
It all started with seven “what if” statements in my Mead composition novel notebook.
Continue reading “What if”Star O'Brien is a voice for the dead, the missing, and the lost.
It all started with seven “what if” statements in my Mead composition novel notebook.
Continue reading “What if”I’m beyond excited to reveal the cover of the first book in the Star O’Brien Mystery series which will be released on February 1. I look forward to reading your comments about the cover and after the 1st, what’s inside as well.
In his Principles of Mathematics, Isaac Newton demonstrated that comets move throughout the universe along a conic orbit called a parabola. Parabolas occur naturally. They are elegant, symmetric, and represent energy. When I created the Turlough, Nolan Publishing imprint, I chose the image of the parabola as its emblem.
I hope that readers of the Star O’Brien books find a natural authenticity in her character. And, I hope that readers of my women’s leadership book find answers for their own quest in life.
It’s done! I can sell my books on several ebook platforms.
On this journey as an indie author, I’m learning muchabout the business side of self-publishing. One important aspect is the author’spublisher. Most of the platforms prefer/require an author to have a doingbusiness as name which isn’t the author’sname. Luckily for me, I established my own publishing imprint several yearsago with my women’s leadership book, BringYour Spirit to Work: One Woman at a Time. However, now I’m living in adifferent state and I wondered if I needed to do anything more. Yes! I neededto register Turlough, Nolan Publishing with my state government and run a legalnotice in one of my county’s local newspapers.
Finding out about what to do in my state, led me to ameeting with a representative from the local Small Business Development Center.His questions, of course, had to do with my business plan for marketing andselling my books. I admit I have a writing and publication timeline and anexpense estimate (indie authorship requires resources including money). But I haven’tofficially written a business plan. So I’m working on it.
More to come in my next posts about what’s behind thename of my publishing imprint and its emblem (colophon).
Just thought I’d share the view from French Hill Cottage, Ireland (featured in the Star O’Brien Mystery series) last December. Cold but crispy clear.
Wishing you all a Happy and Healthy New Year!