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September 23, 2015
Alternate Voices: New Release
September 16, 2015
When the Lights Go Out – the Official Anthology Cover Reveal
Come one, come all, and bask in the official cover of the Ink Slinger’s Halloween Anthology: Featuring 25 tales of Halloween inspired goodness and an intro by horror author Rami Ungar, look for the anthology October first at your favorite ebook retailers! (Links will come when I have…
September 13, 2015
The Ins & Outs of Writing a Book
I’ve often heard that everyone has a book inside them. I don’t know if that’s true or not. If it is, that phrase still doesn’t mean that everyone can get that book to the outside. For most of us, a book doesn’t come to mind fully developed and needing…
September 4, 2015
Five Easy Ways to Declutter your Email
August 26, 2015
THE ART OF SETTING BOUNDARIES (Guest Post)…
Many positive traits have been associated with Sir Winton Churchill, among them the ability to set effective boundaries. Whenever I struggle with this essential life skill, I recall the following anecdote: Sir Winston hired a young aide to be his gatekeeper. On the young man’s…
August 25, 2015
On the Road with Diverse Book Tours
August 20, 2015
Beware the Experts
August 17, 2015
Free or not free
I enjoyed reading this interesting and unique perspective on free books. There have been several posts going around lately that discuss the other side of the argument, and like Jane stated in this post, most authors comes out on the side of “no freebies.”
I’ve gone back and forth on this issue several times since publishing my first book. I know several authors who have had great success with free promotions. I’ve run a couple of free promotions that have boosted sales tremendously. So, while I think some readers now refuse to pay for ebooks as a result of all the freebies floating around out there, I also think a free promotion can be a valuable marketing tool. If giving away the first book in a series results in sales for subsequent books, that’s a win.
In a perfect world, all authors (indies and traditional) would band together and agree to a “no more freebies” policy. In a perfect world, readers would pay top dollar for quality books and would place tremendous value on the books they enjoy. Unfortunately, this is not a perfect world, and as Jane pointed out, it is not fair either. There will always be freebies. And there will always be readers who refuse to pay for books. As authors, we have to do what is right for us. That might mean running a free promo, giving away the first book in a series for free, or joining the Kindle Unlimited program. I’m certainly not going to judge you for whatever it is you decide to do.
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
Free or not free
That is the question. Or one of the questions exercising authors at the moment. Most of the arguments conclude that authors should not be giving their work away because all work should have its just rewards, and an author who does give his or her books away on Amazon is tossing another shovelful of earth onto the coffin of indie book sales. Just to be cussed, I’m going to look at the opposite argument, that the possibility to give away oodles of books is a great promotional tool.
First of all, I don’t think anybody would ever argue that giving away your one and only book makes any sense. None of the people who downloaded it while it was free are going to, you know, download a second copy once it goes back to full price. Not unless they are very strange people. The authors concerned…
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August 16, 2015
Summer Updates
Happy Summer, everyone! I hope you’re all staying cool. We’re going through another heatwave here in New Hampshire. To be quite honest, I’m ready for autumn. I think I’ll have to wait awhile, though.
This summer has been an odd combination of busy and lazy. Busy on the days when I can tolerate the heat, and lazy on the days I can’t. I’ve spent a great deal of time outside walking the dog. Tasha, our recently adopted Aussie mix, has kept me active and running.
I’ve also been writing here and there. Yesterday, I published the first prequel to The Spellbringers series. The Warrior is Abe’s story. Those of you who remember me from my Authonomy days might remember this story. It was the first book I workshopped on that site. It was originally titled ‘The Protector,’ but it has changed a good bit over the last few years. It’s now on Kindle and Smashwords (coming soon to other sales channels) if you’re interested.
I’ve also been working on a short story for the Ink Slingers’ Halloween Anthology. Submissions are still open until the end of August, so if you’d like to submit a story, click HERE to find out more!
In other news, I’ve got two kids in high school this year and one starting college. I don’t know how my kids got to be this grown up.
So, what have you all been up to this summer? Anyone else busy with back-to-school prep?
Tagged: halloween anthology, ink slingers anthology, spellbringer prequel, summer, the warrior, writing
August 13, 2015
Why I’m Mad About Self-Publishing Stigma
Fantastic post and just what I needed to read today! THIS is why I don’t tell people about my books. THIS is why when a new acquaintance asks what I do for a living, I tell them about my part time accounting job instead of my writing career into which I’ve poured my heart and soul. THIS is why I haven’t contacted local book stores and libraries. I’ve been around the indie block enough to know about “the look.”
Following a dream is an accomplishment. Thank you for the reminder.
Originally posted on Liz Long:
I’m mad.
What’s worse is that what I’m mad about is truly something out of my control. There’s not a thing I can do about it except keep pushing barriers. To hold my head high and keep on keepin’ on with the rest of the crowd.
You can probably guess why I’m angry thanks to the headline. Wait – no, I’m NOT mad about self-publishing. But rather the thoughts behind self-publishing and the ideas that we’re not as good or “real” as traditionally published authors.
The publishing system isn’t broken by any means, but the stigma behind “traditional” and “indie” publishing has really gotten my goat lately.
I’m independently published, or self-published. What does that mean? It means I do not have an agent or traditional publisher backing me. It means that I’m in control of my stories, my edits, my covers, my marketing, and everything else that goes along…
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