I’ve talked before on the blog about email marketing. I stressed the importance of building your email list. A strong email list is like gold.  The bigger you grow your list, the easier time you’ll have at selling your books. Because the people on your list have already shown an interest in you and what…Read More

Writing your novel’s premise statement is a good writing practice. I’d even go as far to say it’s bad writing practice NOT to write a premise statement for your novel. My mother was an English teacher, and she insisted on proofing my papers. If my premise statement wasn’t rocked solid, she wouldn’t even read any…Read More

A question I often get asked is if it’s better to outline your fiction novel or just have your idea and sit down and write the story. The answer is yes. Ok, I know that’s not all that helpful. But it’s not an easy question because there is no right or wrong answer. My first…Read More

A picture is worth a thousand words and people DO judge a book by its cover. You need to design a book cover to sell books not just be pretty. Cliche and so true. Look at how Instagram and Pinterest have exploded. People LOVE images. Even before the onset of image-driven social media pictures captured…Read More

Understanding the Basic Elements of Fiction and keep it simple stupid. I’m a firm believer in keeping things as simple as possible. As a novelist, it’s easy to get sidetracked from the basic elements of fiction. These are the elements which create a great story and have proven to work over the years. Getting away…Read More

Promoting your novel on twitter in 140 characters or less? Actually, it’s 280 now which is awesome! Twitter is a free method of marketing you can use to promote your novel and your brand as an author. Who doesn’t like free? Out of all the social media platforms, Twitter is the noisiest. If you don’t…Read More