Helping Other Writers, Part 1

Even though I've only just started in my career in paranormal romance, already I feel the need to give back.  So today, I going to give pointers that I hope you'll find as helpful as I have.

Save and Keep Going

One of the most frustrating things that can happen to an author is to lose your work.  There are lots of ways of backing up.  Here's what I do.

1. Flashdrive

2. Portable Hard Drive—the prices have come down a lot, look for a sale

3. Online Storage—I've tried a couple but really love Dropbox.  It especially love their synching files.  I work on my novel on my laptop and save to Dropbox icon.  It automatically saves it to my Dropbox storage online and also to my Dropbox icon (folder) on my desktop.  No matter where I am, Dropbox makes it possible to work on the most recent version of my novel.  YAY!  Security and synching—I love it.

Promoting Your Work

This Saturday, we are having romance author and marketing professional Jennifer Fusco on this blog.  You will want to drop by and enter her contest.  The prize is an analysis of your website by Jennifer.  This woman is really on top of her game.  I've attended a workshop of hers and found her advice really helpful and practical.  Jennifer will be talking about her new book Market or Die: Sensible Brand Building Advice for Writers (Volume 1)

Paperback:  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1463561695/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00540GUPA&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1475AYE40HS9NS82V66W

Kindle:  http://www.amazon.com/Market-Die-Sensible-Building-ebook/dp/B00540GUPA

Signing off for now to get back to writing.  I'll be back before you know it.

–Susan

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