For this month’s Author Toolbox post, I’ve invited over blogging friend Iola Goulton to tell us everything we need to know about book bloggers. Authors want book reviews like addicts want their next fix. Book reviews provide social proof. They show potential buyers that the book is worth investing money and time in. Book reviews …
My obsession with learning everything there is to know about publishing continues! Last month I looked at Freelancers — which raised a lot of questions about vanity publishers. So, I found someone who knows a lot about the subject to clear it all up for us. This post is part of the February #AuthorToolBoxBlogHop, hosted by Raimey Gallant. …
I thought we should find out more about the role of freelancers in getting our writing polished and sparkling (especially important when you’re self-publishing). To do that, I’m welcoming fellow South African, and author, Misha Gericke to share her expertise. Thanks for having me over, Ronel! Let me tell you a bit more about myself …
Today I’m happy to have blogging friend Tasha over for a guest post. To some, eBook is a dirty word. The electronic book is seen as a downgraded, second cousin to the print book. While it can be said there is something wonderful about holding paper and print in our hands, there is also something …
Z is for Zooming. Welcome to the last day of the A-Z Challenge. Here’s a special treat for you: a guest post by blogging friend Juneta Key. Ronel has asked me to talk about Author Spotlights and Guest posts as part of a series of posts in her April’s A to Z Challenge theme. Why …
Y is for “Y-not”. My blog is taken over by one of my Rottweilers… Tony here. You’ll remember me from various photos and stories my human posts on her blog, various social media stuff and even as a character in a book. Did you see what I did with today’s letter? No? I used my …
X is for X-factor. As writers, we know that we need an extra set of eyes on our work. But who should we trust? To answer that question, here’s a guest post by author friend Stephanie Faris. Writing can be a lonely profession. Even if you enjoy those hours of toiling away on a piece …
T is for “Tech”. I don’t know about you, but sometimes the tech side of the writing business has me a little, ah, crazy. So I asked Jacqui Murray — the Tech Teacher — to help out a bit. Thank you to Ronel (at Ronel the Mythmaker) for inviting me to talk about my favorite topic: …
S is for Seeing. People are always trying to define what diversity in fiction means. Well, I read an article by Rain Sivertsen on her blog Writing Up My Serotonin and realised for the first time what diversity in fiction should mean. Here’s Rain’s guest post. “Can you remember the first time you ever recognized yourself in a book?” …
Q is for Query Writers know how difficult it is to write a good query letter. Opinions and advice differs from source-to-source. So I decided to go and ask someone who actually works with query letters (and the slush pile) from day-to-day to tell us how it really works. Go ahead, Hoda. Hello! I was …
