Social Networking and Book Publishing
Selling an e-book (or book) is easy in many writer’s minds, they will often believe that they have a large number of family and friends to count on and don’t worry about any social networking sites until it is too…
Perils of Writers, or, Have I Got a Sale For You
How helpful are Twitter and a professional Facebook in increasing sales of your book? Unless you are Kiera Cass, Terry Brooks, John Grisham, or George Takei, what you have to offer to readers on Twitter and Facebook will not help…
You, Social Networking on Twitter and Facebook, and Money
How much money should you spend using social media? Social media can be a leech, in terms of time needed, to get “seen” by the people who matter most to you, your readers. Living a Life of writing has been…
The Hidden Cost of Self-Publishing
What is a hidden cost of self-publishing? The time and energy it takes to write and publish anything worthwhile. That’s one example which is a hidden cost publishing. It’s not a bad cost, but there are others which can be…
My Experience with Social Networking and Book Promotion
It’s not uncommon for a self-published author to want to promote their newly published book in some way- oftentimes too much. Most authors, if they are self-published or not will say that one of the most important things that they…
Social Networking Sites: From Tweet to Triumph
Tips on the social networking ins and outs of Twitter and how they can make you a successful writer This month we have been talking a lot about using Twitter in various important…
How To Write For Longer Periods
There is something to be said about writing for long periods of time, but the reverse holds true as well there is something to be said about writing for short periods of time. It depends on the writer and their…
Why A Writer Needs Networking
A part of the challenge of being a beginning writer is I have a lot of illusions. One of them is that you need to physically see people to know or to get a chance to have book sales, or…