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My Favorite Bit about Shades of Circle City

Hi everyone! Happy Thanksgiving to those of you who celebrate! Happy Thursday to everyone outside the US! ;) Today I’m over at Mary Robinette Kowal’s blog talking about My Favorite Bit of Shades of Circle City. If you don’t know Mary Robinette Kowal’s writing, by the way, you’re missing out! …

My No-Pants Plan for Self-Publishing

This is the text of a presentation on self-publishing that I gave at the Allen County Public Library’s Author Fair yesterday. I’m posting this, complete with links, in the hopes it will be useful to writers who are beginning to research their publishing journey. Lots of you probably know that …

Shades of Circle City now available!

I’m so excited! Shades of Circle City is available to be purchased on Amazon as an ebook. Paperbacks are in process and should appear in the next day or two. Other retailer websites should have it available soon, and I’ll update the book’s page here as those populate. For this …

Self-Pub 101: Four Twitter Rules for Authors

Today I’m going to write about a pet peeve of mine: Twitter’s Direct Message feature. Specifically, how authors use Twitter’s Direct Message feature. This week, I had several people follow me on Twitter. (I’m here: @stephanie_cain) Generally speaking, I take a look at someone’s profile and their most recent tweets before …

Self-Pub 101: E-book Pricing for Libraries

Dear Self-Published Authors, do yourself a favor. Stop charging libraries so much for your e-books. Robin Bradford is someone I follow on Twitter, and she frequently Tweets her collection development work as a librarian in Washington state. Since I have Librarian IV certification in Indiana (I actually have 3/4 of …

New Short Fiction: The Midwinter Royal

The Midwinter Royal: A Romance of Tamnen I’m very excited to announce that I have a holiday surprise for all my readers! No, it’s not The Weather War–that’s still having the plot smoothed out and such. But it is a new story set in the same world as the Storms …

Honorary Bookseller on Small Business Saturday

I’m going to be at Main Street Books in Lafayette this coming Saturday. It’s Small Business Saturday, and you know what that means–support your local indie bookstore! Main Street Books is planning poetry readings, special deals, and door prizes, which pretty much guarantees a good time! I’m going to be acting …