Madrid Research Photo Diary: Temple of Debod

Madrid Research Photo Diary: Temple of Debod

The Temple of Debod was one of my favorite places in Madrid, so of course it makes an appearance in Treacherous, Book Six in the On the Run series. It was so interesting to find a actual Egyptian temple in the middle of a bustling European city.    After visiting...

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Why I switched from MailChimp to ConvertKit with ConvertKit Demo

Why I switched from MailChimp to ConvertKit with ConvertKit Demo

MailChimp’s free plan is hard to beat and that is what I used to begin building my mailing list. But when I was ready to invest time and money in my mailing list, I checked out other email providers and found ConvertKit. Making the switch to ConvertKit took some work,...

La La Land, Story Structure, and Satisfying Endings (Spoilers!)

I’m conflicted about the movie La La Land. I wanted to love it and I did enjoy it. It’s a beautiful movie with charm and humor…but something felt a little off. It took me a while to figure it out (and that says something about the movie,...
Easy Ebook Formatting with Vellum App

Easy Ebook Formatting with Vellum App

I never thought I would use the word “easy” in the same sentence with “ebook formatting,” but Vellum (Vellum.app) does make creating EPUB and MOBI files easy and the files themselves look professional and polished on ereaders. When I found out one of my e-books was...
How To Use Your Own ISBNs with KDP Print and IngramSpark

How To Use Your Own ISBNs with KDP Print and IngramSpark

If you published your print versions with free ISBNs from KDP Print but want to switch to using your own ISBNs and distribute to both KDP Print and IngramSpark, follow along and I’ll show you step-by-step how I transitioned from using free ISBNs to paid ISBNs.  Prep...
Research Trip: Bakewell

Research Trip: Bakewell

Real places often inspire fictional locations in my books. That was the case when I visited the village of Bakewell. I think of my visit as I’m writing about Nether Woodsmoor in the Murder on Location series. Some photos of the village on a gray day:   ...