I’ve been reviewing novels on this blog since January 2011. Outside of publishing my Kammbia novels, writing reviews has been one of the most rewarding things I have done professionally. Writing reviews has clarified my thoughts about why I connect or not connect with...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 160: Killing The Top Ten Sacred Cows Of Indie Publishing by Dean Wesley Smith
In my previous review, I shared that I have unlearned some beliefs about being an author-publisher thanks to Dean Wesley Smith (along with his wife, Kristine Kathryn Rusch) with his blog series shattering sacred cows about the publishing industry. In the...
Book Review 70: For Love or Money by Susan Kaye Quinn
"Writing challenges me to discover who I am. Publishing challenges me to remember it." "You have to work like crazy, be smart, somehow invest every particle of emotion into the book itself, but then fling it out in the world and be ruthlessly pragmatic about how to...
Book Review 58: Discoverability by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
The Indie Publishing movement of the past half-dozen years has changed the course of the publishing industry. Publishing books have become a lot easier thanks to eBooks, Amazon, and other Print-on-Demand (POD) publishers. Would-be-novelists (like myself) that have...