Blogging for Authors: Yes or No?

Blogging for Authors: Yes or No?

by | Dec 15, 2019 | Blog, Self-publishing, Writing

How many blogs do you read? What topics interest you? Do you only read blogs on writing craft? Book marketing? Self-publishing? Or do you enjoy reading about the writing process, or what an author is working on? Have you ever read an author’s blog that is meant for...
Marketing Trials

Marketing Trials

by | Nov 10, 2019 | Blog, Self-publishing, Writing

To say that I’m not good at marketing would be like saying that there are clouds in the sky and rain falling from them. Here in Belgium, that’s true about 80% of the time. So too, do my marketing failures happen about 80% of the time I attempt to advertise my books. I...
Planning, Journaling and Collaboration

Planning, Journaling and Collaboration

by | Sep 29, 2019 | Blog, Life, Self-publishing, Writing

With the start of October, we move into something I hadn’t realized existed—Planner Season! Apparently, October is the time when people start thinking about what planner they’re going to use the following year. They look at all of the offerings out there and decide...
What Makes You Feel Like A Real Author

What Makes You Feel Like A Real Author

by | Aug 4, 2019 | Blog, Life, Self-publishing, Writing

The Writer’s Well Podcast has done it again. They’ve asked an incredibly fascinating and thought-provoking question: What makes you feel like a real author? They asked this of each other—the two hosts Rachel Herron and J. Thorn, as well as one of Rachel’s friends,...
A PSA on GMC

A PSA on GMC

by | Apr 28, 2019 | Blog, Method, Self-publishing, Writing

Goal, motivation, and conflict is so incredibly necessary sometimes it just astounds me. Yes, it’s very helpful if a writer knows everything about the world in which their book is set. And yes, a knowledge of story structure is extremely helpful when writing a book....

My Advertising Journey Follow-up

by | Apr 21, 2019 | Blog, Method, Self-publishing, Writing

Last week I told you all that I would be trying out some advertising for the release of my newest book, the first in a series. I really wanted to make as big a splash with this book as I could since it’s a new beginning for me – this is the first completely new series...