Why Won’t My Family Read My Book!!!

I totally get where this is coming from when novice writers scream in groups and on their social media. It's hard when you want your family to support you, but you can't see where they have been. There are a multitude of reasons that family and friends won't read your works. Do you have time…

Short Stories & How to use Them for Marketing

Short stories can serve multiple purposes, and not just those interested in getting into magazines and anthologies. This post is going to walk you through the various things you can accomplish with short stories aside from just publishing them on Amazon. What is a short story? A short story is under 7500 words and can…

Leaving Reviews

I sit down with my Kindle or a paperback. From the time my mind reads the first word until I close the case, thoughts whirl through my mind. My opinion begins to form (and all reviews are opinions). Staring at the review box, I must gauge what I will write. No book starts off with…

FB #Hack Intro Box—Author Presence

Have you ever been in a group, and someone tags a designer or an editor and then you spend the next half hour combing for a business page, website, etc. so you can get a good idea on their prices or styles before you contact them for something that should be easy to find? The…