By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig My self-published Myrtle Clover series started out as a traditional release through Midnight Ink. They published the first book in that series before deciding against a second book [...]
by Sarah Juckes, @CompletelyNovel Any writer nearing the end of the writing or editing process may be all-too familiar with the worrying prospect of sending their newly-fledged work out into the big, wide world. With [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig There’s an adage that states potential customers must see a marketing message seven times before deciding to purchase a product. I’m someone who has to hear about a promo technique [...]
by Hanna Sandvig, @hanasu I’m a big Pinterest user, and as a cover artist nothing makes me more happy than an author who also uses Pinterest. Cover designers are, by our nature, very visual and [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig It’s taken me a while to come around to enjoying audio and podcasting. I prefer to read transcripts of podcasts. I skim, pick out the wheat from the [...]
by Colby Marshall, @ColbyMarshall You’ve done it. You’ve finished and polished your first manuscript. Let’s see, what’s next. Whaaat to do next… Oh, no… Not that… *cue Jaws theme* The query. You have to [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I may have been slow to the email newsletter party. I believe, in fact, that I was the last guest to show up. I’m finally making up for [...]
by Jacques Ravenne and @LeFrenchBook Eric Giacometti and I have written nine books together in a series that begins with Shadow Ritual, which was just released in English. It’s a curious experience, one [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig In October, my agent received an email from my editor. I have a release scheduled in the Southern Quilting series this June (book 5). My editor knew my [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I read an interesting post recently by blogger Jessica Lawlor (@jesslaw) “A Reverse To-Do List: Why What You Say NO to Matters More Than You Think.” It was [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Recently, I mentioned that I’ve been working on a lot of different things…from foreign rights to promo. My favorite type of promo is passive. I’ve learned that readers [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I thought I’d share my efforts at better marketing and for thinking on more of an international scale with my work. Here’s what I’ve been doing: Newsletter: Sharing the [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I had to answer a questionnaire for self-publishers recently and several of the questions stumped me. I have a feeling that this isn’t a good thing. One of [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Not all writers are introverts, of course. I’m one of the more introverted ones. My introversion can veer into shyness around readers…I’m not a shy person otherwise. [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I had my tax appointment with my accountant on February 2nd. This is really not “my thing,” but I feel a lot better now that I’ve got a [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Sometimes I get surprised reactions both from non-writers and writers that I’m self-publishing in print as well as in ebook format. I know some think print is dying [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’m not sure what the grocery shopping is like internationally, but here your data gets tracked if you use loyalty cards. And loyalty cards get you special discounts [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I have a cover conference (via email) this week with my current cover designer, Karri Klawiter. I’ve been told by cover designers in the past that they like [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Detail and description is, I think, a little tricky. Two of my series require a lot of it because of the nature of the subgenre. The quilting mysteries [...]
Note from Elizabeth: Several years ago, when I took the self-publishing plunge, the scariest part of the process for me was making an investment in my writing without the promise of a payout. [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Happy 2015! Hope everyone enjoyed their holidays. I’m back into the swing of things and have been working on this year’s production plan for my books. I’m not [...]
by Robin Houghton, @RobinHoughton Are you a blogger who likes to stay on top of blog statistics? Do you regularly check which sites are sending you traffic, or which posts are the most [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Last week I opened up a crime novel translated into English from Norwegian and saw the logos in the picture to the right. It startled me because I’d never [...]
by Alex J. Cavanaugh, @AlexJCavanaugh While writing itself is usually a solitary venture, everything else we need to accomplish as authors is not. We need input from critique partners, advice on publishing, assistance [...]
by Elizabeth Craig, @elizabethscraig I loved the organic, ‘pantster’ approach to writing. I followed the genre-determined general structure (meet victim, meet suspects, question suspects…) and then happily made up each story as [...]
by Alan Orloff, @alanorloff Thank you, Elizabeth, for hosting me on your fabulous blog! A few years ago, we had a guinea pig for a couple of weeks. It (I never checked if [...]
by Colby Marshall, @colbymarshall The first time I pitched agents in person was a terrifying, enlightening, fantastic, and awful experience. I met my now-agent that day, but I also made some mistakes that—trust me—I [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve noticed that my books with the highest number of reviews usually tend to be my top sellers. Not always (there are a couple of Penguin books with a [...]
by Patrick Ross, @PatrickRWrites “The author has certainly gone on an interesting journey, but I’m afraid the tone is too journalistic for our list. I’m looking for more literary and personal accounts of [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Hi everyone! I’m over at James Moushon’s HBS Spotlight today talking about how free book promos have worked for me, how I’ve gotten book reviews, how audiobooks [...]
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