March 4, 2016July 21, 2020Uncategorized The Week in Links 3/4/16: Ghostbusters, New SFF Books, Scholastic Book Marketing and Branding 9 Free Tools That Can Help Build Buzz for a Book Facebook Live: Why Live Video Matters for […] Read more
November 16, 2015July 21, 2020Uncategorized Behind the Scenes: Turning Blog Posts Into a Book A couple of weeks ago, I released Building Dark Worlds: A World Building Guide. It’s a collection of blog posts. Let’s go […] Read more
September 11, 2015July 21, 2020Uncategorized The Week in Links 9/11/15 Tiny Libraries, S.H.I.E.LD. Promo, Magical Powers Book Marketing and Branding 9 Ways to Improve Your Pinterest Marketing Tools for novelists: Here are 5 of the best This Is […] Read more
March 16, 2015July 21, 2020Uncategorized Dealing With Bad Reviews There’s a ton of advice out there on how to deal with bad reviews. They like to say “dwell on the good […] Read more
January 26, 2015July 21, 2020Uncategorized A Bookish Snow Day So NYC is buckling down for a record breaking blizzard. I’m a bit tired of these once-in-a-lifetime storms. Anyway, Snowmageddon is upon […] Read more
January 19, 2015July 21, 2020Uncategorized Print Books Will Live Forever Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! You know you’re bookish when a new shelf makes you happy. I was surrounded by books. […] Read more
November 14, 2014July 21, 2020Uncategorized Good Writing vs. Good Storytelling It’s interesting, I’m coming across authors who separate good writing and good storytelling. I always thought those writing rules were making me […] Read more
October 22, 2014July 21, 2020Uncategorized Are Reviews Still Important? I came across a thought-provoking post through Google+. Author, Anne Allen, said we shouldn’t stress about reviews because word-of-mouth is all that […] Read more
May 9, 2014July 21, 2020Uncategorized Sales May Be Tragic-Don’t Give Up Story Cartel makes your book free for readers in exchange for reviews. Each review gets the person entered into Story Cartel’s monthly […] Read more
March 11, 2013July 21, 2020Uncategorized Why Do We Like Horror? I’m hearing more people say they can’t do horror. They don’t like being scared. Understandable. So, then why do we like it? […] Read more