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Month: April 2019

April 29, 2019April 29, 2019 heidieliason Uncategorized

My First Blurb

The Green Monster I really enjoyed reading Kim Dinan's memoir, The Yellow Envelope, especially because, before she began her traveling adventures, she seemed to experience many of the same feelings I had before before I set off in The Green Monster for mine. Although Kim's journey took her to far-away continents and in a rickshaw … Continue reading My First Blurb

April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 heidieliason Uncategorized

Escaping the Hamster Wheel

Have you ever felt fed up with running the hamster wheel and just wanted to escape, maybe hit the road for a while? I did. At the age of 45 I wasn't ready for retirement, but I was tired of commuting to my dead-end job in the expensive and crowded San Francisco Bay Area. I … Continue reading Escaping the Hamster Wheel

April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 heidieliason Uncategorized

Amazon, You Really Got Me Going

My book won't be released until May 4th and is only available for pre-order, so imagine my surprise when I went to my book page on Amazon and saw this: My book was #1 New Release in Literary Travel. I got all excited, until I clicked on the link for new releases in Literary Travel … Continue reading Amazon, You Really Got Me Going

April 6, 2019April 7, 2019 heidieliason Uncategorized

Print Book Stumbles

What a learning process publishing a book is! It turns out the delay in getting my print book available for pre-order on BarnesandNoble.com was my fault. Whoops! I had read on the Ingram Spark guide that it can take up to six weeks to get your book approved and available, so I assumed things were … Continue reading Print Book Stumbles

April 4, 2019April 4, 2019 heidieliason Uncategorized

Press Release–Does it Matter?

I'm not sure if it matters a whole lot for indie authors to do a press release when their book is launched, but I did one anyway. Maybe it will lead to some website traffic, at the very least. After doing some research on some of the press release distribution companies and finding out how … Continue reading Press Release–Does it Matter?

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What I’ve Been Reading:

  • Force of Nature by Jane Harper
  • The Underground River by Martha Conway
  • The Non-Fiction Book Publishing Plan: The Professional Guide to Profitable Self-Publishing by Stephanie Chandler
  • Self-Publishing Legal Handbook by Helen Sedwick
  • Waltzing the Cat by Pam Houston
  • Becoming by Michelle Obama
  • 438 Days by Jonathan Franklin
  • I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
  • Circling the Sun by Paula McLain
  • The Passenger by Lisa Lutz
  • Wild by Cheryl Strayed
  • Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
  • The President is Missing by James Patterson and Bill Clinton
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