Great info., Mary! Don't know if I ever mentioned this, but a friend of mine (also a cat fan!) and I wrote a monologue together about cats in the New World, and it required a bit more effort since I'm in Switzerland and he's in Denmark (there are all kinds of things you have to set up if you aren't in the States--taxes and stuff like that) but he got it sorted out and got it published as a Kindle e-book. He told me that they really guide you through the process and that it is actually not difficult at all. He later helped a gal in our Sphynx group publish her story. It meant a lot to her to have it actually available for sale. She told me she had read some of the info you can get from Amazon about how you go about it, and she said the only really difficult part was getting it set up as a non-American. She's from the U.K. So Kris wouldn't even need to fool with that part. /\__/\_____ (=-.-=),,__,,_)~~~~ /\„,„/\ ( =';'= ) /*♡♡*\ (.|.|..|.|.) -------Original Message------- Date: 09/03/14 02:49:05 Subject: Re: [iPad] OT: greetings from Costa Rica It is fairly easy to self publish through amazon. A friend of mine wen tax this route and sold a fair amount of books and my daughter has researched this topic fairly thoroughly and has decided to use the amazon route as well. Mary Davidson
Sent from my iPad You have a quality that is unique and very appealing. It is kind of hard for me to describe it. Irreverent maybe? Outrageous sometimes? Genuine and never coy? I recently read two different books written by expats, and both of them are extremely fun to read. One is an expat from the U.K. who, with her hubby, moved to Spain (her approach is, to some extent, slapstick, and it works for her, although eventually it gets kind of old). She has done great with her writing. Check out Victoria Twead's Old Fools books. She might give you some inspiration. She's written several books, all available as Kindle e-books. She has illustrated her books, and the photos certainly can't hold a candle to yours! The other is Karen McCann, Dancing in the Fountain: How to Enjoy Living Abroad, also a Kindle e-book. In any case, your writing style plus your fantastic iPhone photography might be a winning combination. I like your idea of an auto-biography, too, btw. <sg-0.gif> /\__/\_____ (=-.-=),,__,,_)~~~~ /\„,„/\ ( =';'= ) /*♡♡*\ (.|.|..|.|.) -------Original Message------- Date: 03.09.2014 00:34:11 Subject: Re: [iPad] OT: greetings from Costa Rica Well i would love to do it. I'm not really sure however that I could fill a book or know the subject. I've often thought about some of the more stupid and highly prosecutable things I've done and also of the rises and almost rises I've had and somehow putting that into a bio, as bios do sell, but I just don't know. People have suggested travel writing but that's a highly crowded field with writers that are much more connected than I already doing it with tons more published works to back them. To get someone to get my incomplete guide to traveling central America over lonely planet or moon is a very big hurdle. I think the biggest hurdle you can see here, my in trepidation rather than enthusiasm. What I would need is the correct inspiration that sets enthusiasm and action into motion. I guess publishing an ebook would be simple.
Either way. It's a thought I'll keep in mind for a while. Maybe if I could get some of this volunteering figured out I could write in that direction.
Thanks for the kind thoughts. I'll definitely take any more you have :) ~KLM ** Fifty $20 pledges is all it takes ** Hey Kris¨ I've been gone most of the afternoon and evening, just got home and checked my e-mails and found yours!! I have had such a great time reading all your travel adventures and looking at your gorgeous photos! Your style of writing is so charming, refreshing, and fun to read that I'm thinking you could do a great job on a book, maybe a Kindle one so you wouldn't have to go the publisher route. What do you think? Crazy idea or something worth thinking about? Thanks loads for your cool posts and photos! <sg-0.gif> /\__/\_____ (=-.-=),,__,,_)~~~~ /\„,„/\ ( =';'= ) /*♡♡*\ (.|.|..|.|.) -------Original Message------- Date: 02.09.2014 18:38:35 Subject: [iPad] OT: greetings from Costa Rica [5 Attachments] $2000 bills and $500 coins. We had a fiasco getting here. Ended up getting swindled out of money and had to hitchhike to this town (Liberia) but that was a learning experience nothing I'm gonna poo poo about. The town is kinda boring and expensive but we are just here long enough to get a new visa for Nicaragua. Here some cash lol and a couple inside and outside shots of the two big buildings in town (Catholic Churches) there are iguanas in all the trees which is neat. But some if the local attractions are $20 to get there and $35 or $65 to get into!!! Yikes. Can not afford lol Cheers!!! ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Yahoo Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: <*> Your use of Yahoo Groups is subject to: ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ~KLM ** Fifty $20 pledges is all it takes ** | | |
