Books

New book! Content Strategy for WordPress is now available

April 28, 2015 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

At long last, Content Strategy for WordPress is available everywhere! This is a relatively short book—less than half as long as WordPress for Web Developers was—and it’s aimed at a more general audience. Paradoxically, I’ve been working on it twice as long as on either of the … [Read more...]

Rereading Outlander

August 9, 2014 Stephanie Leary 1 Comment

This is a post about rereading the Outlander books before the TV show aired. If you're wondering who "Leary" (Laoghaire) is on the show, this should help. The upcoming Outlander TV series has prompted me to reread the first few books for the first time in many years. I have a … [Read more...]

WordPress for Web Developers and other Apress ebooks $15 today

December 2, 2013 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

Use the #cyber15 code to get all of Apress's ebooks, including WordPress for Web Developers, for $15 today! … [Read more...]

WordPress for Web Developers, and other stuff, 40% off

October 31, 2013 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

Apress is having a big ebook sale this weekend! Use the code HLWN13 to get 40% off all their ebooks, including WordPress for Web Developers. … [Read more...]

Romance writing advice in 140 characters

October 29, 2013 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

The other day, YA author Justine Larbalestier asked several luminaries of the romance genre on Twitter why she was having so much trouble writing a romance. I've Storified the advice she got from Joanna Bourne, Tessa Dare, Courtney Milan, Sherry Thomas, Cecilia Grant, and … [Read more...]

Friday giveaways: Coldtown, Countdown, Parasite

October 11, 2013 Stephanie Leary 4 Comments

Now that I've given away all the work-related books (for this week, anyway), I have fun stuff for you to win: advance reading copies of Holly Black's The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, Alan Weisman's Countdown, and Mira Grant's Parasite. … [Read more...]

Thursday giveaway: WordPress for Web Developers ebooks

October 10, 2013 Stephanie Leary

Today, I'm giving away three ebooks of WordPress for Web Developers! The format is up to you: epub (iBooks/Nook/Kobo), Kindle, or PDF. To win, just leave a comment and tell me why you want a copy. Are you a web designer who needs to learn WordPress? A theme tinkerer who wants … [Read more...]

Wednesday giveaway: WordPress for Web Developers paperback

October 9, 2013 Stephanie Leary

I have three copies of WordPress for Web Developers to give away today! These are paperbacks; I'll do ebooks later this week. To win, just leave a comment and tell me why you want a copy. Are you a web designer who needs to learn WordPress? A theme tinkerer who wants to learn … [Read more...]

Tuesday giveaway: CSS3 for Web Designers

October 8, 2013 Stephanie Leary

Today I'm giving away a copy of Dan Cederholm's CSS3 for Web Designers, published by A Book Apart. I adore this book. It's the best concise introduction to all the CSS tricks I use on a daily basis: gradients, opacity, animation. This is one of the books I recommend in WordPress … [Read more...]

Monday giveaway: HTML5 For Web Designers

October 7, 2013 Stephanie Leary

I'm kicking off a week of book giveaways with the best brief introduction to HTML5: Jeremy Keith's HTML5 For Web Designers, published by A Book Apart. My own book, WordPress for Web Developers, shows you how to build WordPress themes with the assumption that you already know … [Read more...]