May 5, 2016 | Maps and Infographics, My friends' Guest Posts
This is a guest post by the very talented Kiara Halligan, who created the Infographic for GalaxyEssay. I have often written about the subject of author rejections, and this infographic is a great way to show why you should never give up! Famous author Rejections: Why...
May 3, 2016 | Interviews Features and Reviews, Marketing
The last of my pay-it-forward series, today’s post is dedicated to EffrosyniWrites and her author services. For a while now, Effrosyni has been offering services to authors and receiving small donations in return at a fraction of the going price. This is her way...
May 1, 2016 | Marketing, Publishing
The Passive Guy alerted me to a big change in the way Amazon does book marketing. As Amy Collins of The Book Designer reports, starting today, Amazon is expanding its Amazon Marketing Services (AMS) to include a wide range of book marketing tools previously...
Apr 30, 2016 | Events and Giveaways
Tonight at midnight we celebrate Greek Orthodox Easter. I hope you’ll excuse me if I reblog last year’s post on what today is all about, and that you’ll enjoy the post! Tomorrow is the Greek Orthodox Easter. Pretty much the same as that celebrated by...
Apr 29, 2016 | Interviews Features and Reviews, Writing
I couldn’t have a pay-it-forward series without mentioning the Logsdon family. Lorelei Logsdon is an amazing editor, who has edited all of my books. Her husband, John, is a best-selling author who has helped me immensely with my marketing. And their son, Jake,...
Apr 27, 2016 | Interviews Features and Reviews
Continuing my pay-it-forward series of posts, I am presenting you today with Steve Bosley and his upcoming novella, Die, Blossom, Bloom. The novella is now available to pre-order for the low price of just 99p. You also get a FREE story from his next collection of...
Apr 25, 2016 | Marketing, My friends' Guest Posts
Continuing my paying-it-forward series of posts, I present to you today another one of my new friends, Duke Vukadinovic. You may or may not be aware that in my day job, I’m a web developer whose company, Istomedia, has developed over 450 websites and blogs since...
Apr 23, 2016 | My friends' Guest Posts
I recently realized that I haven’t paid it forward in a while now. I will do so with a series of posts running throughout April, dedicated to some of the wonderful people I’ve met along a way. Some are author friends. Others offer services I’ve used...
Apr 21, 2016 | My Publications
Let it never be said I don’t listen to you. After your amazing comments and votes on my post, Book Cover Help Requested: Perfect Beat, my trusted sidekick cover designer Alex Saskalides of 187Designz went back to the drawing board and came up with a whole bunch...
Apr 19, 2016 | Publishing, Writing
In a fascinating study shared by The Reading Room, men were found to be quicker to judge a book they’re reading than women are. The study was performed by Jellybooks, who used a bit of JavaScript in eBooks that measured reading habits of volunteers. By breaking down...
