published book requires a lot more work than most people think. The work is far from done when the final draft of the manuscript is complete.

Technology is Showing Up in the Least Likely of Places

Since becoming a homeowner again last November I’ve been amazed by not only how far technology has come but also how just many different products it’s crept into.

Announcing My New Book - Poems from the Edge of the Apocalypse

To be honest, it’s been a turbulent last couple of years for this Hivian. There was a time, not too long ago, when I believed my publishing days were behind me.

I self-published a novel!

Hello everyone, hope you are all well. I know it has been a very long time. Just wanted to let people who were following my creative writing pursuits and everyone

the Zine Shop hits the Road

I never wanted to turn into the type of artist who works entirely digitally. The whole reason I got into art was the tactic experience. I love to create booklets,

Was Self-Publishing the Wrong Choice?

Self-Published Collection A few months ago, I posted about self-publishing my poetry collection. Yes, poetry. I think that's extremely a hard sell already, whether

What is a Zine? 📚 the Art of Homemade Booklets 📖🖌

The world of publishing is heavily gate-kept to keep mainstream ideas the norm, which in turn makes it very hard for new writers to get their work out there. That

Show; don''t tell ? Not for audio books (yet)

There is a common advice many fiction authors give when it comes to writing style, and that advice is: "Show; don't tell". The idea is that the reader

The Journey of Hypersensitivosaurus and Cold Turkey - Diarrhea of a Creative Part ...

The word about Hypersensitivosaurus is still spreading, day by day, without me forcing it ( Let's say that I don't have any apostles that I instructed to go to the

Celebrating the not so small Victories - I Sold 5 Books This Week - Diarrhea of a Creative - Part 8

Now let's not make things too confusing, with "this week", I basically mean to say: In the last 7 days or so. I am aware of the fact that it's Monday today,

And yet it moves!

“No matter who you are, no matter what you do, you absolutely, definitely have the power to change.” BILL PHILLIPS Probably the right title for this post would have

Special New Podcast - A Conversation with Clare on Creativity and our Book Creation Process

It has been a while since I last shared about my podcasting, or even recorded a podcast, but today I both recorded and am sharing a very special episode and it wasn't

The First Shipment of My Books Arrived - The Imperfection Saga Continues...

Le moment suprême finally arrived, today, I received the (re)print of my second book, Hypersensitivosaurus and Cold Turkey. The print came out mirrored but I would