Archive | March 17, 2018
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Are you uncomfortable with book promotion? Try this…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
By Sandra Beckwith on Build Book Buzz: “I’m really uncomfortable with book promotion,” an author told me recently. “It’s just not who I am.” “What makes you uncomfortable?” I asked. “I don’t know . . . ” she began. “I think it’s all that waving your…
Not learning to read is life threatening via @detroitnews #michlit #motownwriters #detroit #literacy
Originally posted on Motown Writers Network . . . Michigan Literary Network:
http://detne.ws/2FmOAUv via @detroitnews ? Buy Photo (Photo: Clarence Tabb Jr. / The Detroit News) The tragic truth is we are failing many of our children in America and if they do not receive some badly needed intensive care they may never recover. One of the great…
A disastrously-broken canal ahead & another lash of The Beast From The East #England #narrowboat
Originally posted on The Diesel-Electric Elephant Company.:
Not the sort of thing you stumble across every day, fortunately. These photographs are obviously not mine, but are the ones seemingly freely circulating all over the “news” outlets and the “The Social Media”. In the distance here you can see Stanthorne Lock (top of frame). I have…
BREATHE LIFE INTO YOUR BACKLIST TITLE: Marketing Tips to Move Your Backlist Title to the Forefront
Originally posted on How To Ebook:
by Maria Dismondy The “backlist.” It sounds like a scary place, doesn’t it? It’s really not! A backlist title just means a published book has been on the shelves for more than six months (while a frontlist title is actively in the promotion).While you may wish your book…
Smorgasbord Short Stories – Tales from the Garden – The Last Emperor by Sally Cronin
Originally posted on Smorgasbord Blog Magazine:
In the summer I will be releasing Tales from the Irish Garden.. stories of magic and fantasy. It is the sequel to Tales from the Garden published in 2015 and I am going to share the stories from that collection with you in the next few weeks. About Tales…
How to Use Amazon Categories to Increase your Rankings (Update)
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
Back in 2016, I had written a post with information on How to Use Amazon Categories to Increase your Rankings. It included an estimate of how many copies a book needs to sell to reach a certain rank on Amazon US. This has now been updated as follows: Image found on…
Snow in summer
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
I stood like a mountain Astride the plain Watching with slow eyes As life passed beneath me. Feeling the seasons on my skin, Each year a mere frisson, And the years passed Until snow silenced me. I waited immobile For the errant warmth Not knowing or hoping…
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day
Originally posted on Teagan's Books:
Saturday, March 17, 2018 Image by Chris Graham It’s not really St. Patrick’s Day as I write this, but it is my writing day for Thistledown. However, I’m not up to continuing the story today, so I’m taking it easy on myself to some extent. Hopefully I can do…
