by amiemccracken | Nov 4, 2014 | books, reading, self-publishing, writing
What is the difference between self publishing and becoming an Indie Author? In two words? Professional editing. Recently I was reading some things by Joanna Penn where she discussed some of the differences between these two terms. In a nutshell, self-publishing still...
by amiemccracken | Sep 5, 2014 | editing, writing
Have you ever tried to write a novel? Did you hit somewhere around 10,000 words and then get stuck? That was me for the longest time. It took a lot of starts and stops for me to finally get a full novel written; now I have three. My friend Charlie at Urban...
by amiemccracken | Jul 11, 2014 | about me, editing, photography, Uncategorized, writing
I’m ready to let my hair down and go crazy. Let’s get this party started! Who has the spritzers? And the seven-layer dip? Okay, great. Chow down and sign up for the giveaways below. Then come over to the Facebook event for other fun stuff (story-telling...
by amiemccracken | Jul 10, 2014 | about me, books, editing, photography, writing
This has been a long time coming. It’s finally arrived. I’ve been gathering the pieces and building up to it for months. Here its is. The big reveal. My… …new brand. The website is ready. My team is assembled (consisting of me and sometimes a...
by amiemccracken | Jun 26, 2014 | about me, writing
When I find inspiration, it comes in droves. As proved by my constant blog posting lately (where I hadn’t posted anything in months…). I picked up Emma Itäranta’s book Memory of Water the other day. The first sentence had me lying my Kindle on the...
by amiemccracken | Jan 14, 2014 | writing
Why does the act of moving our bodies in rhythmic motions, in sync with another, around a wooden floor, with music tinkling in the background, create such a stir? In every movie worth its weight, the dance scene is better than the sex scene. All that tension. All that...
