Reading Rejection

Like most authors, I’ve had more than my share of rejections from agents and publishers….

 Posted in A Warrior's Soul, Keys to Success, Pirate of Panther Bay, Publishing, SR Staley

Literary Agent Fishing: How Many Books Do You Need to Sell to Hook an Agent?

I’ve written before on how the conventional publishing market is changing, and how literary agents…

 Posted in Marketing, Publishing

Tips For Starting a Novel

A friend just asked me if I had any tips for starting a novel. He…

 Posted in writing and storytelling

Guerilla Book Marketing 103: The Long Haul

My third post on Guerilla Book Marketing-“Investing in the Long Haul”-has been graciously posted over…

 Posted in A Warrior's Soul, Keys to Success, Marketing

Sharpening Your Marketing Pitch

One of the downsides to putting your marketing copy together before your book hits bookshelves…

 Posted in A Warrior's Soul, Marketing, Pirate of Panther Bay

Guerilla Book Marketing 102

The second installment of my series on Guerilla book marketing–effective low-cost ways to market you…

 Posted in Keys to Success, Marketing

How Much Does Guerilla Marketing Cost?

I’ve discussed guerilla marketing tactics for book launches for new and niche authors before (see…

 Posted in Keys to Success, Marketing

Guerilla Book Marketing 101

I have a series of three guest posts over at Blogging Authors that discuss marketing…

 Posted in Keys to Success, Marketing

What New Authors Need to Do: Market

My money quote from Grael Norton, acquisitions editor for Wheatmark, during Wednesday’s webinar at the…

 Posted in Marketing

Why Self-Publishing Has Such a Bad Reputation

One of the biggest hurdles authors of “small market” books have to overcome is the…

 Posted in Editing Layout and Formating, Publishing