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March 4, 2016
3 Pillars of Character Development – A.J. Flowers WordPress Connection
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While work continues on Necromancer Falling (still on track for a spring release! Yay!!), I periodically stumble uponarticles I think will be of interest to ourcommunity. This article, “3 Pillars of Character Development” is one such article. And it ends by recommending a book you’ve seen me talk about here! I’m particularly fond of “Pillar 3″… (my version of “and what happene...
February 28, 2016
Rules and Guidelines
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Here on A Writer’s Journey, we often talk about about the rules and guidelines of writing. Whenever the subject comes up, it’s met with a lot of skepticism and a healthy dose of “but I’m an artist!” No, people don’t often say “but I’m an artist!” But what theydo say is rarely more than a variation on the theme: “There ARE no rules in writing.” “But breaks that so-called rule all of the time!” “Hey! You owe me 20 bucks!” I ca...
January 20, 2016
Defending Your Style Vs. Being Stubborn
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Note: The following article is based on a recent conversation I had with a writer I mentor regarding style. While it’s been heavily edited to read like an article, this is the gist of what I said. There’s an important step on the way to developing your own style and voice as a writer: learn how to write good prose. It may sound obvious, but you’d be surprised how many people think they can sidestep this req...
December 20, 2015
Smashwords: 2015 Smashwords Survey Reveals Insights to Help Authors Reach More Readers
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Edit: Oops! Got a little trigger-happy with the “publish” button. I intended to add some comments first. I’ll keep it short. A friend on Twitter shared this article with me this morning, and I had to pass it along to all of you. Mark Coker released some statistics that may greatly impact the way you choose to market your stories. I strongly urge you to read thi...
November 16, 2015
Holiday Book Marketing: a Holiday Cheat Sheet
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Once again, I find myself sharing a post from my friend Nicholas Rossis, award winning author of the epic fantasyPearseus series. It’s a wonderful article that includes a handful of recommendations and painfully easy things you can do to increase your marketing presence this holiday season. Taylor of the Written Word Media has written an excellent post titled, Holiday Book Marketing: An Author’s Guide...
November 11, 2015
Twitter Contest Tonight at 7pm CST
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Hello friends! Tonight, between 7pm and 8pm CST, I will be running a contest on my Twitter feed. No, this is NOT a book giveaway. But if you’re a Hunger Games fan, and you’re eagerly awaiting the release of Mockingjay Part 2, you don’t want to miss this! Additional instructions will be forthcoming, but the gist of it is this: Around 7pm CST this evening, I will tweet something related to Mockingjay Part 2. All y...
October 31, 2015
Necromancer Falling Delayed
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Each day I wake up and check my social media accounts, and each day I see the same question asked with the most frequency (and fervor): What’s the deal with Necromancer Falling? When’s it coming out? The short answer is “soon”. But, there’s more to it than that… I want to make sure that you, the fans of the Erindor universe, have the best possible experience you canwhile spending time in the fantasy world you’ve grown...
October 25, 2015
Start Writing your Bestseller! | Nicholas C. Rossis
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While checking out Nicholas’s blog this morning, I noticed he shared a wonderful infographic. It shows how long it took all of our favorite writers to achieve some measure of success; how old they were when they began writing, age when first published, age when they published their most famous work, and age when they achieved that mythical “success” we always talk about. Check it out at the Sour...
October 15, 2015
Come Join Me at the Texas Book Festival
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If any of you are going to be in the Austin, TX. area this weekend, October 17-18, stop by the Texas Book Festival and say hi! And please feel free to bring your copies of Necromancer Awakening for me to sign. I’ll be in booth #402, on the west side of the Capitol, dangerously close to a gyro stand and an ATM. I’ll be the guy in the grease-stained t-shirt (grease stains courtesy of the gyro stand I mentione...
September 26, 2015
E-book Sales Aren’t Falling – Fortune
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In the latest case of “don’t believe everything you read,” the New York Times recently published another attempted hatchet job on Amazon, though it was an indirect hatchet job. As if they haven’t proved, time and again, that they’re a shill for “big publishing”, they decided to trot out some sales figures that appear to show a decline in the sales of e-books. Except, they forgot one thing. We’re not idiots. I...
