Category Archives: Joanne Huspek

The Indie-Trad Argument, From My Perspective, or Yes, I’m Self-Publishing

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The cover for my new book. If you want to be thoroughly entertained and crave a shower of fireworks on the Internet, one might be better served to stay away from the political realm and follow authors and agents embroiled … Continue reading →

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There’s a Reason I’ve Been Mostly Quiet…

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It has to do with the fact that I’ve been busy getting my novel ready for release. Can we say “YAY” or SQUEE? Or sympathize and pray for my soul? 🙂 Yes, I’ve decided to publish FINDING CADENCE myself and … Continue reading →

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Sparks Fly During The San Francisco Writers Conference

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It had to happen. After weeks of Internet back and forth on the self-publishing versus traditionally publishing options (which kind of blossomed into WWIII), with articles like this,  and this, and this monstrosity of a blog post that took me … Continue reading →

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I’m SO Ready for San Francisco!

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This will be a short post, because I have a thousand things to do before I leave Thursday (way early) morning. 1. I am so ready for San Francisco! I’m always ready for the City by the Bay, but right … Continue reading →

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Writing, Editing, and Twelve Days to the San Francisco Writers Conference

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For some reason, I felt that 2013 was a banner year in my writing endeavors. Never mind that it took me the entire year to re-work and re-edit my first manuscript…even though that was a major undertaking full of major … Continue reading →

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Querying…Again

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OK, so I’ve been over this manuscript, what? A million times? Rough draft, second rough draft, third rough draft, final draft, three edits with MR ED, after which, a year of self-imposed edits, one edit with a completely different, third … Continue reading →

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Writers, Please Don’t…

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Having just spent the better portion of a year editing my Epic Tome (and just completing a perfunctory proofreading a few days ago), I have to pat myself on the back. It’s been a long, strange, hard, ass-kicking journey since … Continue reading →

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