Author Archives: KBSpangler

2015 Wrapup, 2016 Goals

I think it’s normal to get a touch of the maudlin at this time of year, especially if things have been going well. And they have–I’m feeling remarkably lucky. I’m going over my list of complaints and right now my major one is that I’m not allowing myself sushi until December is over, as sushiContinueContinue reading “2015 Wrapup, 2016 Goals”

Small Business Saturday and Holiday Sales

It’s Small Business Saturday! Also known as: a fake holiday created by a credit card company oh just support some small businesses already. We may be tiny and overworked, but we try really darned hard to deliver original items and content, and we do this out of love. Local bookstores are a great place toContinueContinue reading “Small Business Saturday and Holiday Sales”

Never-ending List of Things to Do, November ’15 Edition

GREEK KEY has been out for two weeks, so this is the obligatory getting-my-working-life-in-order post. Novels & Stories GREEK KEY has sold very well! Two weeks out, and it’s already beaten STATE MACHINE for first-month sales. This is big, by the way: self-published authors (well, this self-published author) track sales very closely to determine readers’ContinueContinue reading “Never-ending List of Things to Do, November ’15 Edition”

GREEK KEY is out, so let’s talk about Helen of Troy

All Hope Blackwell wanted was a quiet Mediterranean vacation. Sun, sand, local cuisine…and tracking down Archimedes’ ghost to learn if he’s been tampering with the fabric of reality. But when you’re a psychic whose specialty is communicating with the dead, a trip to Greece means you’ll come face-to-face with legendary heroes. And monsters. As HopeContinueContinue reading “GREEK KEY is out, so let’s talk about Helen of Troy”

More Fun with Self-Publishing

Some of you seem to really enjoy these posts on self-publishing and the living nightmare that is the production phase! Please. Come. Read my hair-pulling, head-to-wall-bashing, chew-through-own-bottom-lip-for-the-joy-of-it experience. Hi! When’s the release date for GREEK KEY? I don’t know, exactly. It goes live around Halloween. You don’t know, exactly? That seems unprofessional. Do you knowContinueContinue reading “More Fun with Self-Publishing”

GREEK KEY sample up on Gumroad!

Greek Key goes live today–the first eleven chapters, at any rate. The cover is gorgeous. I offer these free samples via Gumroad for a couple of reasons, the biggest one being that self-published authors are an unknown quantity. We walk around the Internet shouting BUY OUR BOOKS! and readers say WHY? YOU PEOPLE ARE SCARYContinueContinue reading “GREEK KEY sample up on Gumroad!”