I’m taking this great class on self-publishing and today the focus was picking the right title for your book. If you think a cover can turn a mediocre book into a bestseller, according to the instructor, so can the title. He shared with us this resource that I thought I’d pass onto you. Even if…
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Revisiting Old Books
I’ve been cleaning and reorganizing my bookshelves. Some books are double parked so I thought I’d look through them and see if there’s any that I’ve outgrown and won’t read again. While I have found a few that fit into that category…yes, I’m terrible about getting rid of stuff, I stumbled across some books that…
Coffee Time Seeks Reviewers and Interviewers
If you’ve ever thought about being a volunteer book reviewer or interviewing your fellow writers, Coffee Time Romance asked me to share this with you. (They’re a fun bunch of people and make you feel like family). Have you thought of an exciting career as a member of our Coffee Crew at Coffee Time Romance…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Popular Genres
I just read an article in Publisher’s Weekly about the best books of the first half of the year. Seems if you enjoy writing young adult novels you’re in luck because they dominated the bestseller lists. I always tell my writing students never to write to trends because they go out of fashion quickly but…
Monday Writing Prompt-You Can Never Go Home
For this week’s writing prompt, create a story that opens with the line, ‘you can never go home’. Lots you can do with this one and lots of genres you can use…top two I’m thinking about are sci-fi and mystery. Have fun and happy writing.
Friday Ramblings From An Author-It’s July
If you’re in the US, hope you’re having an enjoyable Fourth of July. Summer’s been underway for a couple of weeks but I always think it doesn’t officially start until July. Maybe that’s because when I was growing up school holidays didn’t begin until the end of July. Anyone read any good books yet this summer?…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-April or May?
The calendar says May but today it feels more like April again. Not sure what’s going on with the weather these days but maybe that’s the start of a good story. And speaking of good stories, if you have one to submit and frustrated that lots of the big publishing houses require you to have…
The Monday Writing Prompt-Fool Me Once
Tomorrow is April Fool’s Day. What happens to your character? Is he or she the one who pulls the prank? Or does someone get the upper hand over them? Either way, what are the consequences?
The Monday Writing Prompt-Another Time Idea
The clocks sprang forward this past weekend. For this writing prompt your character can’t account for 24 hours of time. What happened?
Promotional Events with Coffee Time Romance
If anyone’s looking for ways to promote their books here are two ideas from my friends at Coffee Time Romance- Coffee Time Romance & More is scheduling author events…. We are open for live chat scheduling for 2014. You can schedule dates for our Tuesdays or other days of the week depending on your schedule….