Social media can be an excellent way to promote yourself and help readers discover your work. It’s relatively cheap, if not free. It can also be a huge drain on your time and resources, both of which you need for your books, short stories, and/or…
As with all self-published authors—and a good few traditionally published writers—my challenge can be summed up in one word—marketing. Or, how best to promote both author and product? The core question for me is “what is the best use of my…
I was sharing coffee with one of my great author friends recently, discussing my new book Meaningful Conversations and we discussed how do we write life’s tapestry if the heart is blocked. The feeling I am describing is when you sit down to write…
While no few people want you to believe that perseverance and persistence are the keys to getting published (if that were true then why do so many people give up and resort to—in many cases in frustration and desperation—self publishing?) the…
We, as writers, don’t talk enough about marketing and public relations. We think the hardest part is writing our books, and don’t get me wrong, that is difficult, but nothing is as hard as having your novel, doing the launch, and then not having…