Aug 04 2021
Can we be really honest about our description? Is it truly remarkable or just filling space? Are we weaving a spell that captures readers or are we boring them into a coma? Are we holding the reader’s brains, afraid if we don’t clarify everything, they might not ‘get’ what we mean?
Nov 22 2023
Being neurodivergent can give us major advantages as authors. That said, there are plenty of challenges that can go with our “gift.”
Nov 10 2023
Book reviews are not about author egos. Reviews are a matter of life and death, survival in an absurdly overcrowded marketplace.
Apr 14 2022
Fiction filler is like fillers in food. It makes a little bit of good stuff go a lot farther, but at what cost? How much of this pink slime prose can we really get away with before readers feel ill?
Mar 24 2022
Today, we are going to talk a little about search engines, how they work, and ways we can make our content work harder so we don’t have to.
What is a brand? A platform? Why do we need one? How do we get one? Better still how can we create a brand with the power of driving book sales and still have time left to do THE most important part of our job? Writing more books.
This book demystifies branding and social media and harnesses the same passion and imagination we authors use to write books, then uses that to locate and cultivate a devoted fan base. The methods taught in this book can weather any technological upheaval, and is virtually fad-proof. The new cool social site might change, but your platform will remain.
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