It’s the third Wednesday of the month and time for another posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. I’m dealing with Adventures in Audio again this month. Now for the final phase, what this whole adventure had been building up to: audiobooks. I’ve been publishing audiobooks for a while now, and went through various steps …
It’s the first Wednesday of the month and time for another posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. I’ve found that the best way to get good at doing something is to practice. A lot. So I decided that I would have a podcast so I’ll learn to navigate all the things surrounding audio production. …
It’s the first Wednesday of the month and time for another posting of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group. After all the research, it’s time to start building. You can always hide in a closet among your winter coats to record your podcast, audiobook, vlog or whatever it is you want to record, but as a …
You can always skip all of this and just pay BookBub to use their list – feel free to jump through all of their hoops to get to the top of the charts. Or you can have your own version of BookBub: an email list of targeted readers who signed up to hear about your …
I invited over blogging friend Tasha to share some more interesting things to add to your author toolbox. Why – To Podcast or Not to Podcast We’re writers, we deal in words on a page, so why should we be interested in podcasting? For me the answer was simple: it’s another marketing stream and a …
Unfortunately, the #AuthorToolboxBlogHop is no longer running. I will, however, continue to post helpful tips every second Wednesday of the month. With the accessibility of the internet, everyone and their dog has a blog. The trick is getting readers for your blog. SEO (search engine optimisation) is important. Keywords, categories, images and so forth makes …
It’s time for another posting of the Author Toolbox Blog Hop. There is this series that I absolutely adored. Until I didn’t. Years ago, I wrote this post while I still loved the story (and re-watched and binge watched it): Awesome Arrow Regular readers will know that I’m a little obsessed with the Arrow TV series. And …
It’s time for another posting of the Author Toolbox Blog Hop. Book trailers are a must in your book marketing arsenal: it’s another medium for people to experience your book in. Some people prefer text, some prefer images, some prefer audio when receiving a message. Book trailers do all of it. I’ve had many compliments …
It’s time for another posting of the Author Toolbox Blog Hop. As writers, we know that we need to write good characters. Story, plot – it is all important. But characters, they are why people come back. I’ve looked at writing characters before: Writing Characters: A Case Study. That was a longish post with loads …
It’s time for another posting of the Author Toolbox Blog Hop. This month I’ve decided to write about something that has been bothering me since February. Grey’s Anatomy. Specifically, the treatment of Alex Karev. I’ll preface this with: I love Grey’s Anatomy. I binge watch. I re-watch. I marathon watch with my girlfriends and select …
