May 23, 2026 | Marketing, My friends' Guest Posts
I was talking to my good friend and colleague, Keith Robinson, about his successes and failures marketing his horror novel “Skeleton Wreck,” and asked him for a guest post explaining what he’d done to achieve this. Here’s his post on the...
Oct 27, 2025 | Publishing
Back in 2014, I self-published my first book on Amazon. I was confused by a few forms that involved tax-related issues, but in the end decided it was far simpler for me to be taxed at source (US) rather than deal with the Greek tax authorities. This decision has...
Oct 6, 2025 | Blog hops tours & reblogs
Today, I’m hosting a fellow Story Empire member, Liz Gauffreau, who talks about her latest release, The Weight of Snow and Regret. Happy book birthday, Liz! Introduction Thank you for hosting me on my blog tour for The Weight of Snow and Regret, Nicholas! For...
Sep 29, 2025 | Publishing
I recently wrote on Story Empire about NaNoWriMo being canceled. Now, I’ve received word that it’s back with a new name! After 25 years of fueling millions of writers with the encouragement needed to finally finish their novel, in early 2025, NaNoWriMo, or...
Sep 4, 2025 | AI writing, Marketing
I’ve mentioned a few times in the past how AI can help write books, including my latest, Everyone Hates This Restaurant. But sell them? How would that work? And yet, every bit would help, given how many books are published every year in both digital and...
Aug 19, 2025 | Random Musings
Last week, I spent a few days at our summer home in Evia suffering a dreadfully slow Internet connection. So, this guest post by regular contributor Edian Blasquino felt very personal indeed, as I learned firsthand that a slow internet connection does more than...
