Buying Fame vs. Building Credibility

Shortcuts can get you logos, but they won’t build trust

Sep 10, 2025 • Publishing Misadventures

August 2025

Confessions of a Bookstore Owner Who Forgot She Has a Substack

Oops

Aug 26, 2025 • Publishing Misadventures

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June 2025

Book Description Magic: How to Write a Back Cover That Sells

Also: how to stop crying over a blank marketing doc

Jun 28, 2025 • Publishing Misadventures

Formatting Nightmares Vellum Didn’t Save Me From

Vellum is beautiful. I am the problem.

Jun 28, 2025 • Publishing Misadventures

How to Actually Use Writing as Therapy

Without Turning It into Another Stressful Task

Jun 6, 2025 • Publishing Misadventures

Writing as Therapy

Or, How I Outsmarted My Brain with a Pen

Jun 6, 2025 • Publishing Misadventures

May 2025

My Full Indie Publishing Workflow — Step by Step

A mildly obsessive breakdown of how I get a book from brain to bookshelf

May 24, 2025 • Publishing Misadventures

How I Published the Wrong Version of My Book (Yes, Really)

A Cautionary Tale for the Chronically Overachieving and Occasionally Disorganized

May 24, 2025 • Publishing Misadventures

April 2025

The Time I Tried to Format a Book at 2 AM and Summoned a Demon Instead

This is why we don’t publish while sleep-deprived

Apr 11, 2025 • Publishing Misadventures

How Not to Query a Publisher – A Dramatic Reenactment

Tales from the Slush Pile of Doom

Apr 7, 2025 • Publishing Misadventures

Behind the Curtain – What Actually Happens After You Sign with a Small Press

The contract is signed. The ink is dry. Now what?

Apr 6, 2025 • Publishing Misadventures

March 2025

The Fool’s Leap

Writing Boldly Into the Unknown

Mar 25, 2025 • Publishing Misadventures