Kristen Hall-Geisler

Learning? Let Lynda and Your Library Help!

Mar 20, 2017

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This post brought to you by the letter L. I’ve self-published a book (Take the Wheel: A Woman’s Guide to Buying a Car Her Own Damn Self), and I work in publishing, so I feel pretty confident about publishing Lightning…

Business Launch for International Women’s Day

Mar 15, 2017

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On International Women’s Day 2017, I participated in A Day Without Women. Organizers meant it to be a general strike, but it supposed a lot of privilege on the part of the strikers. There were millions of women who couldn’t…

The Bottom Line Is Not Just a Figure of Speech

Dec 29, 2015

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I’ve been a freelance writer and editor years longer than I’ve had proper accounting software. (A quick hat tip to Freshbooks for making the switch from home-brewed spreadsheets to software not so painful.) The basics are easy (invoice! expense! bam!),…

How to Write a Nonfiction Book

Dec 13, 2015

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Take the Wheel Is Available!

Mar 6, 2014

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How did I end up not updating my homepage? Who knows. Take the Wheel came out, there were deadlines to meet, there were holidays, there were marketing moves, there were more deadlines … and my blog sat here alone and…

Take the Wheel Takes Another Step Toward Reality

May 14, 2013

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Take the Wheel has been edited, I have made the changes or stuck to my guns as necessary, and the text is now in the hands of the book designer. The designer is asking me to decide between fonts that…

Leggo My Logo!

Apr 1, 2013

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After several weeks of tweaking and and honing, Nicole at Spot Color Studio sent me the final versions of the logo for Take the Wheel this weekend! She made one vertical version that will work great for the cover of…

To All the Writers Whose Books I Edit: I Feel You

Mar 21, 2013

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I write lots. For a living. Editors often return my articles with red lines all over the place and blue notes in the comments and green highlighting for all the words I overuse. Being edited is nothing new to me.…

Adding to Team Take the Wheel

Mar 7, 2013

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I met with Vinnie Kinsella at Indigo Editing yesterday to ask him questions about the publication process, since I am — or was — so admittedly clueless. He was very enlightening. He also agreed to design Take the Wheel and help…

Moving Past the Glow of My Headlights

Mar 4, 2013

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Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. – E.L. Doctorow I think about this quote a lot. I usually operate…