http://www.sffworld.com/forums/blog.php?22837-Marigwen en Mon, 20 May 2013 14:31:24 GMT vBulletin 25 http://www.sffworld.com/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.sffworld.com/forums/blog.php?22837-Marigwen http://www.sffworld.com/forums/entry.php?3594-What-I-m-Reading Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:01:36 GMT I never realized that the memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant were so interesting. My husband gave me links to a whole list of interesting free Kindle books for Christmas, including these memoirs, and they're engrossing. I read somewhere that his memoirs are supposed to be the best military memoirs ever written, even better than Caesar's Commentaries. It helps that Samuel Clemens was his editor. The section on how the army tamed mules had me laughing out loud! ]]> Marigwen http://www.sffworld.com/forums/entry.php?3594-What-I-m-Reading http://www.sffworld.com/forums/entry.php?3485-Publishing-II Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:55:46 GMT We published my husband's book today! Woohoo!!!

The book is called 'Once We Were Human' and it's available on Amazon for the kindle and on www.smashwords.com for all other e-formats. Plus there's a companion piece called 'The Good Doctor's Tales Folio One' and it's available in the same places.

My husband's name is Randall Farmer and his author's website is at www.MajorTransform.com and has all sorts of interesting information on it.

Now we're just trying to get the word out, and hoping people buy it and like it.

Once We Were Human: Carol, a housewife in the 1960s, catches Transform Sickness and from this, changes into a predator. Held against her will, she must figure out how to survive, then choose her destiny. ]]> Marigwen http://www.sffworld.com/forums/entry.php?3485-Publishing-II http://www.sffworld.com/forums/entry.php?3465-Publishing Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:11:19 GMT Self-epublishing is getting more common, and it's interesting to go through the process. My husband is the real writer in the family and he does most of the work, but I'm pretty involved, and there's a lot to it. Writing, editing and tuning the novel is the heart of it, of course, but there's a lot more. Covers, for instance. You want something professional, but a professional cover artist is way out of range for a first ebook - you could easily end up paying far more than the book will ever make. Putting together something amateur looks amateur. And you have to worry about license rights for anything you use. Fortunately for us, my husband has some artistic sensibilities, is good with a computer, and can do some respectable looking graphics. He put together some very nice covers out of some stock photos we bought, and some pictures we took ourselves. Then there's the author's website - again, professionals are out of range, and it's easy to make the thing look amateur. My husband taught himself how to construct a website (he used to be a programmer, so not too much of a stretch). Then there's all the business angle (that was my responsibility). Then there's the whole problem of marketing! Wow.

Just being a good writer, which he is, isn't enough. You have to be able to cover all that other stuff in order to be successful. I hope we're getting it right! ]]> Marigwen http://www.sffworld.com/forums/entry.php?3465-Publishing http://www.sffworld.com/forums/entry.php?2671-Reading Sun, 09 Oct 2011 01:22:17 GMT The Game of Thrones series is really good, but wow, not much good happens. I just finished the third book and up until the end, it seems like it's one long disaster after another. George RR Martin must be doing something right, though, as I just started the fourth book anyway. ]]> Marigwen http://www.sffworld.com/forums/entry.php?2671-Reading http://www.sffworld.com/forums/entry.php?2670-More-Writing Sun, 09 Oct 2011 01:20:51 GMT Wow the cover thing is a pain in the neck. If we were artists, we'd be trying to publish art, not novels! Fortunately, my husband has a decent artistic sense and is pretty good with the graphics software also, so he's made what looks to me like a very nice cover out of 4 photos purchases from a stock photo place. Soon, soon... ]]> Marigwen http://www.sffworld.com/forums/entry.php?2670-More-Writing