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Release notes, process, and the odd dispatch from the desk.

• March 27, 2013

  Preparation for Selling the Book

  As part of my preparations for selling the book once I’m done with all of the other work that’s going into it, there’s a few things that I’ve checked off the list already, including registering with the various websites that’ll sell the book. As a first time author, I’ve opted to go for the big three: Amazon,

  Book Sales · Prep Work

• March 25, 2013

  The Editing Process

  As I go back through my first draft and begin reading through the almost 80,000 words I’ve written, I get a sense of accomplishment. Which is a strange feeling, given that I’ve yet to finish the book entirely, I’ve yet to sell a single copy, and I’ve hardly even told anyone that I was writing

  First Draft

• March 25, 2013

  Word Counts

  As I was writing, I made sure to keep track of all the words I wrote every day. Not so much because it’s important to the process, but because it helped keep me motivated. I tweeted my count each time I stopped writing (usually in the morning and again in the afternoon), but since no

  First Draft

• March 23, 2013

  Finished the first draft!

  On March 5th of this year, I set out to do something that in my entire life I’ve never been able to accomplish. I set out to write my own book, and with the added advantages of today’s technologies, I can write, publish and sell it digitally without any help of a publisher or book

  First Draft · Progress