Tips on starting a Newsletter
Newsletters can be tricky. As a rule, people avoid subscribing to a mailing list because it eats up their time, and they don't know how frequently you will email them. A second but equally big concern is that you will share their addresses with spammers....
Book Feature: Fleeced by Julia Wills
Julia Wills is the author of Fleeced, a lovely children's book that has won excellent reviews (and has a killer cover). She kindly agreed to share with us some more information on her book. Take it, Julia! 🙂 The Ancient Greek heroes... For centuries they’ve kept...
Renee Hand Interviews Nicholas C. Rossis on Radio
The lovely children's author Renne Hand recently interviewed me for her Podcast at Blog Talk Radio, Stories From Unknown Authors. The interview was part of the wonderful blog tour that 4WillPublishing organized for me, to celebrate the launch of Runaway Smile. It...
Conclusions from Author Earnings, January 2015
You may remember that I study Hugh Howey's and Data Guy's quarterly Author Earning Reports religiously, so that I can offer you the highlights. The Passive Guy alerted me to the January 2015 report (if you don't already subscribe to his free newsletter, The Passive...
Author Feature: Loren Weaver
Let me start by saying that I just love Loren Weaver. She is one of those few that have not only read everything I've ever written, but has also reviewed it on both Amazon and Goodreads. That alone makes her one of my very best friends. 🙂 However, getting to know her...
Cover Reveal: Nonlocal Science Fiction Magazine
You may remember Nonlocal Science Fiction from my interview with publisher Dan Dombrowski. The magazine is the first publication of 33rd Street Digital Press, a new publishing company built from the ground up to work with independent authors. It aims to utilize all of...
Advertise with Amazon: a Step-by-step Tutorial
I was reading Chris McMullen's excellent (as usual) post on Amazon's new advertising service, and thought I'd give it a go. My monthly advertising budget is $100, but I hadn't spent anything in January. So, I had this month's and the previous one's budget at my...
The Genesis Saga Tour
This is a guest post by my fellow #RRBC Board member and all-around great fellow, John Fioravanti. It is part of his Genesis Saga blog tour. Take it, John! The Genesis Saga Tour I’m grateful to my host of this final post of THE GENESIS SAGA TOUR, and to Nonnie Jules...
Author Feature: Jonathan Bergeron
I met Jonathan Bergeron on Twitter. As a Marine Corp veteran, he is the unusual kind of author who can write battle scenes drawing on actual experience. That alone warrants him an author feature! He has published a science fiction novel, Android Hunters - on a 99c...
The Color Thesaurus
An awesome resource for all authors! And a small autocorrect contribution to the list, from the Internet...
Tour Through Blogland with Nicholas C. Rossis
The lovely author C.E. Robinson very kindly nominated me for a Tour Through Blogland award (you can check out the rest of my awards and see me in a lovely dress in my awards page). The rules include answering four questions about my creative process, in order to let...
An Alternative Model of Traditional Publishing: The Story of Runaway Smile
I have decided to offer a tell-all of the story behind Runaway Smile on my blog. This is done for two reasons: first, I want to thank all the people who made it possible, especially Dimitris Fousekis and George Vasdekis. Second, I want to inspire any authors who are...