by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Last week I read a Washington Post article about doctors who were angered by bad Yelp reviews from patients. They fired back at these patients, revealing confidential information in [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Here are a few updates on what I’ve found helpful or interesting lately in the promo and writing worlds. For the writer who has multiple releases a year, [...]
by Danika Stone, @Danika_Stone If you’re an author, you’ve no doubt heard the term “Street Team”. It’s one of those phrases that gains popularity in an instant and is thrown around with the [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Last year, I decided to try listing a book as a pre-order. That’s to say, I decided to try out a pre-order for my self-published series. My trad-published books had long [...]
by L. Diane Wolfe, @SpunkOnAStick Writers have many options when it comes to getting stories in front of readers. If you’re seeking a traditional publisher or an agent, you’ll need to submit your [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig For Monday’s post, I mentioned that I frequently amend published books with updated back matter. I do this for both Amazon and non-Amazon retailers. Author Deborah Nam-Krane stated in the comments [...]
by Roland Yeomans, @rxena77 Yes, it is another stop along my “Don’t You Hate Blog Book Tours?” Book Tour. Me? I’m Roland Yeomans: teacher, dreamer, writer. We writers are observers: how we interact [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I realized some time back that I get a lot of requests to do things for free. I’m frequently asked to donate books to charities and to speak [...]
by Jenny Bravo, @BlotsandPlots Are you looking for a simple way to publish your e-book? Are you frustrated with formatting and want a better way? Draft2Digital is changing the game for self-published writers. As a [...]
by Colleen M. Story, @colleen_m_story I was working too many hours a day. I knew it, but I had deadlines to meet. As a full-time freelance writer, it’s not like I could tell my [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Although I don’t make a fortune as an affiliate with Amazon and Apple, so far it’s proven to be reliable income. And it’s fairly passive income. The only problem is [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig We had a winter storm in North Carolina a couple of weeks ago. Winter storms in NC are a big deal. There are a few reasons for that. [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Goodreads is a popular way for readers to discover new authors and talk about books. As a reader, I’ve found some excellent recommendations there. I frequently hear my [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Amazon is sending out emails warning authors that they need to upload corrections to their books or else receive a quality-related warning label on their book page starting [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I realized a couple of weeks ago that I’m working on my 20th book. A lot has changed since book one. I shopped the first couple of books [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve been experimenting with or pursuing different avenues for distribution and visibility. Here are updates on what I’ve been working on with links in case you want to [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I’ve seen several articles and post comments online recently where writers have stated they’ve used services like Buffer to schedule tweets because it’s very cumbersome to mass schedule [...]
By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Sometimes I spend so much time thinking about really big ideas that I forget about some of the small things we can do to either gently promote ourselves/get [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig One thing that can trip up even experienced writers is giving everything away in the story too quickly. It’s always a temptation for me. I tend to want [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig A few odds and ends and updates: Draft2Digital: I’ve used Smashwords since I started self-publishing. It’s been convenient for me to upload one file there for distribution to [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig After a really nice vacation to Alaska (where it wasn’t even close to the 100 degrees F we’ve had here in NC), I had a few things to [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I pride myself on being a productive writer. I keep to my deadlines, both self-imposed and contractual. I write each day and meet my goals. It’s rare I get [...]
by Carolyn Haines, @DeltaGalCarolyn In real estate, the old saw is that location is everything. For me, the same is almost always true in fiction. My reading and writing preference is that the [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig I have been seriously buried lately trying to research and learn effective marketing practices for writers. First, it takes a while to find the information you need. Then you have [...]
Guest Post by Jack Smith Antagonists can be persons or larger forces—groups, institutions, the society as a whole, nature, or the cosmos. Plots dealing with larger forces tend to embody conflicts with individuals as [...]
by Jodie Renner, editor and author @JodieRennerEd To celebrate the release of her third writing guide, Captivate Your Readers, Jodie has priced it at 99 cents for today only and will also be [...]
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig What’s it like being a hybrid writer (someone who both publishes traditionally and self-publishes)? Today I’m at the Insecure Writer’s Support Group listing pros and cons of [...]
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 I can be a pretty annoying person to watch television or movies with. Maybe most writers are. Plot holes and plot devices trip me up in bad stories [...]
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