I love talking with people who have read my books. Especially when they tell me about their love/hate relationship with my characters. Out of all my characters, Mony seems to be the most intriguing. People want to know more about her like where she comes from as well as her likes and dislikes. So, I…
It should come as no great surprise to anyone that authors are also avid readers. After all, it’s what got me all fired up in taking the risk of wading into the competitive world of penning words to paper, or more accurately, typing away on a PC keyboard my inner most creative thoughts. One small…
Every author should have a website. It is the platform that will connect you with fans and make new ones. But after your website is set up, how do you get traffic to it? Being a newbie in the online world, that was the million-dollar question when I had my website created after my first…
Now that your book is published, the next step is to promote your book in hopes it will drive sales. You’ve probably got a book launch and other author events planned out. But what have you planned for your fans who spend most of their time online? The first platforms that come to mind may…
As an independent author, it’s not enough to write the story. There is cover design, editing, interior layout to consider, proofreading, distribution setup, and eBook conversion, just to name a few. After all of these tasks are completed, next comes the book launch and the actual getting your #bookbaby out into the wide world. Marketing…
When my daughter asked me if I was going to do a book launch for my second book, Between Fracture Lines, it was like asking if I planned to have a baptism for a newborn baby. There are many parallels between the birth of a child and publishing a book. This same daughter, a published…