A First Look at Advertising with Amazon

Feb 24, 2015 | Marketing

I’m sure you remember my step-by-step tutorial on how to advertise with Amazon. Three weeks later, I have some preliminary results, which, as promised, I’m sharing with you, so that you can learn from my mistakes. In a nutshell: I’ve failed. The...

Pearseus: Vigil Just Released

Feb 22, 2015 | My Publications

Yay, exciting stuff! Pearseus: Vigil has now been released to into the wild to fend for itself on Amazon. This marks the rebranding of Rise of the Prince as book #1 in the series, with Mad Water now being #2 and Vigil #3. As per your suggestion, Pearseus: Schism has...

If you enjoy writing, write!

Feb 21, 2015 | Writing

Ever since I remember myself, I have enjoyed writing. At school, many of my classmates dreaded essay-writing, whereas I could count on my essays to be read in class. So, when I finished highschool, I figured I’d try writing for a living. Expecting words of praise, I...

Cover Reveal: Pearseus, Vigil

Feb 20, 2015 | My Publications

After long deliberation and thanks to your valuable feedback, I have tried another variation on Vigil’s cover: The background color is close to #3, only a tad lighter, in order to work with the text’s red hues. However, so many of you liked #1, that...

Author Feature: Sue Coletta

Feb 19, 2015 | Interviews Features and Reviews

You may have noticed Sue Coletta hanging around and offering her take on my posts. As a crime author, her mind works in unusual ways. In fact, I was recently blown away (not literally, thank goodness) by her free “” booklet and the creativity involved. I’m...

Help me Choose Vigil’s Cover!

Feb 18, 2015 | My Publications

My good friends, I need your help again. I have designed three different variations on the cover for Pearseus: Vigil, and I need your help to choose which one to use. This was my first attempt. I like it, but Electra complained that it was too similar to Schism; as...

Pearseus: Vigil ARCs now available!

Feb 17, 2015 | My Publications

Exciting news! Pearseus: Vigil is finished! I now have to prepare the book cover and actually publish it, but in the meantime I wanted to offer a free Advance Reading Copy (ARC) to my blog friends. Anyone who’s interested in reading and (hopefully) reviewing it...

Your Fish Has Got Away and other Unusual Translations

Feb 16, 2015 | Random Musings

The original, short version of this post was written for the Book Marketing Tools blog. This longer version was written as a guest post for Vanessa Finaughty’s blog. One of the best ideas of Douglas Adams had to be the Babelfish. Just stick it into your ear and...

Sex and Dinner: A Valentine’s Day Short Story

Feb 14, 2015 | Entertainment, Free Stuff

“How about sex and dinner?” she asked, her throaty voice sending tingles to play on the fine hairs on his neck. She rubbed one fine, slender foot on her lengthy leg, to stress her point. Her audacity caught his breath. They hardly knew each other, having met only a...

My Book Marketing Secret

Feb 13, 2015 | Marketing

This is a guest post I wrote for Chris, the Story Reading Ape’s blog, and it describes my marketing strategy – which is really very simple. In fact, it can be summed up as follows: Be real, be fun, be helpful. If you do that, people will buy your books...