Tag: publishing
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Victory and Vexation: A Writer’s Journey through Self-Publishing (A ‘Reunion Coda’ Cautionary Tale)
Late Morning/Midday, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, Miami, Florida “Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it.Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out…
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Writer’s Shop Talk: Amazon Kindle Create App: Boon, Bane, or Both? (A Review)
App Name: Kindle Create Developer: Amazon/Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) Type of App: E-publishing formatting and publication tool Amazon Kindle Create App: Boon, Bane, or Both? For readers familiar with my blog, you know that independent publishing has been my thrilling yet occasionally exasperating companion on the creative journey. My experiences with Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)…
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Musings on ‘Reunion: Coda’: Despite Some Imperfections, I’m Proud of My First Novel
Late Morning, Saturday, April 19, 2025, Miami, Florida Write what you love, and love what you write. You are your first audience, and if you don’t love it, why should anyone else? – Caroline Linden At 6:11 PM Eastern on Friday, April 18, 2025, I received the email from Amazon that I’d been eagerly awaiting…
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On Writing and Storytelling: ‘Reunion: Coda’ and PR Adventures
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in Adria K. Woomer-Hernandez, Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Creative Writing, Juan Carlos Hernandez, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in Florida, Life in Miami….Again, Personal Thoughts, Popcorn Sky Productions, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Writing a First Novel, Writing as a CraftMidday, Wednesday, April 16, 2025, Miami, Florida Hi there, folks. It’s a warm, if a bit cloudy, spring day in my corner of South Florida. Currently, the temperature is 78°F (26°C) under mostly sunny conditions. With humidity at 52% and a north-northwesterly breeze blowing at 5 MPH (8 Km/H), it feels like 88°F (32°C) outside.…
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Dear Reader, Let Me Tell You a Story About…the Paperback Edition of ‘Reunion: Coda’
Late Morning, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, Miami, Florida “Our revels now are ended.” – William Shakespeare, The Tempest It’s a warm, buttery-gold spring morning here in my corner of Kendall. Currently, the temperature is 76°F (25°C) under sunny conditions. With humidity at 61% and the wind blowing from the south-southeast at 2 MPH (3 Km/H),…
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Thoughts from a First-Time Novelist on the Day of Reunion: Coda’s Hardcover Debut
Afternoon, Monday, April 14, 2025, Miami, Florida “You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft I’m a novelist now. I’ve been at it for just over a week. On April 5, I published Reunion: Coda through Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing…
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Perfecting ‘Reunion: Coda’: The Editing Process Revealed
Afternoon, Friday, April 11, 2025, Miami, Florida “Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.” ― Truman Capote Hi, everyone. Well, here we are on the last day of the workweek, and I’m still hard at work trying to make Reunion: Coda as captivating a…
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Reunion: Coda—Reflections on a Writer’s Milestone
Late Morning/Midday, Thursday, April 10, 2025, Miami, Florida Writer’s Log, Stardate 2504.10 Twenty-five months ago, I began drafting Reunion: Coda, fulfilling a solemn promise I made to my mom as a teenager: that someday, I’d write a novel. With its roots in Reunion: A Story, my existing novella, this new work set out to expand…
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Reunion: Coda (Print Edition) Update—A Tale of DPI Drama, ISBN Shenanigans, and Sleepless Nights
Ah, self-publishing—the glorious path where passion meets the occasional pothole. While Reunion: Coda’s Kindle edition has been available since April 5, print aficionados (and me!) must exercise the fine art of patience for just a few more days. Why? Because the journey to put ink on paper isn’t exactly a jaunt through a field of…
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‘Reunion: Coda’ News: The Ups and Downs of Self-Publishing a First Novel
Midday, Early Afternoon, Sunday, April 6, 2025, Miami, Florida Hi there, folks! Well, I’m now officially a novelist! After many years and several failed attempts to write a long work of fiction, I published Reunion: Coda – Book 2 of the Reunion Duology yesterday via Amazon. First as a Kindle e-book, and – as of…
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