Thanks to Kate Policani for including me on this blog tour! Below is a description of what I hope to bring to the lives of readers with my book. I'm pleased to be able to present Inspiring Childhood, Inspiring Life, as well as other author's books with this opportunity. http://katepolicani.com/author-blog-in/
I also invite you to visit my inspirational stories column at…
I’ve started a page on my review site just to list my upcoming reviews!
http://katepolicanisreviews.wordpress.com/list-of-upcoming-reviews/
I’ll update it whenever I get a few new books in or finish some.
I read once that one’s first novel should be a practice novel, one you never intend to publish. I think I’d give the same advice to someone wanting to become an author because you learn so much by doing, by finding the problems and working out how to solve them.
My first book was a series of short stories I wrote for my daughter when she was eight.
... but:
1. have a professional cover
I'm not picky. As a reader, I won't know if photographer and Photoshop whiz, Aunty Grace created it or if Joe Blo from Professional Book Covers Inc. created it. But I will notice if you opened up paint, added some text and uploaded.
No funny business now. Here are guaranteed tips that will drive me to buy your book.
I've christened May the How To Sell Self-Published Books Month here on Catherine, Caffeinated, but before we get into the nuts and bolts of marketing and promoting your book, we need to have a little tough love session first.
At my most recent workshop I started off by saying to the participants that my aim for the day was to send them home with everything I wished…
This post is by Terri Giuliano Long, Awesome Indie author of the bestselling novel In Leah's Wake and host of Indies Week, happening now on her blog. Pop over there for lots of interesting posts and give aways.
Website: www.tglong.com
Blog: www.terriglong.com/blog
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tglongwrites
Twitter: @tglong
You’ve finished your masterpiece. After revising, editing, and polishing your work, you’re ready to publish.
It seems to me that there are six kinds of Indie Published books. Out of these six, only the last fits the idea that many people have that Indie books are of inferior quality. The number of books in the first five categories are growing, and I believe that the numbers of books in the last category will shrink as it becomes clear that readers won’t pay for poorly written books, especially as more blogsites appear that list ones of quality.
