Jody Kihara

Back to the Books may be a first of its kind… a bookstore that only stocks books by self-published authors and independent publishers! I’m excited to have three of my titles stocked there, and so I asked the owner, Jon … Continue reading →

There’s a new interview with me on JackieAnton.com. This month, Jackie is featuring authors of children’s and young adult books on her blog. Also, The Frankincense Trail is finally available on Kobo! I’m not sure how a bunch of electrons … Continue reading →

The Frankincense Trail has made it to the quarter-finals of the 2012 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest! To celebrate, The Frankincense Trail e-book is available for just 99 cents on Amazon.com this week. You can see the list of all the quarter-finalists … Continue reading →

On March 30th, all Facebook pages will be forced to move to the new Timeline look. (This applies to PAGES, not your regular Facebook profile; so far, you can avoid changing your own profile page to the timeline look). So … Continue reading →

It’s always a thrill to receive an unexpected review of one of my books – especially when it’s a great review! LOL. Not only that, but Jackleen grew up near a pond where a woman was rumoured to have drowned… making … Continue reading →

Do you use photos in your website or for your book covers? If you haven’t bought the right licensing, you could be in big trouble! One of my side jobs is website editing, and I’m compelled to post this piece … Continue reading →

2011 has been quite a year! I published five books, edited another, worked with a wonderful editor, promotor, and illustrator (3 separate people, not one!), made a book trailer, and on top of that, two of my books went off on blog … Continue reading →

Everyone knows the story of the three wise men: that they came to pay tribute to the baby Jesus, bringing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And every child, when they first hear the story, wonders what frankincense and myrrh … Continue reading →

My latest book, and first chapter book (ages 6-9), is now available for Kindle – just in time for Christmas! Monsterzine! is on sale on Amazon.com, as well as Amazon UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. (For some strange reason … Continue reading →

Part II of Jody’s weekly series on promoting your self-published book So you’ve self-published your book… now what do you do to promote the book and generate sales? There are lots of promotional activities an author can do, but as … Continue reading →