Biz

Supplementing Your Fiction Habit

POD and Self-Publishing

BlogTalkRadio

One topic that an author, self-published or not, can hardly avoid thinking about is marketing. I’ve touched on this big issue in the past, but more can always be said on this subject.

One of the tools you might want to add to your arsenal in the warfare against sluggish or nonexistent book sales is BlogTalk radio. Kathleen Gage, billed as the street smarts marketer, recently wrote a blog post and created a YouTube video on how to use BlogTalkRadio to promote the sale of books

Bookclubs

Calvary Chapel of Melbourne Women’s Book Club

Every other month I introduce to you a book club leader, what her club has been up to, and how TBCN (The Book Club Network) has been a resource for her club.

Word For Words

Now You See It: An Editor’s Perspective on Point of View

Like the latest trends in fashion, perspectives on point of view vary with the seasons. So how can a writer determine the best point of view for a story? It depends on what you want to show. Ideas on selecting point of view change with the latest style of jeans, and experimentation can be fun, even instructive.

Supplementing Your Habit

To Speak Or Not To Speak

Over the past several months we’ve looked at a host of ways to supplement your fiction income. Whether you’re waiting on that first advance check or you’re in between contracts, chances are pretty good you could use the extra cash. Over the next few months we’re going to talk...