Amethyst Marie

Tag: indie publishing

  • Snarled Threads is here!

    Snarled Threads (Thalia’s Musings, Volume Two) is now available for Kindle and NOOK! Click the picture below to go to the new, improved Shop page on the Thalia’s Musings website.

  • Snarled Threads Release Date

    Mark your calendars, people. Snarled Threads, the second volume of Thalia’s Musings, will be available DRM-free for Kindle and NOOK on…drumrollllllllllll…………. Wednesday, December 12, 2012 aka 12/12/12 In the meantime, if you haven’t bought A Snag in the Tapestry yet, here’s the Amazon listing and the Barnes & Noble listing. And if you don’t have…

  • Scrivener, Part Deux

    (Here’s Part One) While getting Snarled Threads ready for ebook release, I made a few more notes about Scrivener specifics that I’d forgotten from the first time around (which less than a month ago, so I have a pretty sad memory). So, here it is: How To Format Your F#%&ing Ebook Without Losing Your Mind,…

  • What’s better than one Thalia’s Musings book for Christmas?

    TWO Thalia’s Musings books for Christmas! That’s right, people. If all goes well, Snarled Threads may join A Snag in the Tapestry on Kindle and Nook in the next week or two! In other book-related news, I now have author profiles on Amazon and Goodreads. I’m like all official and stuff. 😀 Or at least…

  • 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.  …

  • 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…

  • 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…