It’s scary but worthwhile to step outside of your comfort zone. I specialize in fantasy and horror book covers and promotional images. Recently, my publisher (Aubey LLC), who I also freelance for, acquired an adult fiction Christian manuscript. She asked me to design the cover. The author emailed a drawing of what they wanted the book…
On Friday, I did my first radio/podcast interview and it was a lot of fun! I met the show’s hosts, Lissha and Mz Toni, at The Harlem Book Fair. The nerves kicked in the day of the interview. I did a ton of research on being a guest on a podcast and tried not to imagine all…
Thanks for your suggestion for the We Are Not The Enemy cover! I shared the first finished version in the post Behind the Cover: Another Redesign. You suggested I put the focus on “Not” instead of “We.” The author read the comments and she agreed. Putting the emphasis on “Not” wasn’t a matter of just copying and…
It’s a great time to be a writer. It’s also kind of a pain. Authors, no matter which route you take, have to be authorpreneurs. Fortunately, book promotion is like 90% digital. Only big name authors get print ads. New companies are creating ways to promote books. Because they want indie/hybrid authors to use them,…
It was amazing. It was madness. It was exhausting. I don’t know what it is about manning a booth. We were only there for three days and it wiped us out. I had a book signing for The Sciell from 10:30 to 11:30. After that, we had planned on selling signed copies of my book. Never…
BookExpo America is like heaven for book lovers and I’ll be there for three days next week helping out with Aubey LLC’s, my publisher’s, booth. Fortunately, my boss is understanding. She’ll let me leave the booth during the day to listen to panels, walk around the hall and see my favorite authors, as long as…
Author appearance are almost as important as marketing and promoting online. This was a tough one for me to accept. I can do presentation, but I’ve always had trouble with talking one-on-one with people. Because of the conferences I’ve done, I’ve gotten a bit more comfortable with it. Still need some practice. But with appearances,…
If done right. Yes. People have shorter attention spans for consuming content online. Rarely do people read entire articles, let alone book summaries. Yes, I know books are meant to be read not seen. That’s like saying a good book sells itself, which, unfortunately, it doesn’t. Back in the day, an author’s job was to write. That was it….
I love ebooks, but there’s nothing like holding your first book. I finally finished the layout of The Sciell and uploaded it into CreateSpace. I had to upload and re-upload it because first, my interior was rejected and then my cover was rejected likes three time. Finally, everything is done…almost. I just got the proof….
Happy New Year! I’ve got some big things coming up this year. Aubey LLC, my publisher and boss, will be at the American Library Association Conference. I’ll be there too- helping out with the booth. My first novel, The Sciell, will be released March 10! Book signing at BEA Publishing more short stories If all…
