Gilding the Lily-pad (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781493568499)

Elle's first self-published romantic comedy- The Frog Prince-became an Amazon bestseller in December 2010, a distinction it kept through the summer of 2012 when it peaked at #2 on Amazon's Top 100 List for Humor. On Valentine's Day 2012 her second novel, Sleeping Beauty, catapulted to Amazon's Top 100 List for Romantic Suspense. In March of 2012, she published an alternate ending version called Sleeping Beauty Wakes Up in response to fan feedback. In December 2012, both versions were named to Kindles & Wine "Best Reads of 2012." In October of 2012, she wrote Alice in Wonderland in 35 days and e-published it seven days later. Elle's appearance on Digital Book World's (DBW) "Successful Self-Published Authors" panel in January 2012 was noted in Publisher's Weekly. In February 2012, she was named to Expert Messaging Group's "25 Self-Published Authors to Watch." She is considered a "reluctant expert" on the topic of self-publishing and is well-known for taking advantage of her full creative control by pushing the envelope-and advising other self-published authors to do the same. Elle has contributed to articles on self-publishing for both TIME Magazine and Writers Digest. She's been interviewed by USA Today's Happy Ever After with Joyce Lamb, GoodEReader.com with Mercy Pilkington, "The Trash Talk Show" with Barb Tobias and "Your Book Is Your Hook" with Jennifer Wilkov. In April 2012, Elle was invited to be a regular contributor to DBWs Expert Publishing Blog, an industry blog with 20,000 subscribers. She almost immediately created a firestorm of controversy by blogging that authors should respond to negative reader reviews-a blog that was later named one of the "Top 10 Digital Publishing Stories of 2012" for its "importance." She was one of 93 authors-including over 50 New York Times bestsellers-invited to blog for National Read-a-Romance Month in August 2013. In January, 2014, Elle and co-host Isobel Irons, launched a self-publishing consulting company, The Book Escorts, as well as "The S&M (Self-Publishing and Marketing) Podcast with Maven and Minx" on the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network. Beginning in 2014, this dynamic duo will present self-publishing workshops at conferences nationwide. Elle lives in Denver, Colorado and keeps a miniature dachshund named Bacon around the house to provide comic relief. Find out more by visiting her website at www.ElleLothlorien.com!