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  • Creating a Cover for Your Kindle Book

    The Amazon Kindle Publishing Guidelines state that a Marketing Cover Image Is Mandatory. This image is what customers see on your amazon.com product page. The preferred size is “a JPEG image of 2500 pixels on the longest side (with a minimum of 1000 pixels on the longest side). Covers with less than 500 pixels on…

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  • Self-Publish on Amazon: Using Kindlegen & Kindle Previewer

    As promised, today I’ll explain the uses of Kindlegen and the Kindle Previewer. Both FREE APS are provided by Amazon. Their purpose is to view a book as it will appear on Kindle readers and other devices. This allows you to spot formatting glitches and correct them before you upload to Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP).…

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  • Self-Publish on Amazon: How to Format Your Book

    Howdy, y’all. Today I  begin a series about self-publishing on Amazon. It’s a revised version of an older series. This first post deals with formatting your book for the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) platform. First, let me give you some reading suggestions: 1. Amazon’s Kindle Publishing Guidelines This guide provides Amazon’s technical requirements. It’s especially…

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  • Monday Inspiration – Christmas in Civil War camps

    Monday Inspiration – Christmas in Civil War camps.

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  • Halloween Treat: Texas Druids #3 Sample, Scene 3

    BOO! Here’s the final (long) scene in Chapter One of Dearest Druid, the conclusion of my Texas Druids trilogy. If you enjoy it, let me know by hitting the like button. You can also help get the word out by tweeting and reposting on Facebook. Rose lay tossing and turning in her bed. The house…

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  • Halloween Treat: Texas Druids #3 Sample, Scene 2

    As promised, here’s the second scene from Chapter One of Dearest Druid. In the kitchen of the main house, Rose gathered a pan of water and a rag while Jack swung a chair around at the table and straddled it. Uncomfortably aware of him, she waited for him to unbutton his shirt and push it…

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  • Halloween Treat: Texas Druids # 3 Sample

    Friends, do you need a break from Halloween preparations and political adds? If so, here’s a little treat from me to you, the first scene from Dearest Druid. Look for the next scene on Tuesday, and a third on Wednesday. Enjoy! CHAPTER ONE Bosque County, Texas; February 1876 Rose Devlin stood outside the corral fence,…

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  • The Next Big Thing

    This week I’m taking part in The Next Big Thing blog hop. I was invited to do this by M T McGuire. Please visit her site to see her Next Big Thing. The object of this project is to showcase authors in many writing genres. I hope you will discover and enjoy authors you’ve never…

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  • A Dark, Spooky Night—Part 3–Finally!

    My bad! I forgot to post the conclusion of the prologue to Darlin’ Druid on the 15th as promised. I am so sorry! For the past week I’ve been on overload, writing blog posts for other sites and dealing with a new health problem. In an effort to make up for my slip-up, I’m posting…

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  • Freebie Alert

    Darlin’ Druid is FREE today only. This awarding winning western historical is book one in my Texas Druids trilogy. Don’t let the title throw you. My Druids are adventurers who seek love and fortune in the Old West, encountering plenty of adventure along the way. Each possesses a secret psychic gift that moves the plot…

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