Category: marketing
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Friday’s Findings
He who controls the spice, controls the universe. Frank Herbert, Dune And he who controls the movie rights to Dune controls how people perceive the novel. Dune continues to be my favorite science fiction novel since my teen years. It’s been made for the screen three times so far: Dune (1984), Dune mini-series (2000), and…
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Friday’s Findings
Six to eight past midday. That is when I am writing. I don’t have the luxury of writing full time, so I need a schedule to motivate me to apply body to chair, fingers to keyboard. A person can get a lot done in two hours. Some writing advice: Story Structure: How The Act Three…
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A Whole New World for Publishing your book
The advantage of being an author today: choosing a publishing path. A writer can self-publish or traditional publish. Or something in between. Also, an author also has the option of publishing in more than one way simultaneously. Photo by James Wheeler from Pexels
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Friday’s Findings
Writing is healing. I haven’t hugged my mom since January. This thought occurred to me earlier this week, and I burst out in tears. Yes, we’ve gotten together for walks outside, wearing masks, keeping six feet apart. We talk on the phone once or twice a week. But I haven’t hugged her lately. So this…
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Friday’s Findings
Going to be working on not one but two novels this weekend. It’s a balancing act. Wish me luck. Meanwhile, here are some articles on writing I’ve found helpful: Top Tips for Marketing as an Author 7 Powerful Lessons From 7 Legendary Writers How to Write Monsters How To Craft An Elevator Pitch That Sells…
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Friday’s Findings
It’s Friday and I have a lot of things to do this weekend for my writing. First, I need to format the paperback version of my latest novella, WhereHow; the ebook version is now available. Secondly, I need to work on the next episode in my novella series, Consortium; it’s called Traption. And finally, I…
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Friday’s Findings
I’m about to release my third novella and I’ve been using the resources available through Amazon/Kindle to create my book. Amazon may not be for everyone, but right now, it has most of the market for selling books. There’s a lot of competition out there on the Amazon website. Kindle has some marketing tools to…
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Friday’s Findings
Usually, I link to articles about the writing craft for Friday’s Findings – articles on character, plot, writing style and such. This past week I found several articles focusing more on a writer’s overall plan; things like an author’s mission statement, planning process, story concept and marketing. I even found a link to famous authors…
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Some good Storytelling advice
Sometimes, I go see a movie by myself. John Carter of Mars was one of them. I had read the book and was looking forward to watching the film. After sitting down in the theatre by myself, popcorn and soda in hand, I watched the previews. Then the featured movie lit up the screen. Even…
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