Wild, Wicked & Wacky

 During one of WMG Publishing's class sales, I bought The Publishing Challenge. It sounds stupid on the surface, paying someone to make ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how interconnected we all are, whether we like it or not. My paperbacks from my July release finally arrived...

This was about the time things really started getting crazy in the publishing industry. It took a little some time to decide, but this post ...

Still going through  the file my formatter sent to me. I should be back on track by Wednesday. See you then!

I feel I've been on the bench too long. I only released two books under my name in 2018. Alter Ego hasn't released anything in ove...

August in publishing and book retailing is generally pretty quiet. New York publishing notoriously shuts down for the month as folks head fo...

On a Monday two years ago, a tip popped up on Alter Ego's Facebook feed. A handful of her friends were telling their friends that the fi...

As I write this, I'm in the process of reviewing the Kindle e-book my formatter delivered on Tuesday. And as I do, I realize I'll ...

Goddess, I feel old. I've only been doing this indie publishing a little over six years, and somehow I'm an old-timer. Lately, I...

New writers are often hungry sponges, who want to soak up the wisdom of the more experienced in the industry. Which, don't get me wron...

The last three years have been rough. The only new thing that's been published under Suzan Harden since November of 2013 was "Diplo...

When does an indie writer ignore people who are telling her what to write? Short answer: When she's making money anyway. Long Ans...

Five years after I jumped in the indie publishing waters, I still see new writers debating which method of promotion works the best. Especia...

Well, I got about 700 words in on Wednesday before I ended up at my doctor's with a massive UTI. I started to get angry about getting no...

Today's post is a little later than usual because I needed to really think about the situation I want to address. The main difference be...

You would think I wouldn't have to address this issue. Indie publishing has been pretty solid for six years now. You would think that pe...

I've been asked lately by quite a few new writers how can they know when they're ready to publish. I can't answer that questio...

The short answer to the title question is it depends on what's in your contract. This is a issue that can hit both indie and trad writer...

The family's been watching the History Channel's Sons of Liberty for the last three nights. Last night was the culmination of the B...

Creating with other writers always sounds like fun. If you've been with any type of writing group, whether something formal or just a fr...