Carli The Quilter

I first found Amanda Hocking when I was researching authors writing and publishing online. I was struck by the simplicity of writing your own way and saying what you want to say without editors steering your work towards something different. After reading about her journey from working in a group home until 2010, she went on to self publish her paranormal books online and by March of 2011, she had sold over a million copies of her book and earned herself a whopping 2 million dollars! This caught my attention. Does it catch your attention? I hope so because otherwise these blog posts about my own journey into self publishing online would be worthless. I got my information on her sales from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Hocking   and she has several web pages of information on her books. http://www.hockingbooks.com/ If you are blogging, you are already a publisher, you can decide to click on "Reply or Delete" to any comment, you ca...

Welcome to the "growing in popularity" post on self publishing, digital publishing or whatever you'd call designing and selling your own book online. I'd been trying to figure this out for several years now and I've signed up for more information on many sites. That's because there are a variety, some have tools free and others charge for using their tools. Each online digital publisher is set up differently and may not be my "Mister Right" for your publishing online quest. So be aware! This fun clock full tutorial is found at Distant Pickles ! For me it started back in 1999, when listening to the various clocks ticking over into the new year 2000, I reflected the 'what if's" in my life that had contributed to my own personal and career success. In 1999, the excitement and fear over this magnanimus change to dates, online dates, mechanical dates and whether they would just tick tock over to the New Era was real. I reflected...