Tag Archives: self-publishing

A Pride Month Update

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Gabriella West

It’s Pride Month, and I have been fairly busy on the writing and self-publishing front. First, I just put A Knight’s Tale, Books 1 & 2, my LGBT medieval historical romances, on Smashwords; they can be found here. I’ll update … Continue reading →

Posted in Editing, LGBT, Personal, Self-publishing, Work/Life Balance, Writing | Tagged A Knight's Tale, Apple, Elsie Street, Fantasia Frog Designs, gay romance, Google play, historical romances, LGBT, medieval romance, premade, Return to Carlsbad, self-publishing, Smashwords, work | 1 Comment

A May Anniversary, or Two

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Gabriella West

Hard to believe, but May 30, 2011, was when I published my first ebook, a literary novel called The Leaving. I did the cover myself and chose Smashwords as the first ebook platform to upload it to. Back then there was … Continue reading →

Posted in Self-publishing, Writing | Tagged 2011, Amazon KDP, Anniversary, backlist, changes, covers, ebook, erotica, interview, Mark Coker, publishing, self-publishing, Smashwords, The Leaving | Leave a comment

Summer/Winter Sale on Smashwords

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Gabriella West

It’s nearly the end of June, so I enrolled a few of my books in the annual Smashwords Summer/Winter sale! Although the “winter” part of the name refers to the Southern Hemisphere, it could also refer to summer in San … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Self-publishing, Writing | Tagged ADHD, connecting the dots, Free, San Francisco, self-publishing, Smashwords, Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale, summer in California, The Pull of Yesterday | Leave a comment

Read an Ebook Week 2017

Posted on March 4, 2017 by Gabriella West

Tomorrow, March 5, brings the start of Read an Ebook Week on ebook platform Smashwords, which is where I started my own self-publishing journey in 2011. According to the site, “This [their catalog] is the hub of the action, where you … Continue reading →

Posted in LGBT, News, Self-publishing, Writing | Tagged Califa, connecting the dots, ebooks, Elsie Street, Free, Kobo Plus, LGBT, library, Read an Ebook Week, Rita Toews, self-publishing, Smashwords | Leave a comment

KQED Forum Does an Hour on Self-Publishing

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Gabriella West

Michael Krasny, who hosts the Bay Area radio show Forum on KQED, did an hour on the changing world of self-publishing this week. I stumbled on to it a couple days later and was glad to be able to catch … Continue reading →

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Connecting the Dots: My Midlife Journey with Adult AD/HD Is Published on Kindle

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Gabriella West

Two anniversaries slipped by recently. One was the two-anniversary of publishing my novel The Leaving on Smashwords (May 30, 2011). It was my first step into self-publishing and I had no idea then that I would end up publishing so … Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Personal, Self-publishing, Writing | Tagged ADD, ADHD, CHADD, connecting the dots, Dawn Charles, Examiner.com, Kate Genet, Kindle, promotion, self-publishing, Shannon Yarbrough | 1 Comment

Some thoughts on indie authors, and a review

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Gabriella West

I think every now and then these days about what it means to be an indie author. For me, it’s meant being able to publish a literary novel that I thought was never going to make it into the light … Continue reading →