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Targeted Line Editing
There are many different kinds of editing. I’ve only recently started using the actual terms for each kind, but they’ve been intuitive, ever since my husband started self-publishing in 2013. I’m sure these are familiar to many, but for the… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: An Update on Growing Season
In a Driftless Thursday post in May, I ushered in growing season with an overview of my plans for my Vegepods and other plantings. Let’s see how it’s going! The early summer weather was extremely rainy but right now we’re… Continue reading
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Reviewing and Rating Books
As you might expect, I’m pretty sensitive to leaving book reviews and ratings these days because good ratings help authors be found. I’m trying to keep up a Goodreads book list now and dutifully leave reviews for books I’ve enjoyed,… Continue reading
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Looking Back at Writing Tangled Roots
My engineering brain kicked in last night and got to thinking about the evolution of Tangled Roots, the book I’m driving towards releasing in September. I looked back at my saved files and thought to make a little chart: Let’s… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: A Primitive Camping Story
It suddenly occurred to me this week that prior to moving to the Driftless area of Wisconsin in 2020, my husband and I had actually visited a decade earlier. In 2010, we had the idea that we wanted to try… Continue reading
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Operation: Be Read – Low Cost $0.99 Promotion Site Results
I recently put up a blog post called Operation: Be Read. Following up on that post, I thought it would be interesting to some independent authors out there to share some data. Driftless Spirits (Book 1 in my Secrets in… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: Baby Pictures
Today’s DT post is a short photo album of June baby pictures. Enjoy! And there are more babies to come. Phoebe 2.0 (here is 1.0) is nesting over the bathroom window… Continue reading
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Writing Updates – End of June
While Tangled Roots is being edited (by others), I’ve been brainstorming for Book 3. One of the first things I need is a working title, something to save the file under. The working title for Driftless Spirits was actually “Note… Continue reading
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Driftless Thursday: Deer (and Critter) Resistant Perennials
When it comes to landscape gardening, I’m all about perennials. They are the ultimate of “work smarter, not harder” in gardening. Here’s my shortlist of recommendations for deer and critter-resistant perennials that also stand up to an amateur gardener. Trust… Continue reading
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Operation: Be Read
That’s the name I’ve given my current efforts after my recent epiphany about how my books are like my crocheted stuffed animals. Just like toys are meant to be played with, books are meant to be read. After covering my… Continue reading