Andrew Baltasar's Blog
May 10, 2025
The Marketing Bait
I used to have a lifehack: never follow back anyone on Twitter with 100k followers but only following 100. It usually meant they’d follow you just to get a follow back—then unfollow.
Now life’s taught me another one: don’t befriend a writer with dozens of books and thousands of reviews—they’ll end up trying to sell you a book marketing service.
In the screenshot, I used the strategy called “the best defense is a good offense.”
Now life’s taught me another one: don’t befriend a writer with dozens of books and thousands of reviews—they’ll end up trying to sell you a book marketing service.
In the screenshot, I used the strategy called “the best defense is a good offense.”
May 4, 2025
Publishing on Amazon
It took me 1.5 years to finish The Disciple of the Aethereals (Book 2 in The Thaumaturge series). I finally published it in April as a birthday gift to myself—then my inner critic kicked in. I reread it, panicked, and ended up unpublishing it, asking Amazon to hide it. The mechanics still felt too complex. I’ve been editing it ever since and hope to republish soon.
Does anyone else battle with perfectionism after hitting 'publish'?
Does anyone else battle with perfectionism after hitting 'publish'?
