by AJ Smith | Jul 9, 2025 | Books, Business
Since the beginning of 2025, there has been a lot of chatter about authors and author income and how best to support authors. Many people have boycotted Amazon in February, and there’s another boycott going on right now because of the July Prime Days going on. And so...
by AJ Smith | Jun 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
For the record, this brings me no pleasure to write. I had hoped and prayed that Adam Gaffen, who is a self-proclaimed writer of LGBTQ+ science fiction, mostly sapphic in nature, would be the one writing this and not me, but his attempt at it has been tepid, and I...
by AJ Smith | Sep 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
I frequently have issues with Amazon flagging my indie books because I have the same pen name as another author, but this latest time takes the cake. The last ten months has been a near constant battle with Amazon, and I have honestly never wanted to stop publishing...
by AJ Smith | Apr 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
You know what one fun thing is about having a kid in school and in kindergarten? He has no understanding of normal school things. We’ve switched Spidey through a lot of daycares, some by choice, others not. His first one closed about 9 months after he...
by AJ Smith | Apr 13, 2022 | Uncategorized
Indigo: Blues released this month, and I’ve been amazed at how well it’s doing. Readers truly are what makes this entire process of publishing worth it in the end. There’s a whole lot of frustrations that comes with it, but sharing stories,...
