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March 21, 2018
Common Mistakes and Ways New Authors Tend to Waste Money
Last October, the one and only Chelle Bliss shared a list of common mistakes and ways new authors tend to waste money on Facebook. She has been so gracious as to let me post this here for the world to read because let’s be honest … I couldn’t have said any of this better myself and it should be required reading for anyone looking to make the leap into the author world.
So if you’re a new author or are considering publishing a novel (or an established author looking for a refresher!), read thi...
March 12, 2018
What GDPR means for Authors and Bloggers
On May 25, 2018 there are some major changes coming through the pipelines under a new law called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It’s being implemented to protect your constituents (aka readers, fans, i.e. bookish friends you have any type of data on) in the European Union (EU). Now before you mentally go shutting down and closing your browser thinking this doesn’t pertain to you because you don’t live in Europe or because you’re not a “marquee author” or “big blogger” … there...
March 6, 2018
EEEP!!! The Birthquake Audiobook is LIVE!!!
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OMG you guys! I am SO FREAKIN’ EXCITED RIGHT NOW!!! The audiobook of Birthquake is finally live. Last fall my fabulous agent helped me sell the rights to Audible.com and my baby has finally come to life! I couldn’t be more excited or proud!! Go forth and one-click today!
And for those of you who have the Audible Romance Package, you can listen to this gem for FREE!!
Thank you so much to my agent, Sarah, to Audible for taking a chance on this book, and to my totally amazing n...
March 2, 2018
10 Questions with Erica Cope
OH.MY.GOD. I am mortified. This post was scheduled to go live in JANUARY while I was traveling with the family. That’s like, FOREVER ago, people. And I have no idea why the schedule didn’t trigger. Ugh. I’m sorry for the delay, Erica!!! But I love this segment of 10 Questions and still want to share it with the world!!!
In this very special episode of Blossom, I mean 10 Questions, we have my fellow Kansas girl and YA author, Erica Cope. With novels in fantasy, paranormal and contemporary roma...
February 28, 2018
12 Signed Paperbacks Up For Grabs!!!
Imagine this …
ONE DOZEN BEAUTIFUL PAPERBACKS! All signed. And in your mailbox. Waiting for you to flip through the pages … to smell them … touch them … read them.
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Well … this can be you. But it won’t be if you don’t enter the giveaway. It’s your last chance. We’re closing out on March 2nd. That’s this Friday.
So click this link and follow these authors over on BookBub to win! You need to follow all twelve to win!
Good Luck!!
Shortcut to each participating author’...
January 28, 2018
Wanted: Guest Bloggers
Have an idea? Have an opinion? Have some tips or tricks to help other authors? Let me know! Anything goes! I’d love to have you write a guest blog.
Leave a comment below or shoot me a message here.
January 24, 2018
Twelve Things You Didn’t Know About Love Nouveau
It’s strange to think my debut came to fruition back in September 2014. There is so much of “me” woven throughout the pages of Love Nouveau, from Ivy’s snark to her keen appreciation for art. So I thought it’d be fun to share a few things about Love Nouveau that you may not have known!
[image error]1. I had a concentration in Art History back in undergrad. The class Ivy references in the prologue is an actual class I took my senior year in college. I actually referenced some of my old notes from art hist...
January 18, 2018
Ten Social Media Hacks for Authors
Good gravy. I JUST WANT TO WRITE BOOKS!!!
Have you ever said that as you get sucked into the rabbit hole of social media?
I get it. As authors, we love to tell our stories. We crave pulling those characters from our heads and hearts and getting them down on the page for our readers to enjoy.
But somewhere along the way we get pulled away from storytelling because so much of our success as an author depends on our ability to engage with readers and organically market our books to them.
I want...
January 9, 2018
Hey Kobo and Nook Readers …
January 6, 2018
SEO 101 for Authors
Welcome to the first installment of SEO for Authors, part of my Authors Helping Authors blog feature.
When I first sat down to write about SEO, I was planning on taking some of the helpful tidbits from my brain and plopping them into the blog to hopefully help some other folks out there. But as I started writing everything out and talking to other authors about their SEO questions, I realized there was no way I was going to get all of this done in one blog post. Therefore this is the first of...
