The (pipe) dream from the very beginning of my writer’s journey was to see my novels in a special display right up there in the front of a bookstore and push James Patterson off to the side, or better yet, … Continue reading →
On Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 12:00 AM, the two-book Goodreads Giveaway for Pilot Error ended with a total of 640 members (out of a total 6 million) entered to win. That’s a tiny percentage, even when considering that the … Continue reading →
Since publishing my novel Pilot Error in mid-November, 2011, I’ve been struggling to get a grip on how best to utilize the seemingly endless marketing possibilities offered by the online universe. To use a shooter’s analogy, it’s hard enough to … Continue reading →
BooksOnBoard Reveals This Week’s Bestselling US Authors and eBooks WEBWIRE – Monday, January 09, 2012 One Cold Night, a crime thriller by Katia Lief–who also writes as Katia Spiegelman and Kate Pepper–made its way onto BooksOnBoard’s US Bestsellers list after … Continue reading →
As reported in my last post in this logbook, I set up a “Seller Account” with Amazon and a shipping account with UPS to provide readers with the option of purchasing a signed copy directly from me. It seemed like … Continue reading →
I belong to the Novel-In-Progress Group (NIP) of Austin, which has the distinction of being the oldest surviving writers’ conclave in the city. Eight-plus years of participation have taught me many things, the most basic of which is that the … Continue reading →
In the off chance that someone might want a signed copy of Pilot Error, I decided to offer that option with a link on my blog. The first task in setting it up was to answer the question, “Where should … Continue reading →
Of all the labor-intensive tasks encountered while preparing to indie-publish Pilot Error, a particularly exasperating element of the endgame has proven to be one of the most vexing. In retrospect, it’s the direct result of misplaced confidence in the quality of … Continue reading →
Over the past two weeks, I’ve been making changes to the paperback edition of Pilot Error to fine-tune the cover and interior files. It’s relatively easy to accomplish that, but with the novel listed for sale, uploading new versions of … Continue reading →
The stack of folders on my desk with notes documenting the trials and tribulations of my venture into indie publishing has all but disappeared into the filing cabinet. What remains is as important as the archive, but from a totally … Continue reading →
