by Ironspike | May 28, 2013 | News, Writing
Last year I released by my book – BloodLoss – Ten Twisted Tales on Amazon. I used Adobes InDesign CS6 with the Kindle plug-in to render an uploadable mobi file. Things worked great – the world was at peace. Now that I have some free time, I’m trying to render an...
by admin | May 6, 2013 | News, Tidbits
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted something that is not related to writing. I have to say – I like my old blog posts better. I like the zombie-fied faces I would randomly share or the off-beat-video-game rants. Ever since I started blogging about my writing endeavors...
by Ironspike | Apr 10, 2013 | General, News
A few months ago in a conversation with a friend, he mentioned that he hadn’t read my book because it wasn’t an Audiobook. This was all in jest. At first thought, I blew it off. My book on Amazon has slowed to a crawl in sales. I was spending a lot of time formatting...
by Ironspike | Mar 25, 2013 | General, News
Status Check… Five months ago, I self-published my very first book of short stories. This article is aimed at those of you who are on the road to publishing your first piece of work. This is from my experience and viewpoint alone. This self-publishing thing is hard...
by Ironspike | Mar 5, 2013 | General, News
What people don’t understand, that as an author, you open your self to the world. You show them something you created from start to finish. Honestly, from my experience, it’s scary. I’ve always been a very private person and letting the whole world know some of the...
by Ironspike | Feb 9, 2013 | News
I’ve had a busy few months! Finally had a time to breathe. Here’s a shotgun status update: November I released my book and spent time trying to promote it. I a work full-time job about 15 miles from home. Due to building lease issues, our company allowed us to...