Tag: e-publishing

• Writing Life: Progress on my 2nd novel

  Now that my first novel, Deadlines Are Murder, has been out on amazon.com and smashwords.com for a year and has sold about 650 copies, it’s time to get cranking on my second novel, Weddings Are Murder.  While my intentions have been good, my progress has been slow. I can attribute some of this slowness to…

  A. E. Macdonald

  February 14, 2013

  writing

  books, e-publishing, murder mystery, nanowrimo, weddings are murder, work in progress, writing, writing life

• How I self-published my novel

  My intention to write about how I approached e-publishing process got lost in the actual process of publishing my novel. It’s funny how that happens. My intentions were good but, as they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. I started to look for a literary agent in earnest in January 2011…

  A. E. Macdonald

  February 28, 2012

  writing

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• my book cover

  So, my plans to write about my e-publishing process have been thrown to the winds by a new job. In August I was offered a promotion in my day job and I took it. Life has been very hectic now and I need to refigure how I’m going to get time for my writing. Well,…

  A. E. Macdonald

  November 8, 2011

  writing

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• Next steps for DEADLINES ARE MURDER

  So, I’ve decided to self-publish my first novel, DEADLINES ARE MURDER: A Sam Monroe Mystery. After querying and reading about small presses, reading up on the state of agents and the publishing industry today it seems to me that publishing industry is changing and has materially changed in the past two or more years. So,…

  A. E. Macdonald

  September 21, 2011

  writing

  e-publishing, ideas, murder mystery, new author, novel, publishing, work in progress, writing, writing life