Revisiting an old post!

Something that’s always been difficult for me is finding a community. As most authors are, I’m pretty introverted, and this makes face-to-face interactions difficult sometimes. I get anxiety when I see people that I recognize, and sometimes I’ll go out of my way to not have to talk to them. I’ve always understood that finding a group of other authors to commune with was necessary, but I didn’t realize how connected it would make me feel until I realized that I’d accidentally

This week has been incredibly trying, starting with a project that I’ve easily invested 20 hours of work into not wanting to cooperate. Last night by the time I got up from my computer, I just wanted to bang my head on my desk and cry. I’d spent four hours downloading and uploading and trying to learn script just to make this thing work, with nothing to show for it. Now, as I sit here, I think I may have solved my problem, and I’m praying to all the book-gods to make this sol

So this week in my Wednesday News post I mentioned a surprise! And this post is it! I went to Dallas Fan Expo over the weekend and I was struck with an idea. Actually, my fabulous hubs, who knows the deepest little desires of my heart, suggested this idea. Are you dying to know what it is?? I’m making custom armor! And not just any armor, but armor based on characters from the sequel to Return to Royalty! As you guys know by now, I’m a very visual person. I like to have thing

I was tagged by the amazing Tolkien-fiend E. E. Rawls to participate in a blog hop! It’s my first one ever, so yay! I had to dig way back into the archives, almost seven years ago, to this little guy: Well Hello TherePosted on December 12, 2010 Hi! I have never had a blog before, so this is going to be an adventure for me! I will try to post something fairly regularly, however I cannot guarantee that it will be every day. Mostly look for story tid-bits and excerpts. I’m sure

This week is going to be a little light. I’m writing this on Tuesday night because by the time it hits on Friday I will be heading to a cruise ship! Yay! So instead of a usual post, I’m going to share a video that I did as part of a web series for my publishing company called NOW WHAT? This is part three, but you can find the rest on Facebook and YouTube. Leave a comment on what you think! What’s your experience been with covers? #writing #behindthescenes #advice #YA #books #

This week I was originally going to talk about character sketches. I had some more crudely-drawn images for you guys! But I joined a few new writing groups on Facebook, and I’m so surprised by what most authors don’t know! So this week we’re going to talk about ISBNs. ISBN and Barcode for Return to Royalty! What is an ISBN? ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number. It is the number on the top of the picture up there. One agency per country is designated to issue ISB

I am proud to announce today that Infinity Flower Publishing is now offering editorial services! If you’re like me, you’re an author who has big dreams but little money. And that’s okay! I want to make editing and proofreading options affordable for us little guys. So far this year, just on editing alone, I’ve spent more than $500. That’s a lot when your book is still in production! That means right off the bat, to recoup my costs, I have to make that back, and then some. I’m

This is so true. My best place to write used to be beside my bed, on the floor where no one could see me when I was in high school. I would sit there for hours and crank words out. Now, even though I have a desk, it’s sometimes a struggle to feel like it’s the right place to write. That’s why I cover it with clutter! Drives my hubs crazy, but feels like home to me. by Samantha Fenton Garret: a top-floor or attic room, especially a small dismal one (traditionally inhabited by

If you don’t follow my Wednesday News posts, go here and subscribe! I’ll wait. Now that you’re back, let’s talk more about publishing and LLCs and stuff that I did this week. Something else I’ve been working on is marketing and learning how to write a marketing strategy. I really want big suppliers like Baker and Taylor to carry my book, but they need a fee (doable), a massive amount of books, pre-orders, and a marketing plan (*pulling my hair out*). So the money isn’t really