A social media platform is powerful but a key component is time. Strong on-line platforms rarely yield instant results. Traditional media outlets are a different story.
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Feb 20 2014
Author Branding—Harnessing the Power of Digital Age Storms
Proper branding is one of THE most critical elements of author success. Brands that are outdated, boring, rigid, abandoned, fractured, negative or nonexistent are not only unhelpful, but they can spell disaster to our career and eating potential as artists. An author brand has to fit in the new paradigm. If we live in a world that’s changing hourly, our brands have to be able to bend and move and shift with changes.
Dec 09 2013
The Duality of Character Traits–Why We Need the Good, the Bad and Even the Ugly
I’ve read thousands of works, and one quick way to have a “paper doll” is for a character to be all good or all evil. When we begin writing, it’s easy to fall into this trap. Our heroes or heroines are versions of ourselves (minus any imperfections, of course). Our bad guys are every ex or person in high school who picked on us. They are evil personified. But then we soon realize? Our characters are deep as a puddle, making them dull as dirt.