Merry Christmas!
Hello All: Blogging will be light to non-existent until the New Year’s Weekend, In the meantime, have a Merry Christmas!
Year: 2016
Better Blog Post Branding with Images
There has been a great deal written on author branding, particularly with regard to author platforms and the major social media channels. These branding discussions seem focused on the blog or author platform level, However, I have not seen anything Read More …
Western Watch — Chapter 20
Hurry, damn, it. They’re coming. In seconds a thousand clan hooves will be pounding up to Little Westhold! Merreth looks up sharply and peers along the road. No clan. Of course, if they were on the road there’d be Read More …
Two Books on Genre for Indie Novelists
You hear a lot about genre when you get into writing novels. In this post I’ll provide a thumbnail overview of two books on genre that I’ve found enormously helpful in my writing. First, some background: What is genre? According Read More …
Western Watch — Chapter 19
Merreth’s mount stamps its foot and snorts. She leans forward and rubs its neck. A bead of sweat rolls down her cheek, drips onto the saddle horn, and vanishes. It’s is well past mid-afternoon and the air is stone still Read More …
Let’s Explore Wattpad — Part 2
This is the second in my series on using Wattpad to promote your writing and get it in front of more readers. In part 1 I provided an overview of Wattpad and now I’ll explore setting up your account and Read More …
Let’s Make a Book Trailer — Part 16
Hello Everyone! This is part 16 of my series: Let’s Make a Book Trailer. The list of previous parts is getting a bit long, so I will merely link to the first and most recent posts: Part 1 and Part Read More …
Let’s Explore Wattpad — Part 1
Most of us write because we want to have our stuff read. To have our stuff read three things must be done: Make the writing available to people Inform people of the writing’s existence Get people to actually read the Read More …
Western Watch — Chapter 18
Gytega sits back in his saddle, bow in one hand, water skin in the other. He raises his chin, closes his eyes against the merciless sun, and takes a small sip. Not enough to replace what he’s sweated off, but Read More …
New Indie Authors — 6 Tactics to Grow Your Twitter Followers
Update: August 2017. I’ve just discovered I cannot count. I actually only presented five tips. Ooops! One of the main ideas behind having an author platform is to provide your fans and readers a central location where they can find Read More …
