Virginia S. Anderson's Blog

I’m back to recount my various publishing trials as I encounter them, and right now they involve battles with website creation. The hair-tearing-out, hate-every-form-of-tech-but-especially-upgrades, you-call-this-support? kind. This will be a grumpy post, so be forewarned. I won’t detail every frustration. … Continue reading →

A Facebook acquaintence suggested I try GetCovers in my quest to see how a new cover affects sales of my two earlier horse mysteries, King of the Roses and Blood Lies. The price was astonishing, to say the least: $35 … Continue reading →

Three Strides Out soon to be available in paperback! The Amazon sages have to deliver final judgment, but the proof looked fine, so I’m assuming I’ll pass muster. I’ll post some pyrotechnics once the paperback is live. In the meantime, … Continue reading →

It took longer than it should—no surprise there. I kept getting an error message in my ISBN block. I asked for an Amazon callback and got an immediate response. Turns out that the “imprint” I was supposed to enter meant … Continue reading →

FREE till Sunday for Smashwords Read-an-eBook Sale! “I used to think Dick Francis had no peer. Now I’m not so certain.” —The Maryland Horse “The Derby is run in less time than it takes to describe it—but the description itself … Continue reading →

For those interested in my experiences this time around in my self-publishing career, here’s a report on some options for reasonably priced covers. I submit this after having spent $600 for a cover I really didn’t like. I played around … Continue reading →

About my last title. Fact is, almost all the tech sites I’ve been “battling” with in one way or another respond promptly and thoroughly and patiently to cries for help. Draft2Digital came back within just a few hours with a … Continue reading →

In keeping with my plan to post on my experiences as I publish and learn to market a new book (after too long!), I’m sharing my recent experiences with the kind of basic stuff I’m sure most folks don’t need … Continue reading →

iIt’s hard to believe that it has been only two years since my last visit to this blog. Seems like eons since I abandoned Just Can’t Help Writing to do what I couldn’t help: write a new book and get … Continue reading →