Linda Poitevin's Blog, page 36
July 24, 2013
Social Media & Marketing Tips for Writers
Whether you’re learning the craft, looking for publishing how-tos, building your platform (or learning what that is), or trying to improve your online marketing skills, you can find a lot of resources on the Internet to help you along. My blog has never been geared towards becoming such a resource, but as I’ve grown as a(...)
July 22, 2013
Sins of the Lost Cover Reveal!!!
I know it seemed to take forever (oh, who am I kidding? It did take forever!!!), but here it is at long last — the cover for Sins of the Lost, book 3 in the Grigori Legacy. I am utterly and completely in love with it, and I hope you like it as much as(...)
July 18, 2013
Reality Check: Looking For Marketing in All The Wrong Places
Last week I posted about the Cost of Self-Publishing — an overview of the process I went through on my journey to self-publishing Gwynneth Ever After. While my post didn’t address the issue of marketing costs, a number of people (here and on my Linked In discussion groups) commented to the effect that marketing support was […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
July 16, 2013
Required Immediately: Kick-Ass Heroine For Starring Role in Urban Fantasy Fiction
(This post originally appeared on Fade Into Fantasy) Job Description: Taking the lead female role in urban fantasy novels as required, you will provide critical opposition to various dark forces including but not limited to: werewolves, demons, vampires, fae, shapeshifters and other paranormal/supernatural types. This exciting position is directly responsible for ensuring that the good […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
July 15, 2013
The Unputdownable Book
We all have them on our bookshelves. Those special books that grabbed us and pulled us headlong into their worlds, that touched us in unexpected ways, that refused to release us even after we had finished them…books that made us go when we finished them, because we just weren’t ready to leave the worlds they’d […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
July 12, 2013
The Newest Member of The Zoo
Earlier this week, we bade a sad farewell to Sylvester, our elderly cat of 17 1/2 years (thank you all so much for your kind words!). For a relatively small feline, he packed a lot of presence, and the hole he left in our family was huge. I decided that what we needed was something […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
July 10, 2013
Saying Goodbye to an Old Friend
Yesterday our family said goodbye to a friend that has been with us for almost 18 years. Companion to my older daughters since they were five, patient pillow for my youngest daughter when she was a toddler, one-time canvas for a purple marker that turned out not to be so washable after all, bed-hog, lap-warmer, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
July 9, 2013
Twitterquette: 5 Tips for Authors
When I first joined Twitter two years ago, I knew nothing about using it. Learning to post my thoughts in 140 characters or less was excruciating; talking to myself (because I had no followers to speak of at first) brought back unpleasant memories of my high school wallflower days; and I committed just about every faux pas […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
July 4, 2013
The Cost of Self-Publishing
Gwynneth Ever After marks my first self-publishing effort — and a huge learning curve in my career. While I posted a little bit about my journey here, here, here, and here, I thought it would be nice to provide a wrap-up of my experience — complete with a cost break-down for those of you who may […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...
July 3, 2013
Gwynneth Ever After Book Trailer
While the title of director/producer may never be in my future, I did manage to teach myself Windows MovieMaker yesterday — and this was the result. What do you think? Does it pass inspection?
