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December 1, 2013 is release day (the book birthday) for Meadowsweet, Book 1 in the Galleries of Stone trilogy. After hitting “publish” earlier today, Amazon was the first to make the book available for purchase. The story approaches the Epic category, clocking in at nearly 400 print pages, and there are illustrations throughout. Cost is set at $5.99, and it’ll download to your computer or e-reader in minutes.

• You can read the first few chapters (including the new prologue!) thanks to Amazon’...

Meadowsweet is inching closer to publication. This week, I finished a meticulous final edit and swapped notes with my trusty proofers. Some assiduous pruning left my manuscript about 1,000 words lighter. Let’s hear it for lean prose!

Other indie publishing landmarks:

• I learned how to create a linked table of contents.

• After a little fiddling, I’m satisfied with the new prologue.

• There’s finally a dedication (of sorts) on the dedication page.

• My book has an honest-to-goodness ISBN on its co...

Hello and welcome!

These beginnings are often awkward, so let’s be conversational and start with small talk. I’m CJ, and while I do various, sundry, and manifold things, this blog is mostly about one of those things. I write books. Very soon now, I’ll be releasing the first book in a trilogy I wrote back in 2012. Galleries of Stone, Book 1: Meadowsweet is undergoing its final proofreading pass. Once all the loose ends are taken care of, I’ll click “publish” and send my story out into a wider w...