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#Read #Authors: Keep It Real! by Jaq D Hawkins

Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog..... An Author Promotions Enterprise!:
Ever since the indie publishing explosion, I’ve been watching the adjustments in marketing that have tried to keep up with a rapidly changing industry. To put things in perspective, I started out as a traditionally published author in the late 1980s…

Written Acts of Kindness: Tooshie

Self-esteem is the biggest problem I’ve ever addressed in writers, especially when teaching. There is an overwhelming prevalence of “I’m not good enough.” Our self-doubt and personal dissatisfaction isn’t just limited to our creative journey, there are many other areas, such as body image, which affect us and can also assist in poisoning our ability […]

Writing Entrepreneurs vs Writing Experts: How to Pick Them

I have had the joy of discovering awesome content online, but I have also had the displeasure of being sucked in by some dodgy sites. May I give you a few tips on how to avoid the worst of them, or which “industry expert” sites to take with a grain of salt? The names of the guilty […]

#AuthorTag ~ Let’s Give Each Other A Boost Upwards

The one task I want to devote myself to this year is to give fellow authors a lift up above the static of the Internet. I want to assist as many of you, as I can, to be seen… which of course, should lead to more book sales and blog visits for everyone. I’m not […]

Where Are You Investing Your Promotional Energy? Go Green. Save Yourself

Most people are environmentally aware, but fewer of us realise how much damage we also do to ourselves by wasting our inner energy. We squander vast amounts of our emotional and mental resources in the time we invest in useless promotional activities. If we want to be smart, we should be focussed on going green on the […]

Gold Class Writing Sites: Editorial Anonymous

Editorial Anonymous is a goldmine of information from an unnamed children’s book editor, who gives practical advice about everything from handling form rejections to promoting your book. Posts go back as far as 2007 and there are masses of handy links to other helpful blogs and her topic categories on her blog sidebar. Enjoy… http://www.editorialanonymous.blogspo... […]

Unbroken and Undefeated by Guest, Karen McFarland

Unbroken and Undefeated. What do these words mean to you? First impression may tell us they mean the same thing. But if we take a closer look, we find that even though these two words share a parallel meaning, they embrace a whole different significance unto their own. When we think of Unbroken, we think […]

Book Marketing: Identifying Your Self-Destruct Flash Point

The scary thing about this is, you may have already reached it, but are oblivious to the danger… Because books come out of the depths of ourselves, sometimes we don’t know when to cut the umbilical cord. Everything associated with the book becomes personal and an indicator of our self-worth, not just our success, even […]

The Power of the Blogging Community #AuthorTag

  We sometimes get drowned in the pressure of trying to be heard above the noise online. We forget the power that we have as bloggers, especially when we support each other. That power isn’t just restricted to the writing community. Singer, Alex Boye, has had his popularity pushed sharply upwards, thanks to supportive bloggers […]

Measuring the Value of Your Work in a Digital Age

Sometimes I look at the number of blogs, e-books and other authors out there and feel overwhelmed. I don’t see it as competition, I see it more from the point of view that there are a finite number of readers and the market is flooded. That’s on a bad day. On a good day, I […]