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Be the Gateway Interview with Dan Blank

My dear friend Dan Blank, founder of We Grow Media, has been helping authors learn how to market their work for many years. Dan and I first met a few years back after I interviewed him for a company I was working with, and over time it has become abundantly clear we share common ideas on how authors can market their work without being that sleazy salesman. So when Dan got in touch about his new book, Be the Gateway, and asked if I’d be interested in partnering up with him for an interview I...

What’s Old is New Again. And Original.

Since The Walt Disney Company released its first animated feature back in 1937, the House That Mickey Built has adapted numerous fairy tales and classic stories into cinematic masterpieces. From Sleeping Beauty to The Little Mermaid to Frozen, Disney has enriched and entertained generation after generation of kids and kids-at-heart with its revamped versions of sometimes dark tales. While many a proud Disnerd has sung along to tunes such as Friend Like Me and Go the Distance, there have been...

My Top 6 Strong & Independent YA Heroines

YA literature is full of amazing, kick-ass heroines. From fantasy to historical, and everything in-between, you can certainly find great main characters to look up to. However, since we have so many awesome heroines with all kinds of abilities and personalities out there, I would love to share with you a few of my favorite heroines that are both strong AND independent (meaning they are absolutely fine without a male hero to watch their back). These heroines absolutely SLAY inside their stori...

This Is Why You Should Do Newsletter Surveys

We all know that, as authors, our no.1 priority after writing books should be to nurture our readers and fans. Sure, we have to run our author business and take care of the never-ending marketing, but we wouldn’t get anywhere if we didn’t look after our audience. After all, they are the people we’re writing for and who provide us with a means to make a living from our passion.

To be able to look after our readers, to give them the books they love to read, to foster relationships that will st...

Top 5 Unique & Wonderful SWAG Picks for Every Author

In my everyday work, I get to talk to many authors about different promotional ideas from BookBub ads to promotional items for giveaways. One thing I often tell authors when it comes to picking those giveaway items: think outside the bookmark! As great as bookmarks are, just about every author has one, so what can you do to be different? Here are my top picks for unique & wonderful book swag authors have used to promote their books.

Anna Banks’ Egyptian scented bath bomb for her book Nemesis...

Gif Interview with Devra Robitaille

Today I am pleased to have Devra Robitaille with us for a gif interview! In case you are new to the site, a gif interview is where the author is only allowed to answer my questions using gifs or pictures. I hope you enjoy it!

Hello Devra Robitaille and welcome to the Blog!

(Full House owned by ABC. Source: Giphy)

What are your favorite books?

(Source: Giphy)

How do you manage all your responsibilities; writing, family, friends?

(Home Alone owned by Hughes Entertainment. Source: Giphy)

As...

Balls Through the Wall: Making Better Horror Stories

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.
Cesar Cruz

When it comes to sex and violence, writers can sometimes be a bit skittish when it comes to how extreme either should be. They take all sorts of things into consideration and that can do serious harm to the impact those scenes can have. After all, everyone and their mother have heard of A Serbian Film yet few have seen the shocking feature. Why? Because the filmmakers saw the line and catapulted over it.

Maybe you don...

Not Just Another WordPress Site

In my work with authors, I have helped numerous authors with their author website, their home base on the web. A self-hosted WordPress site with a StudioPress theme has been my recommendation for the majority of authors I’ve worked with (and the few that weren’t, I recommended Rainmaker Platform too). I am great at the detail and design oriented task of website creation but one of the things I tell all my clients, I’m not a coder. If something breaks because of a plugin update or if a hacker...

Gif Interview with Stephen Lomer

Today I am pleased to have Stephen Lomer with us for a gif interview! In case you are new to the site, a gif interview is where the author is only allowed to answer my questions using gifs or pictures. I hope you enjoy it!

Hello Stephen Lomer and welcome to the Blog!

(Mrs. Doubtfire owned by 20th Century Fox)

How are you feeling about Stargazer Lilies or Nothing at Allfinally being out in the wild (aka published)?

(The Fresh Prince of Bel Air owned by WarnerBrothers)

How did you feel befor...

My 3 Words for 2017 #my3words

Inspired by this excellent post by Chris Brogan, I have decided to pick three focus words for 2017. If you are unfamiliar with the concept behind focus words, the idea is rather simple. Pick three words that will remind you of what you aim to accomplish in the year. It is suggested to pick three words, instead of one or more, so you can triangulate your focus. It is also suggested that you do not choice focus as one of your words because what are you focusing on? If this sounds interesting t...