How to add the Facebook Pixel to your Author Website (It’s Easy!)
First, what is the Facebook Pixel? The Facebook Pixel is a piece of code that you can take from your Facebook Ad Account and place on your author website. The pixel allows you to track users to your website. You can check your website analytics to understand who your best customers are, see how often […]
Writing Tip Wednesday: 10 Ways to Have a Strong Story Opening
By now, you all know that I LOVE a good story opening, a good hook, a good mystery. You may be wondering how to write a compelling opening in your next novel. Today, I’ve got some tips from Writer’s Digest to help you. Check out this Writer’s Digest article on ten ways to start your […]
Writing Tip Wednesday: How to Hook Readers from the Start
Photo of me at the Museum of the Weird in Austin, Texas Today we’re talking about how to hook your readers from the very beginning of your book. When we talked about Elmore Leonard’s rules on writing a while ago, we noted that one of his rules is to never start a book describing the […]
Writing Tip Wednesday: March 2020 NetGalley Report
Today I’m reporting on March 2020 NetGalley resuts after listing Thunderstruck, my latest contemporary romance novel. You can also read about my first time using NetGalley to list a nonfiction (parenting) book. First, what is NetGalley? NetGalley is a paid site used by independent authors and publishers to obtain more book reviews. Authors and publishers can pay […]
Writing Tip Wednesday: The best paid book promotion sites
Hello! I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe and healthy! For authors, this is a good time to be writing, publishing, and promoting! It’s our chance to provide quality fiction and nonfiction books to everyone at home 🙂 And for readers, it’s your chance to get lost in a great fiction book and […]
Writing Tip Wednesday: Pare down your life to focus on writing
Pare down your life With everything that’s currently going on, especially the fact that most of us are quarantined or semi-quarantined and have had to forego our regularly scheduled activities, it seems like a good time to review our lives and pare them down. By “pare your life down,” I mean to take stock of […]
Writing Tip Wednesday: HUGE success listing Thunderstruck with The Fussy Librarian
The Fussy Librarian (TFL) is a free ebook subscription service, providing a list of free and bargain ebook selections daily to readers who sign up. TFL is widely regarded as one of the best promo sites for indie authors, putting indie books in front of a ton of readers! TFL provides a list of blogs […]
Writing Tip Wednesday: Revving up your Writing Habits
I’d like to share with you an article published recently by Writer’s Digest on revving up your writing habits. Do you get distracted easily? Do you check your email or Facebook just one last time? Do you edit and re-edit what you wrote yesterday instead of writing new words today? Do you engage in negative […]
Writing Tip Wednesday: How to get an Agent
Today, let’s talk about literary agents. Caveat: I don’t have an agent. Since I self-publish my books, and don’t shop them around to publishers, I don’t need an agent. As a self-published author, I direct that energy into building my mailing list, writing books, and marketing/promoting to grow my income stream. If you want […]
Writing Tip Wednesday: January NetGalley Report (Thunderstruck)
Last month, I reported on my first time using NetGalley to list a nonfiction (parenting) book. Today I’m reporting on listing Thunderstruck, my latest contemporary romance novel, on NetGalley. Here are the results. First, what is NetGalley? NetGalley is a paid site used by independent authors and publishers to obtain more book reviews. Authors and publishers can […]