Writing emails can generate a sense of dread for many writers. Maybe they see it as marketing. It is, but it is essential to building a following and is much more than “selling.” The typical questions include, What do I write about? How long should it be? How often should I send one? What if…
This live interactive workshop happens Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, at 1:00 Central time. Characters that captivate the reader are essential to all good novels. This workshop discusses a 3-step method to build your characters as well as utilizing elements outside the norm such as cultural communication differences and temperament devices like Myers-Briggs and Keirsey. Then…
Early last month I talked about a selling mindset. I encourage you to read that post again (or for the first time, if you missed it) since today’s post discusses preparing for holiday shopping. We are approaching a big buying season, and now is the time to prepare. But if you dread marketing and selling,…
Budgeting—not a task that many like. And I’ll be the first to admit, I’ve always struggled to make a budget work. The most important part of budgeting is establishing what things cost. We do it in our personal lives by knowing how much the rent, the utilities, groceries, car payment, etc. is each month. Those…
Most writers are thrilled to see their books earn big sales on Amazon. But I can count on one hand the number of writers who’ve said to me, “I enjoy marketing.” For many writers, marketing, aka asking people to buy your book, makes them cringe. Why? This is a question on which you want to…
Amazon ads is one of many ways we can get our books in front of readers. I’ve talked about Publisher Rocket before and how it helps me find the right keywords for listing on KDP and in Amazon ads. Well, Dave Chesson, the creator Kindlepreneur and Publisher Rocket, has made some amazing changes to this…
What are anachronisms? Merriam-Webster Unabridged Online Dictionary defines anachronism as: “a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place especially : one from a former age that is incongruous in the present.” Anachronisms tend to occur primarily in historical fiction. It happens for various reasons, one of which is the writer failed to…
In writing book 3 of my Her Inheritance trilogy, I learned how NOT to write a book…at least for me. Hat’s off to pantsers because I think my recent experience comes pretty close to writing by the seat of my pants. How NOT to Write a Book