Decide you’re finally going to publish. Besides, Amazon says it’s easy. Spend a week trying to figure out how to get Scrivener to work so you can convert your files. Buy the Dummy book and discover you need one for…
Monthly Archives: November 2015
14 Stages of Self-Publishing
Tagged with: Amazon, Cathleen Townsend, CreateSpace, formatting files, Goodreads, self-publishing, Smashwords
Posted in Publishing
Posted in Publishing
I’m Published
I’m sitting here trying to sort out the complex mix of elation/fear/relief/anxiety. The surge of it is quite a potent thing, and it completely overwhelmed me. I managed to go see Mockingjay tonight, and that’s about it. I have an actual…
Suiko and the Puzzle Box–A Children’s Play
This review is a change of pace–a play instead of a novel. I’ve written one play for a pageant, and it’s a lot harder than you’d think. And as a former teacher, I appreciate that it has enough parts that…
Tagged with: Cathleen Townsend, children's play, Stephanie Hunter Nisbet, Suiko and the Puzzle Box
Posted in Book Reviews
Posted in Book Reviews
Interview with Daniel White–Publisher at Thinkerbeat
I met Daniel White at Thinkerbeat, which is a site that I highly recommend. They have frequent contests, and you don’t even have to win to appear in their online magazine if they like your work. Their first anthology, The…
Tagged with: cover art, Daniel White, publishing, The Art of Losing, Thinkerbeat, writing
Posted in The Art of Losing
Posted in The Art of Losing
6 Formatting Tips for Smashwords, Kindle, and CreateSpace
Ugh. Formatting. There is not a single Anglo-Saxon epithet vile enough to do it justice. I hate formatting. I loathe it down to the very toenails of my soul. However, I made it harder on myself than I needed to,…
Tagged with: Cathleen Townsend, CreateSpace, format, Kindle, Linked Table of Contents, Smashwords, Word
Posted in Publishing, Uncategorized
Posted in Publishing, Uncategorized
The Art Of Description: How Much Do You Need?
Originally posted on Allison Maruska:
One of my favorite books is Stephen King’s On Writing, and one of my favorite parts of that book is when he describes the rabbit. Remember that part? After a few sentences, readers pictured a…
Interview with Marian Perera
Our guest this week is one of my friends from Absolute Write, Marian Perera. She was born in Sri Lanka, grew up in Dubai, studied in Texas and lives in Toronto. For now. She works as a medical laboratory technologist by…
Tagged with: Christmas Yet to Come, Marian Perrera, publishing, research, world-building
Posted in Author Interviews
Posted in Author Interviews
Interview with Bleak New World’s Publisher–Clark Chamberlain
Clark Chamberlain is head of Raven International Publishing, the man behind A Bleak New World. What was the story behind the story concerning Bleak New World? How did this book come about? A late night conversation with my old partner about…
Tagged with: Bleak New World, Clark Chamberlain, Raven International Publishing
Posted in Author Interviews
Posted in Author Interviews
Message in a Bottle for 2020
I’m on the verge of being a published writer, and that’s exciting and frightening at the same time. I’ve got spots in two trade anthologies–A Bleak New World and the Art of Losing–which was easy from the publishing standpoint. They…
Advice from a Writers of the Future Contest Judge
Okay, so this is a good news/bad news scenario. I entered the Writer’s of the Future Contest (http://www.writersofthefuture.com/), which I highly recommend, even though they rejected me. Ms. Joni Labaqui, the contest director, carried out the dubious honors of telling…
Tagged with: Cathleen Townsend, David McFarland, Joni Labaqui, story opening, Writers of the Future Contest
Posted in Writing
Posted in Writing
Cathleen Townsend 