Clearly I am just not in a blogging frame of mind. The longer I’m at this, the more I get immersed in whatever book I’m writing, until writing Other Stuff just…doesn’t enter my consciousness. Until I surface and need to start digging out the house again. The #ROW80 Update While I am approaching the end, […]
I’m surfacing from a serious Hell Week at the Evil Day Job in the wake of getting a grant out the door and trying desperately to catch up on all the OTHER stuff that had to slide in order to actually do that. My to do list makes me tired just looking at it (so, […]
So I’ve got a (sort of) new Mirus short story that’s rolling out THIS WEEK. Whisper of Shadow originally appeared in the Magical Mayhem anthology last year, but I’m pretty sure most folks missed it. I just got my cover art back from the fabulous Robin Ludwig, and it’s already been uploaded everywhere. What Emily wants […]
One of the often lamented aspects of self publishing is that despite the myriad of awesome opportunities we have to publish digitally through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and others, we do not have the opportunity to give stuff away for free like the publishing companies do. Or do we? Certainly we can’t list work for […]
In Part 1 of this series, I talked about The Blog Tour. Costs you nothing but time and helps build some recognition for your name. Today I want to shift gears and talk about something else that costs you nothing–the freebie. Now when I say freebie, I mean a couple of different things. A freebie, […]
For my previous release, Forsaken By Shadow, I did a huge review copy giveaway to garner honest reviews across assorted retailers, to start building a reputation as an author who puts out a respectable product. Y’all were hugely instrumental in helping me achieve that goal such that the launch of Devil’s Eye–which has been so […]
Today I have 10 copies of the Kindle edition of Day of Sacrifice by Stacey Wallace Benefiel, the author of the Zellie Wells trilogy that starts with Glimpse. Because I have been out of town, I am shamelessly swiping the giveaway info from Susan who wrote it out all nice and clear. Note: Although this […]
Just joining us? Links to previous episodes here. *** Embry shoved the barely there dress and ankle-breaking pumps into the bag. Good riddance, she thought, far more at ease in the jeans and knit top she now wore. A quick pass through the rest of the room showed that she’d gathered up everything. Her single […]
It has been well established by Lynn Viehl, J.A. Konrath, and others that giving away some of your work for free is a great way to garner readers and fans. Someone comes along and reads a short story or a novella or even a full length novel set in your world, their appetite is whet, […]