Tag: Macchi’s Den


  • May 14, 2026 Who made these books? Hello. I wrote the stories, painted the illustrations, and built the publishing company, Macchi’s Den, that brought them to market. I did all of this while working full time. It took about a year from the first idea to the books being live on Amazon. How did the…

  • May 2, 2026 Tuesday the books went live. All of them. I felt it coming the night before, that particular kind of elation that sits right next to exhaustion, and then I crashed out and slept. Today I woke up and got back to work. Because that’s the thing nobody tells you about finishing something.…

  • I had a few setbacks along the way to my target launch date. But, I am happy to say that almost all titles are live across Amazon and IngramSpark. I’ve had to learn not just how to complete a thought, edit it and then walk away because at some point it has to be done.…

  • April 4, 2026 Friday. I started work really early, hours early, because I had to make my bank appointment in the afternoon.  It turned into one of those days where every call came with long hold times, every form attempted to complete online required research for every question. I practiced a lot of calming breathing…