I had the pleasure once again of attending the annual Book Marks Festival in downtown Winston Salem. Bookmarks is a non-profit organization that produces the Carolinas’ largest festival of books and authors, an authors-in schools-program, a series of author talks presenting best-selling and award winning writers, and a K-12 summer reading program. It is one… Continue reading The Writing Process: Outline or Hope and Grope?
Researching – The Backbone of any Novel
Tells how important solid research is for any novel of any genre.
Marketing Tips: Create Your Author Platform and Increase Book Sales
Everything an author needs to know in order to create their author platform and build their name and brand to sell more books.
Tips for Getting the Feedback You Really Need
As a writer, it’s one of the key ingredients to being successful, whether you’re article writing, blogging, or working on your umpteenth book.
A checklist For Indie Authors
Being an indie can be hard. Very hard. Take it from me; I’m one. Here are some of my experiences that I want to share.
Why I write For Children
Ever since I read the famous Sapir Whorf Hypothesis : “the structure of a language determines or greatly influences the modes of thought and behavioral characteristic of the culture in which it is spoken,” I have realized the importance of language learning for young people, and how fundamental it is to child development, and learning as… Continue reading Why I write For Children
10 Powerful Instagram marketing tips for authors (That really works)
In this article, you can have plenty of useful information regarding the sale increase. You will find 10 most influential Instagram marketing tips that really work.
So You Think You Can Write
To make people read my book and let them decide if it was worth their time. Unlike seeing a movie, reading a book is at least a week of their time. So it better be worth it.
At First Glance: How the right cover can sell your book
If you have good prose and the right cover to match the genre, and finally, it melds with a good description or back matter—then you got me hooked.
Six ways you can stop procrastinating – and start getting writing done
Procrastination was called the ‘thief of time’ more than 300 years ago by the English poet Edward Young. Here are six steps to help combat procrastination.