So happy, now I’m crying to be so honored by such a world wide literary organization. Happy Tears. This organization has writers from 105 countries united in Christ, many are Nobel Prize nominees, and United Nations literary chair holders.
Archives
How to Grow an Email Newsletter Starting from Zero – by Christina McDonald…
on Jane Friedman:
An email list is your secret weapon for selling books—it is a direct connection to your reader.
But when I got my first book deal, I had no audience, no author Facebook page, and no email list.
I knew I needed to build awareness to give my book the best chance to succeed.
Here is my step-by-step guide to how I built my email list to 6,000 subscribers in one year.
Continue reading HERE
5 Awesome Marketing Sites for Authors
This gallery contains 6 photos.
Why Creativity Can’t Be Taught
“What is creativity?
During my research I found there are about as many definitions of ‘creativity’ as there are people. For example:
Henry Rollins says: “Starting with nothing and ending up with something. Interpreting something you saw or experienced and processing it so it comes out different than how it went in.”
Daniel Pink‘s definition is: “Giving the world something it didn’t know it was missing.”
The English Oxford Dictionary‘s definition is: “The use of imagination or original ideas to create something; inventiveness.”
*************************************
Now, according to ‘Psychology Today’ creativity cannot be taught. In 2011 they wrote, you can teach everyone how to use a hammer or knitting needles.
But knowing how to use a hammer or a knitting needle doesn’t make you creative. Visualizing, dimensionally manipulating or modeling the chairs you build in your mind’s eye won’t necessarily make you creative either. Whether material or mental…
View original post 336 more words
Pictures
May you all have enough pictures. xoxoxo
Downsides of ACX royalty share deal #AuthorToolboxBlogHop #WriterWednesday #BookMarketing #audiobooks
There IS a Wrong Way to Write a Book Review!
This week I read a blog post that asserted there is no right or wrong way to write a book review. The writer made some good points, particularly about reviews needing to be individual and personal responses to a book, but I disagree with the basic premise of the article.
I am writing this post from the perspective of a reader, not an author, and I realise that some people won’t agree with me, so let me explain my reasons.
A book review should never recount the story of the book. It shouldn’t give spoilers. Yet time after time, I see reviews that do exactly that. My issue is that if I already know what is going to happen, I feel as though I no longer need to read the book. The joy of the journey has been neutralised. That review has effectively cost the author a sale.
In all…
View original post 276 more words
How to market with a Book Aesthetic
Welcome back to another Monday Marketing post. Today I’m going to talk about why I think you should be creating Book Aesthetics for your stories (and not just because they are so much fun).
View original post 731 more words
How to avoid analysis paralysis in your marketing
It’s Monday Marketing time people! On other news, I am finally fully back online. Woohoo. We are in our new home, still surrounded by more boxes than I’d like, but we’re getting there.
Thanks for all the comments, faves and follows and for your patience. I have been making my way through replying to them all.
View original post 1,047 more words
Learning life’s lessons.
Interesting read…
It has to be said that education within the city of Port Naain is sporadic. Most people acquire some, but often we find out the hard way. One soon learns that there are certain people one does not offend, and certain back streets one does not linger in. Sometimes education includes literacy and numeracy, but these are gifts it often bestows on those who have learned the more dangerous lessons first.
Indeed within the city there isn’t really the concept of being a ‘teacher’ as a trade. The children of the wealthy will have a governess who does, as part of her role, teach them to read and write. The children of those less well heeled might aspire to attend a dame school or similar where a lady who has some education will attempt to share it with those whose parents can afford the small fee. But nobody ever trains…
View original post 694 more words
When Angels Fly 