It’s the third Wednesday of a new month, which means it’s time for another posting of the Author Toolbox Blog Hop! This month, I’m looking at BookBub. Why BookBub? Having an author presence where readers talk about books is essential. Readers can learn more about you, your books and what you like to read. It’s …
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Being A Successful Authorpreneur #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
It’s the third Wednesday of the month and time for another Author Toolbox post. Whether you go indie or trad, you are an authorpreneur who has a business to run. Let me rephrase that: whether you self-publish, publish with a small-press or publish with one of the Big 5, you need to sell your books …
Burning Questions #IWSG
It’s the first Wednesday of the month! I would like to start out this post by thanking everyone who had participated in my July book promotion either via blog posts or reviews. Sandra Cox: Magic at Midnight (review) Jacqui Murray: Great Fantasy Books from Indie Authors (review) Juneta Key: Magical Pegasi (guest post and review) …
Let’s Get Visual #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
It’s the third Wednesday of the month, so it’s time for the Author Toolbox Blog Hop! More and more the visual appeal of something is what makes people stop and look, take in the message and then take action. There are different ways to use this and different places to use this. Basic The easy …
Running Your Author Empire
I learned a ton of things this year about running my author business. I thought about doing this as a series, but seeing as this is the last AuthorToolbox post for the year, I decided to go big. To learn more about the #AuthorToolboxBlogHop go here. I got advice from other authors, did a lot …
RSS Feeds and the Good They Can Do For Your Blog
As part of building a better online presence (defining my brand and getting it noticed), I decided to look into more ways to grow my blog’s readership. You can find out everything about the #AuthorToolboxBlogHop here. That’s a mouthful! Though it’s the best I could do without actually naming the places that use RSS feeds. …
How to Set Up Instagram to Grow Your Author Business #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
It’s time for a new adventure with this month’s Author Toolbox Blog Hop. Welcome to the third year of the #AuthorToolboxBlogHop, which is a monthly event on the topic of resources and learning for authors. Feel free to hop around to the various blogs and see what you learn! The rules and sign-up form are …
Being an Insecure Writer – And Happy About It #IWSG
It’s the first Wednesday of a new month, whether I can believe it or not, so it is time for another round of the IWSG. Let’s start with this month’s question. Besides writing, what other creative outlets do you have? Well, we covered that one a while ago with my sewing post. Lessons in Writing …
Getting it Right: Writing to Market #ownvoices
G is for “Getting”. In my quest to find out everything I can about publishing, I decided to do an interview with Holly Evans who shares her publishing journey on her blog — inspiring me to explore self-publishing. How would you define the genre of your books? That depends on how specific you want to …
The Importance of Folklore
F is for Folklore. I know, we’ve done this one for F before. But this time it will be different. Everyone is gathered around the fire. The elder pokes at the logs; everyone waits with bated breath to hear what she has to share… Okay, not anymore. In today’s rushed culture, there is hardly time to …