by Andy Updegrove | Nov 26, 2014 | SelfPublishing, Writing
The last thing many authors want to do when they finish the first draft of a book is go back to the beginning and dive in again. But that’s what it takes (usually more than once) to produce a book you can be proud of. Revising is many things. At the conceptual...
by Andy Updegrove | Nov 18, 2014 | SelfPublishing, Writing
There are two ways to pass the time from first draft to release: doing your revisions first and everything else second, or overlapping the two processes. There’s something to be said for both approaches, but it will be easier to figure out which one is right for...
by Andy Updegrove | Nov 16, 2014 | SelfPublishing, Writing
With a first self-published book, finishing the first draft feels like crossing the goal line. The second time around, you know better. The first time I produced the manuscript of a novel, I was blissfully ignorant of what self-publishing was all about. For that...
by Andy Updegrove | Oct 30, 2014 | Book Reviews, Writing
There is ample evidence that for some, the act of writing a book – indeed, book after book – seems to flow as effortlessly as a summer breeze. But we all know that for most authors, struggling to write too often leads to more pain than word-count gain....
by Andy Updegrove | Sep 13, 2014 | Book Reviews, My Writing, SelfPublishing, Writing
I wanted to give a big Thank You to those readers who have recently posted reviews of The Alexandria Project. Where they are also authors, I’d also like to provide links back to their sites so that you can learn about them and their books as well.The two most...
by Andy Updegrove | Aug 31, 2014 | Promotion, SelfPublishing, Writing
I was pleased to learn today that my book, The Alexandria Project, was chosen as a September Book of the Month by the GoodReads “A Good Thriller” group, which currently has 1,262 readers. Many thanks to those GoodReads members who voted for it, and I hope...
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