Adam Oster's Blog, page 55

How Selling Books is not Like Selling Everything Else

As part of my re-branding process (you know, the one that included updating the site to include more pictures of my ugly mug and actually opening up a facebook fan page that asks for help from time to time? (speaking of which, go nominate me here!), I’ve spent a large amount of time reading through marketing strategies and attempting to… Read more →

Book Review: Limerence II by Claire C Riley

Just like the first book in the series, I went into reading it with a bit of hesitation. Also, like the first book in the series, I spent the first half of the book feeling that it probably wasn’t really the book for me. And just like the first in the series, I spent the second half of the book… Read more →

Fat Mogul vs. Being Obnoxious

One of my greatest fears about the idea of being an author is that I could, quite easily, become overly obnoxious.  In fact, even the concept of sharing my blog posts on Facebook just seemed to be something that too many people would see as being this annoying self-serving activity which would cause them to instantly de-friend me merely because… Read more →

Fat Mogul vs. The Impending Birth

I’m going to admit something that I’m not entirely proud of… I have been so crazily busy these past few months that I fear the amount of time I’ve spent actually mentally anticipating the arrival of the third little Oster to our clan has been way too minimal. That’s not to say I’m not excited for the new addition to… Read more →

Fat Mogul vs. The Not-My-Job Mentality

My normal every-day desk job is at a place where there are plenty of questions that just can’t be answered easily.  In fact, a large amount of time, the questions really come down to, where do I send this issue that needs to be resolved.  My current job, in fact, mostly involves just trying to figure out where things go… Read more →

Fat Mogul vs. The (Sales)man Inside Me

Hey, notice something different about me?  Yeah, that’s right, I’ve cleaned up a bit…the site’s…well…you know…different.  And look at that beautiful mug up on top of the page.  Who’d have thought you’d be seeing anything about him on here… So, yeah, redesigned the site a bit…made it into something a bit more…well…you know, sales-oriented (only slightly) and less crazed-looking blog… Read more →

The Hipster Guide to Indie Authors

Since the rise of the hipster, trendy folks have fought hard to stay ahead of the mainstream, trying to show off their knowledge of everything trendy by utilizing such statements as, “I knew them before they were popular” or “Their early stuff was so much better, you know, the stuff …

Fat Mogul vs. The Classroom

Yesterday marked yet another milestone in the life of Adam Oster, Author.  Career Day… Okay, so it wasn’t career day, at least not exactly.  I mean, I was officially more of a special guest who was asked to come in specifically about the writing process and, you know, try to …

Fat Mogul vs. Fatherly Pride and Stuff

Yesterday marked my first official parent-teacher conference as an actual father (yes, I had one for my daughter when she was in 4k, but that felt more like a daycare update, and yes, I had one as the legal guardian for my sister…which was just plain weird).  Yup, my little …

Fat Mogul vs. Criticism

My wife finished The Long Chron this weekend with an interesting noise…She turned off her Kindle and said, simply, “Huh”. I, of course, made some joke about the noise, but honestly, I have to admit, right here and now…it made me smile.  Yeah, partially because she made an audible noise …