Wednesday, March 6, 2013

HOW TO HAVE A MONEY MAKING GARAGE SALE - Now Available on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble

CRACKING THE E-BOOK CODE

Last year when I told my parents that I wanted to learn how to write e-books and start an on-line publishing company I asked them to think of a book that we might be able to write together.

It didn't take long for their response. They knew immediately what they wanted to write about:  how to have a money making garage sale.  Over the past several decades my parents have gone to hundreds of garage sales, yard sales and estate sales. They've also hosted dozens and dozens of sales themselves.

With their vast knowledge I agreed that this would be an excellent choice.  So I started with a rough draft and sent it up to them. They embellished on it and sent it back to me and then we did it all over again. (Writing is re-writing...)

We worked on the final draft together while on a cruise up in Alaska last September and then came the tough part.  How the heck was I supposed to get it from my computer onto the internet?  I read several 'how to' tutorials and I even purchased a subscription to an amazing website called My Ecover maker.com where I learned how to design e-book covers, but I still had this awful block when it came to finishing it. So instead I played 'Scrabble' on my computer for a couple of months. (I even made it to the 'elite' level.)

Then one day the planets must have aligned.  My confidence made a rare appearance and I barreled through the concrete wall of fear that I had created over the months. AND I DID IT!

The flood gates are open now.  Several more e-books are on the way and I'm assisting others with their e-books too (including my husband who now has THREE e-books available on Amazon.com!).

I'm excited about this new direction and I hope that I can help others with their e-books too. I still have a lot to learn but I think it's safe to say, I've cracked the e-book code!



Meet the Authors!  JACK, JANINE & IRENE 





MANY THANKS to Michael Dougherty (I took 2 excellent night classes from him) and local romance novelist Catherine Bybee (who gave me some excellent advice last year).