Not Really the Post I Had Planned, But Hey

Yesterday, I set about making a few little changes to the cover for Nightstare—for the second time. I’d wrestled with it before. I thought I should brighten up a few things, make a word-change on the BCC, and shrink the logline down a bit, along with another little change on a spine element.

I got up and went to the kitchen for a second in the middle of my work and when I came back the computer screen was black and unresponsive. I asked my brother, who’s more familiar with the pc than I am, what was going on. He said it does that sometimes. The moral of the story is: always hit save before going to look for a quick snack in the next room.

So, later, I returned to redo what I had done and resume my struggle with the stupid thing that had been going on right before the computer passed out. (That was why I suddenly had to get a snack. It happens when I’m frustrated.) I eventually figured out what my problem was. I’m not saying it made much sense, but I figured it out. So, finally I saved my PDF and took it to my laptop to upload.

I hotspotted my laptop via my phone and as I was powering up, my laptop informed me that it had encountered an “unexpected” issue, and would have to restart. It does that sometimes. When it was quite finished with that, I finally got on KDP and uploaded the new cover.

All of which is to say, I hit “publish your paperback book” on Nightstare last night.

As I was trying to plan this post, I realized I’m not even sure what I learned while writing Nightstare. That was a long time ago! So, it just became a rant about unreliable technology instead of the post I said was coming at the end of yesterday’s post. But at least I’ve got a post, right?

Some people think it takes a very organized on top of it type to be an indie author. I can see why. It’s a lot of responsibilities to keep in line. Maybe you do have to be a certain type—to be a good indie author. But I suppose, as long as I keep producing books, and having fun doing it, that checks my boxes.

So anyway, I hope you enjoyed today’s non-post. I’ll see you tomorrow for a Q+A, which should go better than this.

P.S. If you have any questions you would like to see me answer in tomorrow’s post, feel free to comment them here. I’ll also put up a question box on my Instagram story.