Amethyst Marie

Category: Blog Posts

  • Scrivener: It’s a win

    Having now successfully uploaded A Snag in the Tapestry to Amazon and Barnes & Noble, I can recommend Scrivener without reservation. My knowledge of HTML is extremely limited, and my experience with HTML is pretty much just making italics and hyperlinks in blog comments. I’m not kidding when I say Scrivener probably saved me from…

  • They’re heeeere!

    A Snag in the Tapestry is available NOW, DRM-free, for Kindle and Nook! Remember, if you don’t have a Kindle or a Nook, you can download free apps for your computer or smartphone from both Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Click here to see the Nook listing. Click here to see the Kindle listing.  …

  • An Exclusive Interview

    In anticipation of the ebook release of A Snag in the Tapestry (Thalia’s Musings, Volume One), I have given Greek blogger Seireina an exclusive interview. Here are just a few of the questions she asked me: What inspired you to write Thalia’s Musings? What influences does Thalia’s Musings have other than Greek mythology? Who’s your…

  • Friday, Friday, Gonna Publish My Book On Friday…

    The countdown to the release of A Snag in the Tapestry (Thalia’s Musings, Volume One) for Kindle and Nook is nearing the end! To all my American readers, have a  Happy Thanksgiving and a safe and sane Black Friday. To all my international readers, have a great week and give thanks that Black Friday is…

  • Is “Princess” a Career?

    Last week I blogged about my take on princess culture and why I don’t hate it. Apparently Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor saw my post and thought, “Hey, this sounds like a timely topic! I think I’ll go on national television and address the nation about it.” (A blogger can dream, right?) Judge Sotomayor comes…

  • Ebook Progress Report

    All the major formatting work on A Snag in the Tapestry (Thalia’s Musings, Volume One) is done! The cover art should be done by the end of the week. Both the Kindle and Nook versions should be released on (Black) Friday, November 23 right on schedule. I’m reserving final judgment until my ebooks actually upload…

  • The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: PC Done Right

    I’m obsessed with The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. If you haven’t gotten hooked on this multimedia web entertainment project yet, go watch the first video. Now. I’ll wait. Back? Okay. SPOILERS ahead.

  • The Quandary of a High Femme Feminist

    [As I’ve said, I’ll be using this blog to talk about random stuff that’s on my mind in addition to Thalia’s Musings stuff. Welcome to the first such post.] Can I tell you guys a secret? I don’t hate princesses. I’m not talking about Kate, Diana, and Grace. I’m talking about the romanticized idea of…

  • Official Release Date

    In what is UNDOUBTEDLY the biggest news story to hit the internet today, I can now give you an official release date  for the very first Thalia’s Musings ebook. A Snag in the Tapestry will be coming to Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com on…wait for it… NOVEMBER 23, 2012 also known as BLACK FRIDAY!!!!!! For my non-American readers, Black…

  • Fun with Formatting

    Working on ebook creation is interesting when you are only vaguely familiar with HTML and have no experience in coding. I’m trying out a program called Scrivener that is supposed to take care of this problem for me. New software is always a challenge, but I’ve got to say, so far Scrivener is a lot…