by Andy Updegrove | Jun 7, 2015 | Promotion, SelfPublishing
It’s a safe bet that writing the blurb for a new book wouldn’t make any author’s top ten list of joyously anticipated tasks. And yet there it is, as necessary as it is tedious, and not to be neglected before the book itself is presented to its hoped...
by Andy Updegrove | Jun 4, 2015 | SelfPublishing
It takes something truly ridiculous to make me write an out and out rant. Still, every now and then I read something that I can’t avoid responding to, because of the degree to which it misrepresents reality in an area I both care about and am knowledgeable in....
by Andy Updegrove | May 31, 2015 | Promotion, SelfPublishing, Writing
Today I made the very last corrections and improvements to the text of my second book of fiction, now retitled and subtitled The Lafayette Campaign, a tale of deception and elections. As the title hints, it’s a thriller with a presidential campaign as a...
by Andy Updegrove | Apr 6, 2015 | SelfPublishing, Writing
What a question. It reminds me of other eternal inquiries, such as Why is a mouse when it spins? or, What’s the difference between a duck? At least those questions have answers (although you’ll have to read to the end of this blog post to find out what...
by Andy Updegrove | Apr 3, 2015 | Promotion, SelfPublishing
Once upon a time, there were authors and publishers. Then things changed, and authors had to be both – ideally at the same time. No problem, right? Well… I tried for quite a while – more than a year, to be precise – to do both write and...
by Andy Updegrove | Jan 19, 2015 | Book Reviews, SelfPublishing, Writing
It’s my pleasure this week to share an interview with career journalist, “hybrid” author, and most recently, illustrator Ian Probert. Ian’s latest genre (ad)venture is Johnny Nothing, a sly, riotously funny book written ostensibly for children...
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