CM Genton
Oh, the Mistakes I’ve Made
Or Self-Inflicted Pain. For various reasons, I chose to self-publish rather…
Read MoreMistake #1 (Re: Beta Readers)
So you’ve huddled in a corner of your home or…
Read MoreMistake #2 (Re: Editors)
OR—HOW TO AVOID REWRITING AND REPUBLISHING YOUR BOOK You’ve incorporated…
Read MoreMistake #3 (Re: Advanced Readers)
“Advanced readers” read books before publication and prepare their reviews…
Read MoreMistake #4 (Re: Covers)
SO MANY COSTLY MISTAKES. Let me count the ways: 1.…
Read MoreMistake # 5 (Re: Copyrights)
Ah, Kindle Direct Press, the world’s largest venue for self-publishers.…
Read MoreMistake #6 (Re: ISBN Numbers)
On the verge of their first publications, self-publishers can be…
Read MoreMistake #7 (Re: KDP/Amazon)
The novel was written, the cover selected, the advanced copies…
Read MoreMistake #8 (Re: Newsletters)
Newsletters are a great way to connect with people— if…
Read MoreMistake #9 (Re: Overconfidence and Impairment)
Let’s jump right in, shall we? 1. After eight professional…
Read MoreYou Are the Music You Listen to
At least in the moment. So use that to your…
Read MoreThe Quote That Convinced Me I Could Become a Writer.
John Gardner, “On Becoming a Novelist,” 1983. (Forgive his dated…
Read MoreMy little NaNoWriMo
Write a novel in a month—are you kidding me? NaNoWriMo, National…
Read MoreWhat your editor will and will not say
THE THINGS YOUR EDITOR WILL NEVER SAY: THE THINGS YOUR EDITOR MIGHT SAY: THE…
Read MoreDo yourself a favour: waste some time
As I lost all self-control in the buffet room of…
Read MoreThe Emotional Thesaurus
I calculate that I wrote and edited at least a…
Read MoreThe Deconstruction of Art
Soooo slooow. Sons of Adamah—I’m somewhat embarrassed to admit—took seven…
Read MoreA day in the life of the self-publisher
Book 1 was not selling and so was pulled. Time,…
Read MoreHow to be a dinosaur
I’m an analog girl in a digital world. (Just to…
Read MoreHow to be a dinosaur. 2
Every now and then, after a new draft, some of…
Read MoreHow to be a dinosaur. 3
When your characters grow unwieldy. For book 1, I carefully…
Read MoreThe dinosaur evolves.
I used to spend hours searching for words I guessed…
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