NINC has such a succeful 2010 conference in St.Pete Beach that we’re going back there again this year for our New Rules New Tools conference. If you haven’t made plans to attend this year, what are you waiting for? Not only was the conference at a beach resort, but it was full of amazing workshops [...]

Google eBooks – A Partnership That Matters  by Deb Baker  I’m an author in transition – traditionally published through Berkley Prime Crime, with my backlist available through my own efforts. I’ve been publishing independently for almost a year, reissuing out-of-print titles through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords, which distributes to Sony, Kobo, Diesel, iPad, [...]

My current work in progress (WIP, for the unintiated) involves taking parts of two previous drafts together with new material and massaging them into a single, smooth and hopefully entertaining complete book.  It’s a different form of revision from what I’ve done before.  Generally, one starts at the beginning of a completed draft, reads through, [...]

I recently launched a brand-new version of my site, www.karensandler.net. As an author who’s undergone a genre change from adult romance to young adult fiction, I needed a new look for my site that would better represent who I now am as an author. Since my first YA, Tankborn, is dystopian science fiction, I wanted [...]