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How To Win Followers and Influence Readers on Wattpad 2 Aug 2013 | 01:06 am
I’ve had a few folks write guests posts about Wattpad in the last year and I keep running across news stories on Wattpad authors getting picked up by publishers, so it must be the place to be right no...
A Full-time Indie Author Answers Your Questions: Part 1 29 Jul 2013 | 08:09 pm
I’ve gotten a lot of nice email since Forged in Blood II came out, but I’m woefully behind in my responses. A lot of them are related to my books, but because of this blog, I often get questions relat...
Tips for Getting a Movie Deal as an Independent Author (with Lisa Grace) 24 Jul 2013 | 09:41 pm
It seems that most authors love the idea of seeing their books on the big screen — and the extra income from selling book rights to a movie producer doesn’t hurt either. But is a possibility as an ind...
Forged in Blood II (The Final Emperor’s Edge Book) Is Available 18 Jul 2013 | 07:57 pm
The last novel in The Emperor’s Edge story line is ready to go. I’ve posted the first couple of chapters and the cover art here, in case you’d like a preview, but if you want to pick it up right now, ...
Forged in Blood II Preview Chapters 12 Jul 2013 | 09:13 pm
As I mentioned earlier in the week, FiB2 (the final Emperor’s Edge book) is off with my editor. I’m hoping it will be ready to publish the weekend after this one. That means it’s time for a bit of a t...
How Fanfiction Made Me a Better Author with Carolynn Gockel 9 Jul 2013 | 07:43 pm
In the Emperor’s Edge world, I’ve sent the final manuscript in the series off to the editor. It should be ready to publish by the end of July. In the blog world, I haven’t been getting many posts up. ...
Is Using a Free Ebook Still a Viable Strategy for Increasing Overall Sales on Amazon? 2 Jul 2013 | 02:08 am
Before Christmas of 2011, I made the first book in my Emperor’s Edge series free at Amazon (by setting it to free at Smashwords, Kobo, and other stores that allow the practice, which in turn can cause...
How Can You Sell More Books Through Your Blog? 24 Jun 2013 | 08:17 pm
A lot of authors start blogs because of a vague notion that they should, that it’s part of “building a platform” and that it can help sell more books. Is it? Can it? Sure, though, for fiction authors ...
New Old Short Story — Degrees of Delusion 20 Jun 2013 | 10:27 pm
I know you guys are patiently waiting for the Emperor’s Edge finale, and I did send the manuscript off to my beta readers, so things are moving right along. In the meantime, if you’re curious to read ...
Monetizing Serialized Fiction 14 Jun 2013 | 11:48 pm
E-publishing is making ways of sharing stories feasible that weren’t when physical books were the only option for self-publishers. We’ve seen a return of novellas and short stories, as well as a surge...