STEPHANIE WROBEL
When I began to read Darling Rose Gold, I anticipated a dark tale that would leave me wishing I had not. But from the first page, I found its portrayal…
Foreign Lingo Blues
Preparing translations? Easy enough if you are fluent in the language, not so much if you aren't. Each format of a book―PDF, digital, or printed―has its own style and requirements.…
Right-to-Left Reading
If you thought publishing in English could make you crazy, try right-to-left script books! Hebrew and Japanese are among the languages written from right to left. They are also read…
DIY Book Covers
Most people contract out their book-cover designs, either to custom designers or to companies like SelfPubBookCovers that offer a variety of pre-made cover images to be modified with the buyer's…
What’s the point?
When you think about it, the majority of Romance tales are fables expressing a lesson. Most stories, by my observation, show the angst and problems that occur without clear communication.…
Romancing readers
While not all my books qualify as Romances, all so far have contained an element of romance within the story. Perhaps a psychologist would suggest I am looking for a…
Who are we?
"Better the lies that exalt us than the truths that demean us." That saying may be well known, and many may agree with it, but it would more accurately be…
What is that?
In reading Sense and Sensibility, I found references I had never seen before. Some were explained in a "Notes" section at the back of the book, others I could guess…
SECOND EDITIONS
Nobody is perfect. And self-publishers without editing staff are especially prone to typos and other mistakes in the final product. But even well-known authors with publishing houses and armies of…
JUDITH MILLAR
Most of the books we read are mass produced by large companies like Harlequin, Dell, Penguin, and so on. Some may have been published by smaller companies like Medallion Press…