Several blogs past, I wrote about reviews and their value to authors. My focus, I now know, was limited. I was thinking of reader reviews on Amazon and even Goodreads. Those are important, there is no doubt. However, as I become more aware of the details of marketing, professional reviews…
All My apologies for being off line for a while, and here is an update. As I told one of my readers, Chris, it has been a hectic few months in 2018. First, I had one editor retire from fiction and then another who backed out of his commitment just…
I recently participated in my first media interview. Thought I would never do one, but ended up doing two! I met Rob Brown of For Book Lovers Only at a Texas Authors marketing event in Houston several months ago. He interviews authors on both TV and radio and has studios…
I’ve been a member of Goodreads for a little over five years. Goodreads describes itself as a free website for book lovers. Imagine it as a large library that you can wander through and see everyone’s bookshelves, their reviews, and their ratings. You can also post your own reviews and…
For years now experienced authors have been telling new writers that reading is important, especially in the genre they would like to write in. Read a lot, they say. Unfortunately, they don’t tell you what they really mean . . . the secret. I read a lot and by some…
Always give them what they want to hear. An old rule of thumb, and one that applies to a blog as well. So far, I have been writing the blog about my experiences as I go through the writing process, but now I think I need to do more. The…
Ok, much to my amazement I just finished dealing with the remaining 38 editorial comments in Immortal Guardian. It went quicker than I thought. I just sent an email to my editor, Tammy, that I am now 100% certain I will have the two books back to her on August…
