Five things I learned in the past six months as an indie author
Happy holiday! Whatever are your beliefs and traditions, I hope you that you find today enjoyable. I have double reason to celebrate: today is the six-month anniversary of the release of my first book. Do you recall the excitement you felt the day your book went public? I felt proud of the accomplishment, anxious about…
The author platform—a long-range career growth tool
If you are like many of us, you have recently published a book. Congratulations! Whether you self-published or went with traditional publication, you now need to market your book. You sent out an email to everyone you know telling them of your accomplishment. Having a little social media savvy, you told everyone on Facebook or…
When it comes to engaging your readers, don’t be like holiday greeting cards
About this time of year, I start to get holiday greeting cards. Since I am an atheist, the only religious cards I get are from my aunts and uncles, too set in their ways to even contemplate why one would send a nonreligious card. It would never cross their minds that I might find it…