Tip Tuesday: Professional Writers’ Organizations
I’m starting a new weekly feature on the blog, Tip Tuesday, where I pass on a few things I’ve learned about writing craft, self-publishing, editing, and the culture and community of authors. If you...
View ArticleTip Tuesday: Print Covers
Tip Tuesday has gone a bit high and right, since I wrote just one and then promptly started releasing new titles instead of writing helpful content. But I’d like to make this humble offering as the...
View ArticleA Primer on Covers – Part II
This is the second part in a three part series about book cover design. The intended audience is the self-publishing writer with little design experience. The guidelines I set forth are from my...
View ArticleThe magic of Amazon sub-lists
This is less of a deeply informative post than a quick observation, really. I’m off for Southern France–I’ve always wanted to say that!–for two weeks and things are hectic here. Thanks to a KDP Select...
View ArticleSix Suggestions for Book Reviewers
Reviewers provide budding authors–and other readers–with an invaluable service, the unbiased consumer review. This is an especially precious service in an age when we can’t wholly trust the literary...
View ArticleAdvice from the Pros: Three Rules On How To %#@%ing Swear
After participating on a panel with three other authors (Karen Cantwell, Scott Nicholson, and Michael J. Sullivan) recently, the topic of profanity came up. We’d just finished lunch at a family...
View ArticleTip Tuesday: Three Groovy Tips
Friends - Pardon the light post today. I’m in a race to finish my third Marty Singer mystery, Signs, before next week when one of my redoubtable beta-readers has asked for it. But I’ve recently...
View ArticleTip Tuesday: Three Great Goodreads Tips
As an indie author, I’ve increasingly found Goodreads to be one of the best places to reach readers but–maybe even better–I’ve found it to be a great place to relax and just be a reader, as well. But...
View ArticleAdvertising Your Book on Goodreads: Thoughts, Numbers, Questions
I’ve embarked on a number of low-cost, (hopefully) high-impact advertising ventures to boost my book sales. Over the next few days and weeks, I’ll examine what I’ve done and try to draw lessons and...
View ArticleScams, Schemes, and Dead End Deals
Over the last two days, I’ve come into contact with a couple of what I consider dodgy publishing and self-publishing “offers” and news bits that I thought I’d share. First, David Gaughran–author,...
View ArticleDo you hear what I hear? Audio Books and ACX
I’ve recently started poking my nose into the world of audio books. Now that I have a bona fide series out there, the investment of time seems more than worth it. Why not have another product on the...
View ArticleSquaring the Circle: Selling your books using a credit card
I’ve been doing a lot of in-person sales lately (or rather: I’ve been doing a lot of in-person appearances lately; sales…not so much) and I’ve found an indispensable little gadget that you’ve probably...
View ArticleWhat Did Your Readers Like? Kindle’s “Shared Notes & Highlights”
Something that’s given me a real surge of pride and joy lately has been discovering the Kindle “Shared Notes & Highlights” section for each of my books. Notes and Highlights are, well, notes and...
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