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Attention Authors: You’re Killing Me, Smalls… #authorlife #promobasics
I do a lot of work with other authors. After all, collaboration, paying it forward, sharing information and all that – it’s a wonderful thing. Writers are my tribe, and I get excited every time an author friend hits the bestseller list, and I cheer on each new book release as if it were my own. I love you guys.…
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Truths About Self-Publishing #writing #indieauthor
I recently had the unfortunate opportunity to run across another “old timer” who is under the erroneous assumption that traditionally published = better authors and better quality books. This antiquated idea is still perpetuated by those who make their living, somehow, through the big-five, or other large presses. They’ve likely been told by a publisher representative, agent, old-school author, or…
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Day 28: Meditation Challenge #DoMagick
Today I woke up a little late, my mind foggy, and my sinuses wobbly. I have a slight cold, which sucks. I finished my meditation in thirty minutes. I concentrated on getting editing done. I also thought a bit about writing because I need to get into the habit of editing AND writing every writing office day, and that has…
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When Networking Starts Impeding Progress
My key phrase for the last month has been: Writing the next book is a writer’s first priority. This weekend, while at lunch with a fellow writing friend, we talked about volunteering for writing associations at which time she let it slip that she was involved in three other writing groups aside from the one we were both in. At…
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Audiobooks! #thirteencovens #thriller #audible
I am SO flippin’ excited because my first audiobook is finally available. I decided to start with the Thirteen Covens saga because the story is fantastic. (I love it anyway.) The entire Thirteen Covens saga is on Kindle Unlimited and are purchasable as Kindle ebooks. A paperback of all 14 tales will be available once all fourteen are written. Today –…
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The Year End Update #writinglife #amwriting #amediting
It’s that time of year again – where I let my readers know where I’m at and how ambitious I’m feeling for the next year. If you’ve been following for some time you know that my ambition is always bigger than there are days in the year, and hours in those days. What can I say? When I dream, I…
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The Writing Life #amwriting
During a conversation with a young author earlier this week, I was asked if I still get that “butterflies in the stomach” feeling with each book. You mean that apprehension and anxiety that happens just after a book’s release as I wait for reviewers and readers to praise or slam it? Yes. I’ll admit to that. I prefer to label it “anxiety” as…
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While It’s Sometimes a Scam – Sometimes It’s Not
It’s been a few weeks since Brent Underwood’s article What Does it Take to Be an Amazon Bestselling Author? $3 and 5 Minutes went viral through the writing community. First I want to say that Mr. Underwood makes some fantastic points. There are most certainly people out there who game the system or charge authors ridiculous amounts to game the…
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New Covers!
Every so often an indie author has to go back through and re-evaluate old things. Like recently, I hired an editor to go back through Weekend Captive, SINcerely Megan, and Nice Girls Don’t to give them a good editing pass (updates forthcoming). Training Amy also received another editing pass from a real editor back in late 2013, a few years…
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How NOT to Promote Your Novel
A Brief Guide for Newly Published Authors Do not SPAM your twitter feed or social network with links to your book once an hour on the hour for weeks or even months. That’s SPAM, not marketing. That doesn’t mean an occasional book pimp is a bad thing. Do engage in author events, talk to your potential readers about normal day-to-day…