Clean Fiction Blog

  The TBR Pile As we are drawing closer to the submission deadline for the November 20th Winter Edition (September 30th), I thought that all of you might be wondering what I was doing with submissions that are still “To Be Read”. Though this list of books “To Be Read” only exists in the digital space, I have decided to call it a “Pile” anyway. Every time I look at “The TBR Pile” for “Clean Fiction” I get excited. So many interesting books in so many genres just waiting for me to open them! I was saddened by the fact that I could not possibly read them all and review them before deadline because I am really exited to share these books with readers! Then the thought crossed my mind...Why wait? Part of me was still slightly apprehensive to place books in the magazine that I had not yet read, but I decided that it was not enough of an impediment to keep me from doing it. So, what am I doing with “The TBR Pile”? I will be trusting those who submitted their books and sharing ALL of them in l

This week's blog is going to be brief due to the fact that I am in "Full Go Mode" right now. You might be thinking to yourself: "But Amy, the publication date is not until November! It is only September!" Let me give you some insight. Layout takes a lot of time. A LOT OF TIME. The plan right now is to have a printed full color "pretty" version and an easy reading Ebook version. Both of these have COMPLETELY SEPARATE types of layouts. I am currently organizing a page at a time so that my Visual/Kinesthetic Brain can print out all the pages in black and white to lay them all out on the floor of my house. Excessive? Maybe. But your brain works how it works right? Flow and reading experience is very important to me. I want you to comfortably turn pages while drinking your tea/coffee this Fall. Once the "pretty" version is laid out and finalized. ONLY THEN can I put together the easy reading version. My Super Planner tendencies are panicking (only