Happy Tuesday, everyone! Recently, I had a baby. While the arrival of my son has had many positive consequences, one thing occurred which I didn’t anticipate: I’ve become a Google fiend (even more of one!). Desperate to find answers to the obscurest little thing — like ‘what’s that tiny bump in his chest’ (duh, ribs!) [...]
Amazon and Keywords: How to Choose Keywords that Work
May 8, 2013 By 10 Comments
I’m still travelling in Australia (hopefully somewhere near the Great Barrier Reef by the time you read this), so I’ve invited the very helpful Lisa Grace here today to talk about keywords and how to use them to maximise your Amazon exposure… Amazon and Keywords: How to Choose Keywords that Work by Lisa Grace Recently [...]
Hybrid Authors: The Best of Both Worlds or an Uneasy Balance?
May 7, 2013 By 30 Comments
Good morning, everyone! In the UK, we’re waking up to reality after a sunny long weekend. I hope you’ve all had a good few days! There’s a new kid in town, apparently: the hybrid author, an author who both self-publishes and traditionally publishes simultaneously. Well, perhaps it’s more accurate to say there’s a new term [...]
I Quit!
April 30, 2013 By 104 Comments
Happy Tuesday, all! India Drummond is here today with a post I’m sure most of us can easily relate to. Take it away, India! Last month, an author I’d not spoken to in a while came to mind. She was someone I’d spoken with professionally, we’d read each other’s blogs, and I truly enjoyed her [...]
Do you need to burn your ships or have a catastrophe plan? Write It Forward
April 28, 2013 By 6 Comments
In Write It Forward: From Writer to Successful Author, I discuss and recommend having a catastrophe plan. I’ll tell you what that is below, but recently I’ve had a “moment of enlightenment” where I realized there are people for whom a catastrophe plan is not necessarily a good thing. Some of us need to “burn [...]
