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Ten Marketing Strategies All Writers Need To Consider

The key word here is “consider”. You don’t have to do any of these, although I certainly recommend you give some of them a try. I’ve geared these towards people who are self publishing, but there is no reason that a legacy published author couldn’t use most of these as long as their editor and [...]

How Do You Handle Praise?

***Updated With Winners:  Thanks for all your comments folks. In the end I decided to give away three ebooks rather than just the one. I like all of the comments so I ended up drawing two names out of a hat and choosing one because it made me grin. The winners are… Sarah, Nasim and [...]

Book Review: Unholy Magic by Stacia Kane

Unholy Magic by Stacia Kane My rating: 5 of 5 stars Unholy Magic is the follow up to Unholy Ghosts, and part two of Stacia Kane’s urban fantasy series. I thought City Of Ghosts was excellent, everything an urban fantasy should be. Unholy Magic is better. The plot follows Church debunker Chess Putnam as sh [...]

The Odds. Beat Them. Part Two

Yesterday I looked at improving the odds of getting yourself published, today I want to look at the ways an author can improve their odds of making real money from their writing. What We Can Learn From Web Cartoonists Web comics changed the world. If you think traditional publishing is in turmoil you should see [...]

Self publishing? Part two: Niches and Built In Audiences

Yesterday I talked about polymaths and the ways these mega talented individuals can get around some of the pitfalls of self publishing.  Today I wanted to look at the people who are lucky enough to have a niche audience that follows their work. This works better for non fiction than it does for fiction. Non [...]

Self Publishing? Part One: Polymaths

I know, this is a bit of a sore topic for writers everywhere. Why go through the pain of writing, editing, querying, negotiating and promoting when you can just self publish and your book will be right there, ready to read within a few weeks (or hours)? I’ve helped people got through the self publishing [...]

Helping Hands

Hi everyone. I’m enjoying a super hot day here in New Zealand with the help of some apple cider (Mac’s if you’re wondering) and my fiance, who seems determined to do nice things for me. Things aren’t going so well for everyone though. Twitter friend and fellow writing enthusiast Wulfie needs some help. Wulfie is [...]

Yet another review, Horns by Joe Hill

I have reviewed again. I cannot be stopped. This time it was Joe Hill’s excellent novel Horns. I should warn you that the review has some mild spoilers in it, so if you want to remain unspoiled, that i not the review for you. In other news I seem to be writing every day still, [...]

Review of Geist by Philippa Ballantine

I have another review up and ready to go, this time for Philippa Ballantine’s Geist. You can hear my thoughts (as well as my Cro-Magnon alter ego Thag’s thoughts) on it here.

A review of Unholy Ghosts by Stacia Kane and an update

First off, I’ve at long last written another review (and I’ve got another one coming today). You can check out my thoughts on Stacia Kane’s Unholy Ghost here. I’d almost like to say I’ve been being slack, but I’ve actually been working my tail off writing my current work in progress. This one’s actually going [...]

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