Why is it That an Author May Know a Dozen Interesting Facts He or She Does Not Put in a Novel? The short answer is: Those facts may not move the story along. More over, the book may end up being a travelogue. A for instance: In Count the Roses a main part of the […]
Book Talk ~ Why Some Interesting Things Never Get in a Book
Holy Smokes! 2018 Almost Killed Me. 2019 ~ Survivor Mode.
In 2018 Awful Things Happened. Some I Understand. Some I Don’t. First up, I fell ill. We’d no more get one issue in hand and another would pop up. I spent time having sonar grams, MRIs. wearing heart monitors, swallowing cameras and visiting one specialist after another. I had so much blood drawn I could […]
Read the rest of this entry »What the heck? Sales and KENP Sinking Like Treasure Ships of Old.
Amazon Sales and KENP Sinking Like Treasure Ships of Old My sales and KENP have flat-lined. I’m not the only indie author asking: What’s happening? I’m hearing all kinds of reasons, but no facts. And I don’t deal in rumor. There are a plethora of tech things I don’t know ehow to do. I hire […]
Read the rest of this entry »FEED Your listening Pleasure Addiction ~ Enthralling Audio Books
What books are you listening to these days? In the not so distant past, if we wanted to listen to books while driving cross-country, while sewing or doing dishes, we bought old radios shows on CDs. My family loved ’em. Now we have audibles. I’m telling you about a few favorite audible books that readers […]
Read the rest of this entry »Where Have all the Reviews Gone? Amazon Picked Them Every One…
WHAT’S THE PROBLEM WITH REVIEWS? REALLY. Authors and reviewers can visit any forum and if the topic is reviews, you will see a thread of dozens upon dozens of comments, all of which will dis Amazon for removing reviews. Mercy, if it is a Five Star review that got removed, the vitriol flow could compete […]
Read the rest of this entry »Are You Marketing Your First Book? If Not~Why Not?
Well, by golly, the Gurus have Spoken… Telling you up front I like The Digital Reader. But a recent blog 8 Ways For Authors to Waste Their Their Money leads with the advice that an author should not start marketing until that author has published three books. Not all of this advice is from the […]
Read the rest of this entry »Is Your Newsletter Doing Its Job? Here’s What Subscribers Say
SUBSCRIBER SURVEY RESULTS Authors are told the instant they step into our Indie Universe that we must have a newsletter whether we have a few dozen or a few thousand subscribers. My first newsletter in January 2014 went out to 58 fans. In 2018 my subscriber list has grown to above 15K. Yet, composing the […]
Read the rest of this entry »#New Indie Authors~ 5 Tips To Look Like a Pro
How Savvy Indie Authors Know You’re Not~ The “Tells” First, sharing this: I was reminded in a recent forum how dumb I seemed to indie authors and editors more experienced and savvier than I when I first stepped in the Digital Universe. I asked what I considered smart questions about ehow and got snark: “What? […]
Read the rest of this entry »Indie Authors: What’s Your Plan to Sell Books in 2018?
In eNovel Authors at Work we’re looking at what has worked for us and what has not in 2017. The past in review counts. Since mid 2014 promotions have not been as successful in the past. Yes, our members have sold books. But we’ve also noticed our favorite promoters are not moving books as they […]
Read the rest of this entry »Hype and more Hype. What’s real?
Indie author Alert: How the heck do you sort the Wheat from the Chaff? Gonna tell you something. I’ve lived on a wheat farm and I know how to sort the wheat from the chaff. Sorting the good from the just plain awful in our indie universe is more difficult. The reason: We want to […]
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