Marketing seems like a big scary world to a lot of us authors. Writing is the easy part. Once we get published the real hard work starts. Where does one even begin?  My publisher provided lots of ideas, but I still had to be creative. The world of…

As an Indie author, marketing is a hot topic for me. I am always trying to keep on top of trends and and learn as much as possible. There are so many options to market books out there. It can be overwhelming (and expensive) if you’ve never done it…

I presume that we all, as writers, have at least one rejection we will always remember. Mine came from an agent to whom I’d sent a non-fiction book proposal. The rejection went like this: I like the concept. I enjoy your writing. If you were Wayne…

You wrote a book, or maybe your fourth. Got it published, either on your own or through an independent publisher, or (ooh-wee) one of the big houses. That makes you an author. You tell your mom, your dad, all your friends (a little sheepishly—the…