How Much Can Indie Authors Realistically Make?
Rachel Thompson recently published a great post where she bares her soul wallet to reveal what she makes from sales of her three books. Since a popular myth is that all one needs to do is write a decent book to spend the rest of her life between Oprah’s couch and a...
Rivka Kawano’s definitive guide on social media success
My good friend Rivka Kawano has been a tremendous help to me, offering generous amounts of her scarce time to aid my book promotions with her helpful advice. Always willing to share her tremendous social media skills, she has now posted the definitive guide on social...
A family of writers
Beverley Kendall’s Self-Publishing survey
Author Beverley Kendall conducted in January 2014 a comprehensive survey to find out just what the situation is like in regards to Indie authors. Her results included three main takeaways: Self-publishing definitely isn’t a “get rich quick” scheme. It requires hard...
How to get a busy person to respond to your email
Mattan Griffel wrote a great article, pretty much redefining email etiquette for our busy times. In a nutshell, his five rules are: Keep it short Format for readability and clarity Make it clear what you want me to do Be reasonable with your request Show me why I...
It’s a matter of perspective
Any Harry Potter fans?
Become a writer, they said …
Best marketing practices
You've written your book, checked out this great article on BookBaby to make sure you're all set to publish, and uploaded it on KDP, Smashworld, Barnes & Nobles etc. So, you sit back and think that the worst is behind you. It's not. For now, you need to market...
Pearseus prequel giveaway
To celebrate completing the first draft of Mad Water, the third book in the Pearseus series, I am giving away the prequel on Thursday, February 27th! Download your copy from Amazon!
What readers look for in a book
What are readers looking for in a book? I was reading a BookBaby post, that detailed what award judges are looking for in a book, when it struck me: isn't this exactly what readers are looking for in a book, too? The five most important characteristics mentioned were...
Time travellers: please don’t kill Hitler
A tongue-in-cheek article on the Guardian by Dean Burnett. He makes a good point; so many people have dreamed of going back in time to kill Hitler, that it could serve as definite proof that a time machine is impossible to make (or Hitler would be surrounded at all...