Do you have a story you’re burning to share, but no idea how to get from “once upon a time” to “buy now?” Helen Colin did. I want to share the experience of SkipJack’s newest author, how she did it, and how you can too. Helen is a 90-year old Holocaust survivor and beacon of […]
Category: Career
Where have all the SkipJack posts gone?
Greetings, long-neglected followers of the SkipJack Indie Publishing blog. Life got pretty damn busy for Eric and Pamela in the last three months, and all our promised posts just didn’t happen. Sigh… Does it matter that it was a good kind of busy? That Saving Grace is now in all 140 of Hasting Entertainment’s stores, […]
It’s No Contest
I don’t keep it much of a secret that I am a big fan of writing contests. As Garrett Morris used to say on Saturday Night Live, “Contests been veddy veddy good to me.” Or something like that, anyway. So the question isn’t whether I’m a contest proponent, but why. Let me explain the whys, […]
To Nano or Not
I’ve written four novels; one is published (Saving Grace), and three are scheduled for publication over the next few years. Of these four, guess how many I drafted originally during the annual National Novel Writing Month of November (NanoWriMo)? ** THREE ** That’s right — I gave birth to three Sagittarians, then nurtured them in […]
“Don’t just stand there playing with yourself.”
I am often asked how I am so “prolific.” Is it just me, or does prolific sound like a communicable disease, like the kind you might catch from a public toilet? Well, whatever it is, I don’t have it. I do, however, have a fairly strong work ethic, thanks to my father. Any time we […]
Indie Publishing Your First Book
If you are indie-publishing your first book, one of the most important early decisions you will make is about your ultimate goal for your book and writing career. Don’t take this lightly. I mean really think about it, stay up all night, go to your special soul-searching-deciding-place, or whatever you do to make the important […]