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September 13, 2016

Pre-Launch Checklist for October 1 Azriel Dancer Blastoff

Check Approve final interior and cover from Streetlight Graphics Check Receive the “Deliverables” from Streetlight (ready-to-upload files) Check Upload Print interior and cover to CreateSpace (Amazon […]

September 13, 2016

Doing Business as Shiva Puri Press

For reasons too complex and nuanced to get into here, I have been advised to publish Azriel Dancer under a “fictitious” business name. I’ll be “doing […]

September 12, 2016

Genres, sub-Genres, and Keywords

You are back at the Point of the Pencil to learn about keyword decisions that affect the life and success of your self-published book. How I […]

September 10, 2016

Point of the Pencil

What a great time to be a newbie self-published novelist! Just a few years ago, a hopeful author would chase down agents, beg them to read […]

September 8, 2016

Azriel Dancer Back Cover (first draft)

Azriel Dancer “Azriel Dancer is the kind of sci-fi read that rarely crosses a reviewer’s desk . . . moves quickly without the artificial pace that […]

September 7, 2016

Welcome Azriel’s Angels!

Deep bows of gratitude to those of you who strapped on your wings and polished your halos in service to the Bodacious Book Launch of Azriel […]

August 30, 2016

Back Cover of the Amazon (POD) Print on Demand

“He writes with such joy! A fresh plot, unpredictable and spontaneous, every page a new discovery. Kali is my favorite bad guy ever, truly monstrous, and […]

August 25, 2016

Author and Editor Re-Enact Climactic Scene

Author, Bob Jenkins, and editor, Cate Hogan, re-enact crucial scenes from Azriel Dancer, Book One of Daughters of the Kali Yuga. Or they are out in […]

August 23, 2016

What do those Sanskrit Words mean?

Glossary of Terms (mostly Sanskrit) Used in Azriel Dancer Abhishek consecration of a holy icon, the pouring of libations on the image of a deity Adharma […]