I woke up this morning to a post by my pal Andrew Mocete that really resonated with me. Write More, Market Less: The Proof. It was, quite obviously, about how we should write more and market less. He linked back to this article about self-publishing statistics, which I found quite interesting. I was curious to […]
This past week I was teaching an online class to RWA’s Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal chapter about the role of the literary agent in today’s digital publishing paradigm. And one of the areas I know a lot about (after 20-plus years as the founder and CEO of a public relations agency in the Silicon Valley […]
Before I get started, I wanted to mention that my crit partner Susan Bischoff is giving away a signed copy of Hush Money in celebration for having broken the 1000 sales mark only 12 weeks since release! Congratulations Pot!. I’ll admit it. I might have done a little bit of whining this morning. About what? […]
I had a really good day yesterday. After a lot of whining and whinging and bleh, it feels good to say that. I finished a whole lecture, added questions to 2 chapters of test banks. Read a fair chunk of Linger. It was just generally a really positive kind of day. How refreshing! So last […]
Monday there was a guest post by Mark Terry on A Newbie’s Guide To Publishing. He talked about his own experience with ebooks–which was VASTLY different from Joe Konrath’s. From September to February, count ’em, SIX MONTHS, Mark made a whopping $10.92 cents in royalties. His Amazon page needed work, he’s apparently done no marketing […]
Man it is all I can do to keep my eyes open at work this afternoon. I woke up around midnight last night and apparently had hit the end of a sleep cycle and I was AWAKE. My brain was ginning and would not let me go back to sleep until I dashed off some […]
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, […]