Cheryl Shireman, Author at Cheryl Shireman

#3 in Movers and Shakers on Amazon. What!?!

Yesterday afternoon, I turned on my computer to check sales for my novel, . The novel was published a little over three months ago, and I am thrilled to write [More…]

Google Translator Added To This Blog

Quick update. This blog and website is receiving so much international traffic that we realized we should add Google Translator for our international readers. It is now on the sidebar [More…]

Indie Publishing: Top Ten Things I Have Learned

One of my primary reasons for starting this blog was to share my journey as an Indie writer with you. If you are an Indie writer, I hope you will [More…]

East of Eden and Me? (or #99 in Literary Fiction – What?)

This is going to be a short entry. For, you see, it is very difficult to write (or even see) when you are alternately crying and laughing. For today, at [More…]

Second Novels and Second Babies

I remember when I was a relatively new mother. People often asked me if I planned on having another child. At the time, I was uncertain. I loved my newborn [More…]

Free Books Every Friday?

A couple of weeks ago I came across this site called Free Book Friday. Every Friday they give away autographed copies of books – straight from the author. All the [More…]

Who You Might Have Been?

One of the results of being published is that other women writers and would-be writers are now reaching out to me to tell me their story. Dreams of always wanting [More…]

Independent Publishing – the Wild Wild West!

Independent authors are the new pioneers. Go West Young Man became the mantra for the Nineteenth Century migration. Adventurous and bold men and women packed all of their belongings into [More…]

Writing Dreams

From the time I began writing in my early teens I have imagined walking into a bookstore and seeing my book on the shelf. In my fantasy, I pull it [More…]

First Sales Are the Sweetest

I am thoroughly enjoying my first month as a real life honest to goodness published writer. It is a new time. A tender time of watching and waiting The unfurling [More…]