I can’t resist in making more people roar with laughter! Thanks Chris, The Story Reading Ape for the GREAT tears of humor in my eyes!
My Thanks to Phil, The Tasmanian Devil for sending me these:
Day: January 31, 2016
Common Character Flaws Meme…
An absolutely great and useful chart about common character flaws. Definitely something useful to keep. 🙂
Goodbye Traditional, Hello Indie (Part II)
January 20, 2016 I re-blogged a post, written by D. Wallace Peach, “Goodbye traditional, Hello Indie – Part I”. I thought it would be a great thing to re-blog the second part as well, which is just as greatly written! Thank you D. Wallace Peach!
Part I of this blog summary focused on my personal experience contracting with a small press. On the whole, it was a valuable learning experience, especially for a new author who knew nothing about anything. My publisher treated me fairly and respectfully, I improved my craft and happily published 6 books. For many authors, this approach may be the perfect publishing route.
Yet, publishing through a small press has significant challenges that are worth considering. As I gained knowledge and skills, it became clear to me that the obstacles outpaced the advantages. In 2015, I experimented and self-published 2Â books. The results drove home the stark differences in the two approaches.
In December, I decided to go all indie. I began the process of canceling contracts with my publisher and reclaiming my books with the intention of republishing them myself.
Below, I explain my reasons.
So what were my small press…
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Rave Reviews Book Club Wants You – #RRBC
John W. Howell recommends strongly to become a member of the rave reviews book club. A great opportunity to market your book – help others to market theirs and make great progress in your networking.
As you may know, I am a member of the Rave Reviews Book Club. What you may not know is the reason I joined and what the Club has meant to me. Let me clear these last points up.
I joined Rave Reviews Book Club to become associated with like-minded writers who were interested in promoting each other’s work. At the time, I looked at some organizations and had made the decision not to associate myself with them due to what I considered unusual quid pro quo requirements.
By quid pro quo, I’m referring to the practice of following each other if followed, reviewing each others books if reviewed and other scratch my back, and I’ll scratch yours kind of programs. At the time, these practices seemed a little shady to me and so I passed.
Then I had a chance to read a blog by an RRBC member and…
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Why Writing Isn’t Enough—The Savvy Writer’s Guide to Success
This is another fantastic blog post by Kristen Lamb which helps us writers with our marketing, our author brand and our social media. I admire her for sharing her knowledge with us.
Image via Drew Coffman courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons
Today, we’re going to do something a little different. You want to know one thing I love probably more than anything in the world? Spotting great talent and getting to share it. Thus, today I would like to introduce you to one of my followers who snagged my attention over the holidays and I asked her to come and share her wisdom today because I think we can all gain something from her (even me because am always learning BAY-BEE!).
I would like to introduce, Britt Skrabanek!
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Indie Author Britt Skrabanek
A lot of you may be wondering how I ended up on Kristen’s blog in the first place. She’s pretty big-time, an influencer—she’s worked her tail off to build her brand presence. Many of us look to her for writing tips we can actually use, knowing some esoteric BS like…
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Writer's Treasure Chest 