Where do great book titles come from?

Where do great book titles come from?

by | Apr 9, 2023 | Blog, Self-publishing, Writing

What’s in a great book title? Book titles fascinate me. Your title is the second most important piece of marketing your book has—the first, of course, is the cover. So, what goes into a great book title? And how do you write one? How do you test it? (Wait, what? I’ve...
AuthorTube!

AuthorTube!

by | Nov 13, 2022 | Blog, Business of Writing, Self-publishing, Writing

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

by | Jun 5, 2022 | Blog, Life, Self-publishing, Writing

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...