I'm starting to take a close look at the novels I write. While I often use diverse secondary characters, my main characters are painfully similar: white girls with issues. And in today's world of romance novels, that is the sad norm.
So... why haven't I written a black hero or heroine yet?
Ever wonder where to distribute your self-published audiobooks? Don't believe those stats that ebook sales are being trumped by print? Wonder if you're breaking the law with your mailing list?
I scoured the internet and found the best tidbits to share with you, check them out in this post.
Facebook Ads. The two words that haunt our author marketing nightmares and can either increase sales or drain your bank account. Few authors have mastered the art of Facebook Ads, and I wanted to bring an expert in to share some tips on this elusive, but effective, marketing tool.
The world has gone mad and "censorship" is the word that is flitting around the romance community.
Just this week, Amazon's new policy has stripped any erotica titles of exposure and hides them into impossible-to-find corners of their store.
It recently occurred to me that I am essentially clueless about the ghostwriting profession. How does it work? What do these anonymous authors earn? And does it bother them when they see their novels succeeding with someone else's name plastered in glossy letters on the front cover?
If you've been in the newsletter game for more than a minute, you've probably run into the painful experience of wanting to add a newsletter subscriber pop-up box, or form, somewhere that only has integration with MailChimp. But guess what? There is a solution.
Want to have your pseudonym show up on your iBooks listing, instead of your real name? It's simple and easy, and I'm going to show you the steps:
You've got thirty minutes, right? Sure you do. We all do. Skip that sitcom and devote thirty minutes this week to your backlist. This is what you'll be doing...
For years, I put off creating a business plan for the year. I would write it on my to-do list, push it further down the list, then skip it all together. I needed, for me, a different solution.
Hello? Hello? Is anybody out there who leaves reviews anymore???
Finding reviewers for your book can feel a lot like combing the beach for your sunglasses...you may get lucky, but just as likely won't. But don't despair. There's an awesome service, designed just for you--and it's a lot cheaper than you think.
Quitting your job. Writing full time. Turning your writing into a career.
It's a dream for so many. It's a nightmare for others.
This afternoon, I was on Reedsy LIVE and shared three secrets of self-publishing success. Here's some additional references from that mini-workshop:
NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, and it's about to begin! Here's a checklist of everything you should do BEFORE you start writing Chapter 1.
I sat down with New York Times Bestselling Author Douglas E Richards and discussed plotting, research, and the madness of getting stuck in the midst of a novel.
Second only to the cover, your book's blurb (description) is one of the biggest factors in your sales. This video shares WHY your blurb is so important and HOW to easily create an awesome blurb.
