Twitter Relevance
Is Twitter relevant for me as a reader? I mean, I know I’ve been told a million times how critical it is to me as an author, but how about as a consumer of books, as opposed to a shameless...
View ArticleFuture Shock
I had an interesting short discussion tonight, the topic of which was where the hell the world is going. Specifically, where the world of books/publishing is going. A major concern for many authors is...
View ArticleWhy Self-Publishing is Awesome
On June 7, I’ll have been self-publishing for exactly one year. My first offering, Fatal Exchange, continues to sell well – in fact, it’s selling more now than ever. My second book, How To Sell A...
View ArticleThe Dark Side of Free
Amazon’s KDP Select program, and its feature of enabling authors to make a book free for a few days, has treated me well. Since participating in it my sales have boomed and stayed high long after the...
View ArticleHow it works
Funny thing has happened of late. Many midlist indie authors who were ranked fairly well fell into a black hole around the first of the month, and their sales never recovered. A few of my titles did...
View ArticleI Care
I care a lot. I really do. About many things. Mostly, about how much abuse one’s liver can take, and whether it’s possible to collect the social security payments of one’s deceased neighbors in a...
View ArticleAuthor Spotlight: Melissa Foster
I’m proud to have as my guest Melissa Foster, author of three popular novels and creator of the World Literary Cafe. I pestered her to do an author spotlight, and she graciously agreed against her...
View ArticleAuthor Spotlight with Darcie Chan
Darcie Chan is a phenomenon. A star. A sensation. Her book, The Mill River Recluse, sold more copies than Elvis or the Beatles’ books (they had books, right?) and she’s inked a high profile trad pub...
View ArticleA Complacency Rant
I’ve been starting my interviews and guest blogs for the upcoming launch of Silver Justice, my newest novel that will release on July 23. As part of that, I’ve been asked time and time again about the...
View ArticleWhy Genre Matters
Authors are a special breed. We are generally both readers and writers, and yet too often, when we think, if at all, it’s as writers. We leave our reading hats at the door, which is usually a mistake....
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