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#IWSG: Working with Cover Artists

February 1, 2023Nalin 2 Comments
This entry is part 10 of 16 in the series Insecure Writer's Support Group

On the first Wednesday of every month, members of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group (open to anyone and full of great resources and information for writers) post their answers to a monthly prompt on their blogs. Authors benefit from getting… Continue Reading →

Writing collaboration, creative, marketing, stories, publishing, cover art

#IWSG – Writing for Readers?

August 3, 2022Nalin 7 Comments
This entry is part 7 of 16 in the series Insecure Writer's Support Group

On the first Wednesday of every month, members of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group (open to anyone and full of great resources and information for writers) post their answers to a monthly prompt on their blogs. Authors benefit from getting… Continue Reading →

Writing premise, readers, prompt, motivation, writing, publishing, story

Distribution on Amazon Reactivated

December 25, 2021Nalin 2 Comments

About four years ago, I pulled my novel Red Soil Through Our Fingers from distribution on Amazon. My reasons at the time are outlined in a blog post wrote at the time. While I believe the reasons I had for… Continue Reading →

Updates, My Stories amazon, publishing, kdp, indie author, community, boycott, social media, kindle

Cover Artist Interview: Trish Revolinksy

November 21, 2021Nalin 1 Comment

I was happy to work with my friend Trish Revolinksy for the release of my first directly published short story, Anpo (The Dawn). You can learn more about the story in the blog post for its release. Below is an… Continue Reading →

Writing, My Stories image, ebook cover, book cover, science fiction, publishing, sff

#IWSG: Defining Writing Success

September 1, 2021Nalin 10 Comments
This entry is part 1 of 16 in the series Insecure Writer's Support Group

On the first Wednesday of every month, members of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group (open to anyone and full of great resources and information for writers) post their answers to a monthly prompt on their blogs. Authors benefit from getting… Continue Reading →

Writing self-publish, writer, success, writing, publishing

Recap of MarsCon 2019, Saturday

January 20, 2019Nalin Leave a Comment
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series MarsCon 2019

Most of my Saturday at the con was taken up by meetings for RavenCon programming (in particular the new Science Track, for which I am very excited!). However I did get a chance to browse the dealer floor, the art… Continue Reading →

Events ravencon, near-future, small press, fiction studio, MarsCon, self-publishing, hard sf, publishing, cons

How to Submit a Short Story

October 2, 2017Nalin Leave a Comment

A friend in my writer critique circle asked how to go about submitting short stories for publication. There’s a lot of information out there on this subject, but I thought it might be helpful to collate the information that has… Continue Reading →

Writing publishing, publication, short stories, submissions, writing

On the Finances of Self-Publishing

July 21, 2016Nalin 1 Comment

Almost exactly two years ago today, I finished the first draft of Red Soil Through Our Fingers. As I talk to friends and family about my novel, I’ve encountered a recurring set of misconceptions around the finances of self-publishing a… Continue Reading →

Writing publishing, ebook, novel, smashwords, author, book, epub, nook, kindle, kdp, amazon, self-publishing, writing

My Writing Process

October 31, 2015Nalin 2 Comments
This entry is part 1 of 7 in the series How I Write

I recently filled out an author interview at Smashwords, and one of the questions had to do with my approach to the writing process. I’m posting the answer to that question here on the blog, since there was some interest… Continue Reading →

My Stories, Writing writing process, editing, novel writing, publishing, revision, drafting, amwriting

New Cover Art / “Remembering Turinam” on Smashwords

February 3, 2015Nalin 1 Comment

I’m excited to be collaborating with graphic artist (and childhood friend) Stephenie Hoover on cover art for some of my work. A few months ago I sent out an email query to several friends that I knew were into graphic… Continue Reading →

My Stories smashwords, speculative fiction art, fantasy art, indie, publishing, ebook, cover art, creativity
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