It is Still Tuesday, I am not TOO Late
Happy Tuesday to you all! I hope you are all finding the best ways to employ your time. For those of you who are unwell, my prayers are with you. For those of you who are stuck at home for the time being, it is a great time to get better acquainted with my Rai Saga, I...
JQM Thoughts on Editing in General
The Burning Embers theme for April is Editing. So, let's talk about editing. Editing. I can think of few words that have to power to strike as much fear and dread into the hearts of several of my author friends than Marketing, Promotions, and Editing. But I don't get...
Editing: The Bane of Every Writer’s Existence?
Good morning, everyone! I'm Ariel Paiement from the Fantasy Nook, a blog dedicated to sharing good fantasy novels and teaching authors to write. Last time, I brought you all a guest post on using Pinterest for authors. Today, I'm here with a guest post on editing this...
An Example of JQM Cross-Promotions
This month we have been talking about promotions and marketing. A WORD ABOUT MY SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE AND MY ROLE IN THE RAI SAGA As my followers are well aware, I often to Character Take-Overs. In other words I post and share on my social media platforms from the...
Snowball Book Launch Technique
Curious about pre-order launches? Want to get more eyeballs on your book before it’s released? Then you need to check out the snowball launch…
A Guide to Using Pinterest for Authors
Introduction Hey, everyone! Ariel Paiement here with a guest post on Pinterest for you guys. James Meservy invited me to post about this topic, probably because he knows I'm always going on about it. At least, it feels like I am. But I do that because it really does...
Marketing Madness Within a Community
This month I have been thinking of what we can do as a community of authors to help each other market and promote our books and sales.And I have a few suggestions, listed in no particular order.* Share each other's blog posts & social media posts of authors who...
March Madness Indeed
As a long time fan of college basketball, this years edition of March Madness is a bit disappointing, and very alarming. But there is a bright side to everything, well not to me because our dehydrated potato warehouse and our manufacturing plants are still running...
Importance of a Community of Authors
Mornin! I am late posting this evening because i am neck deep in edits, prepping Shades of Mortality, The Realm of the Light Book 4. My March 31st publisher deadline is looming over me like a . . . Well, like a deadline. Anyway, i am no good at creating promotional...
Paid Marketing and why you should do it…
Paid marketing. It's the bane of all authors who are first starting out. Why? Because you have to pay for it. Not like free advertising / marketing on social media or via word of mouth (through friends, family & customers.) Also, if you're like me then your paid...