Ways you can help an Indie Author Writing a book is hard enough, promoting it is a whole other matter. Big name authors can afford to hire a publicist, but indie authors have to get by with grass-roots connections, word-of-mouth, and a little luck to inform the world out there of their latest creation. …
Do you hear it? My wife does. My kids do. Even the dog. Its why none of them are around me right now. It’s not my keyboard, they’re use to that. Its…my mouse. If you ever wondered what an author does the day after he releases a book to the public? It’s this. Mouse clicking. …
Today, after a lazy morning of not writing, I got on Facebook to see what was happening in the world. Nothing new really, the race for the presidency is still a cluster, the world is still getting hotter, and the Kardashians are still famous for no reason what-so-ever. Then I saw this headline: Facebook is …
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If you’ve read part one of this entry, you’ll recall that last week I was sick, and while in the couch position I was spending too much time on the multiple writing blogs out there. That led to the question above and the following experiment. I picked out a book written by a regular visitor …
Okay, It’s raining out, I’m sick, and the wife is working. The cold medicine is making me a little punchy and I’m mulling over an overdue blog entry. This could get dangerous. I’m also killing time reading a lot of publishing blogs, as I often do, and I see a lot of the same people …