AuthorTube!

AuthorTube!

AuthorTube! As my husband said when I said the word aloud to him, “What the heck is that?” Have you heard of it? I certainly hadn’t until I attended the SelfPubCon a few weeks ago. It’s similar to BookTok and Bookstagram, only it’s for authors—and there is,...
Looking at the big picture

Looking at the big picture

I love it when someone blows my mind with an entirely new concept I had never even conceived of before. This happened to me recently when a prolific friend of mine told me that he doesn’t count how many words he writes day-to-day. He doesn’t count how many words he...
Atticus Review, uh-oh!

Atticus Review, uh-oh!

I love new software. I love playing with it, testing it, and finding its limits. So when I heard about Atticus, which I did many months ago when it was still in beta, I thought I’d wait until they came out with the official version to really put it to the test. Well,...
Keywords

Keywords

Keywords. It’s the phrase that every author not only needs to be familiar but intimate with. And yes, so few authors actually know what they are, where to get them, or even what they’re good for. Some people get keywords and categories mixed up. (You are either...