Five Marketing Mistakes I Made Self-Publishing My First Book

Source: Bookdaily.com  Five Marketing Mistakes I Made Self-Publishing My First Book By Lennard Van Ree Like so many writers I often find myself at odds with the art of marketing. Since publishing my first book two months ago I made at least five marketing mistakes. If you’re thinking of (self) publishing a book, these might be …

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What I’m Working On …

Well, duh, I'm still working on the sequel to INERTIA! It's called ... wait for it ... it's going to be epic ... FORCE! (Think ... Newtons Law of Motion) Join G in this second part of his journey as he learns more about the strange legacy his father left him and the seeming limitless …

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#AuthorTips: How to get more words on a page

I don't know about any of you other writers out there, but I am always on the look-out for sound writing advice. I recently found some over at bookdaily.com and thought I'd pass it along. How to Get More Words on a Page, Quickly | BookDaily #AuthorTips by Melissa Eskue Ousley Writing is hard. Sure, sometimes you …

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The Struggle Is Real

People LOVE to tell you what they think about your writing, don't they? At least they do in my life. The thing about taking advice on any subject is that all of it should be taken with a grain of salt. Another salty truth about my every day life is that I don't know very many …

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(Cheater) Teaser Tuesday

Yeah, I know. Teaser Tuesday is supposed to be about the book you're reading, not the one you're writing. But it's my blog and I'll cheat if I want to. Besides, this cheat is a REALLY good one! And you can believe me, becasue I'm not biased at all. Below is the cover for INERTIA, first book …

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My Dream Cast for INERTIA

As you know, last November I released my first Science Fiction novel, INERTIA, book 1 of the Threestone Trilogy. Well, today, I just realized that I never posted my dream cast for this book like I did for my others (September Rain and Between Octobers). So here goes.   Gerry, the man whose mysterious motives open …

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Update: Book Review Requests

This was originally posted here I have decided to make BOOK REVIEWS a regular thing here on my blog!!!  Rating system is as follows: 5 STARS: I LOVE THIS BOOK! I WILL READ IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN! YOU HAVE TO READ IT TOO SO WE CAN FAN-GIRL TOGETHER! 4 STARS: I REALLY LIKE THIS BOOK AND …

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Your first line stinks!

Hook Your Readers From The Very First Line | BookDaily #Authortips via bookdaily.com and L. WoodswalkerThe original post is here  The first paragraph is probably the hardest in the book. It's now or never if you want to hook your reader. But how should you do it? My advice: start with something out of the ordinary: …

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Meh, It’ll Do …

Hey All! As many of you know I have been in the writing cave these last several months working my magic and stuff. One of those magical things was the book cover for my next book, INERTIA. ***FYI- release date MIGHT be pushed back. I know! I'm sorry, but it's just not quite where i …

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Glitching My Way Into A Coronary

Something terrible happened the other night. I've been too devastated to speak of it until now.  Not really. I've just been really busy and had to squeeze in the time to blog about it. So. Here's what happened: For ten terrible minutes, I lost my life's work. Every word I have written for the past …

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