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Workshop: Self-Publishing with KDP and Kindle Create
Register for a workshop on the basics of self-publishing and marketing with Amazon's Kindle Create app and Kindle Direct Publishing platform
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Sep 201 min read
Lake Erie Lit Fest 2024 Features Local Music and Theater
Looking for something to do in Erie this Saturday? The inside look at this festival shows a stage lineup of diverse performances: music,...
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Aug 9, 20231 min read
Author Interview by Claire Buss
Author and poet Claire Buss talks with me about my cross-genre fiction, my latest novel, and the most notable cake of my life on her blog...
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Jan 12, 20231 min read
The Name I Chose Won Historical Fiction Company Awards!
Naima Haviland's novel, The Name I Chose, won Silver and 5-star Highly Recommended Book awards for 2022.
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Aug 18, 20222 min read
Book Cover Basics: Customize a Basic Font
I decided to play with a basic font in Illustrator to achieve a title font similar to that used for The Art of Steampunk.
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Aug 17, 20223 min read
Book Cover Basics: Create Blurs to Enhance Text
I'm posting today to relate my experience designing blur effects and a transparency mask to add emphasis to book cover text.
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Aug 15, 20223 min read
Cover Design Basics: Creating a Transparency Mask
Observing elements of design that add oomph to a book cover design.
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Aug 9, 20221 min read
4.5 Star Review of The Name I Chose
" ...what we have here is an excellent screenplay for an equally excellent film. All the necessary component parts are present: romance...
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Aug 4, 20221 min read
All Author Book Cover Contest
Vote for The Name I Chose in the All Authors August Book Cover Contest!
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Jun 21, 20221 min read
Quick Reference to Book Cover Design Trends
Quick detour to Dario Villirilli's article on 2022 book cover design trends.
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Jun 6, 20221 min read
I Communicate with Mars
writer & editor Susan Gottfried put me on the spot with her famous West of Mars 1-question interview. My answer may surprise you!
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May 27, 20221 min read
Visit Me at Alana Lorens' Blog
Naima Haviland talks about inspiration in writing and her alternative historical novel, The Name I Chose on Alana Lorens' blog.
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May 1, 20222 min read
Book Cover Basics: Depth
I peruse published book in my genres to see what visual trends are current in book cover designs. Lately, I've noticed depth.
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Mar 30, 20221 min read
Choosing Between Cover Ideas
I share two favorite cover design ideas and the description of my upcoming novel, The Name I Chose.
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Jun 4, 20211 min read
A Chilling Summer Short Story
Darkness moves beneath the surface of a tranquil lakefront community in this vacation horror story.
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Apr 28, 20211 min read
Help Me Choose a Cover Design
Coming soon: The Surface, a vacation horror story. Which of these cover design ideas would you choose?
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Sep 15, 20181 min read
Inspired by the American South
livSOUTH photojournalist Phillip Makselon and I talk about what it's like to be a Southern Writer, the writing process, and creative...
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naimahaviland
Jul 28, 20181 min read
I'm a Recording Star! (in the making)
Taking my day job freelance, oh yeah ... I narrate web-based training at my day job, and I thought I could start a freelance side hustle...
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naimahaviland
Jul 28, 20184 min read
Book Review: Betrayal, an old Harlequin Romance
In which I rip Charlotte Lamb a new one, and then praise her. So, I'm reading a Harlequin romance I bought at Waterfront Mission thrift...
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Jul 28, 20181 min read
Vintage Naima Haviland Blogs
Browse through the past twists and turns of my brain. My intense hatred for WordPress prompted my switch to Wix, but that doesn't mean...
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