Welcome to the weekly roundup of links for fellow writers and nerds. Book Marketing and Branding Simple Geek’s Guide to Doing Your Own PR Repeat After Me: “Goodreads Is My Friend” Amazon Keywords: The Secret to Doubling Your Sales and Pulling in New Readers! Try These Useful Suggestions to Build Your Audience Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi John Simm…
A couple of months ago I asked you to fill out a survey about why you use Goodreads. The survey was for my thesis project. Since the project is pretty much done, I can close the survey. Here are the results: Thanks so much for your help!
I’m working on my thesis project for grad school and I’d like your help. I’m creating a business plan for a Goodreads-like online community that focuses on diverse books in speculative fiction–fantasy, sci-fi and horror. Diversity in fiction is one of my passions. The community/blog would be a place where readers can find non-traditional speculative…
Does being a writer/avid reader make us overly critical of books? I’ve been having a hard time finding books I like. Can’t figure out why. It’s been awhile since I’ve become so consumed by a story I can’t wait to get on the train or get home to read it. Don’t know when was the…
Just because someone says you should be on that social network, doesn’t mean it’s right for you. I’m talking about you Facebook. Social media is not a one-size fits all approach. That bugs me, sometime. You can’t say, do this on Twitter and it will guarantee you 100 retweets. I’ve been rethinking my social media…
I was reading through this Goodreads discussion and found that some authors comment on 4 or 5 star reviews of their book. They thank the person or “like” the review. I know we don’t respond to negative comments, but I never thought about positive ones. I don’t pay much attention to comments for positive reviews…
Thank you everyone who entered the Goodreads Giveaway for my novel The Sciell. It went beyond, beyond, beyond expectations. 983 people enter the contest and 483 people added my book to a shelf. That’s 483 in one month because The Sciell was at 2 people until the giveaway started. For all authors contemplating doing a…
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Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. I know my last couple of posts have been about my book. I can’t help it. It’s getting down to the wire. The Sciell’s being released March 10. Finally finished the trailer. Enjoy! The Goodreads Giveaway is still pending. I’ll let you know when it’s been approved. For those…
This is my review from Goodreads. Four Corners Dark by William McNally My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’ve owned Four Corners Dark for a while. I needed my horror fix, so I picked up this one. It’s a collection of four stories. I still judge a book by the cover and I love this…
No, I’m not talking about the anime 😉 When is a story too dark? I’ve often come across some variation of this question between Goodreads and Google+. It got me thinking about what a dark story is. It’s different for everyone. When someone says a story is dark, what does that mean- to me anyway? Setting: The…
