Category: Marketing

  • Changing Twitter Name

    When I have a problem (see previous post) I tend to want to solve it and most often solutions are, at least for me, in books. We Are Not Alone: The Writer’s Guide to Social Media by Kristen Lamb is $4.99 on Kindle, which is not a huge financial investment, but I still grabbed the…

  • I suck at selling

    There’s a prayer I say every morning when I wake up. It’s a mix of different Marianne Williamson ideas and it goes like this Today let me see the people I need to see and say the things to them that I need to say. Today, let me use my creative energy to help someone…

  • Toe in the water

    Yesterday I spent some time researching agents and getting a list together. Not a lot of agents ask to see category novels. I found a few. But I’ve got other non-category novels to sell, so I’m gathering the intel for those, too. This morning, I drafted a synopsis for Blue Heaven. I actually have a completed…

  • Single Title or Series?

    So I have these three romantic comedies I want to publish. Lately, I’ve been hearing that the smart move these days is to publish a series rather than single titles. Series build reader loyalty. Series carry better name recognition. Series are where it is at. I’ve heard this from a variety of sources: an author with a…

  • Writing Away

    Nothing new on the fiction project, although I’ve beenn busy writing other things. I’m going to a writer’s retreat this weekend, and everyone is bringing something to share, so I worked on that. I turned in a review. I’m still adding to the “Writer’s Block” WIP. Expect another entry on that soon. Also, tonight is the last night of…