The Cauldron Bound is formatted, just waiting for me to hit publish. Now I am pondering how to promote it. I have three problems: No reviews, my book is not free and I have a limited budget. Luckily, there are things that I can do. So what am I doing once I have hit publish? * Signing up for Ebook soda and Bargain Booksy. * Signing up for the next scavenger hunt that Night Owl reviews has. * Running a release…
Even if things are changing fast, and you shouldn’t listen to too old advice, I think most authors, no matter if they are self published or not, agree on the fact that series sells. In this moment, I have 4 novellas sitting on my hard drive that are the first in a series ( Frosthold, Queen of Sind, Daughter of the Dark, The Wild Hunt.) I could focus on revising them and getting published, but the truth is that some…
I read this excellent post by Carolyn Jewel. I am glad I read it, but I have a headache right now, even if it is for different reasons. See, my distributor works like this: I set a list price of 50 cent ( for Exile), and then the stores add their overhead. Some adds very little. Some adds more. Which I have been muttering about, but I hadn’t considered the implications of that habit. Let’s take Germany. I distribute to…
I went offline during easter, and revised a whopping 11 000 words. After I got home it has been slower though. Part of it is because I’ve had health issues and part of it is because I need to recharge. ( That’s always the case for me. ) But I’m slogging along on the revisions of the Wild Hunt. I’m 2/3rds through right now, and the draft is at 33000 words. The goal is 35 000 words. Once these revisions…
Reading about the success of 50 Shades Of Grey made think about what makes a book wildly popular. I have read a lot of books, that have had engaging characters, fast paced plots, and fascinating settings. Yet they aren’t up and fighting on the bestseller lists. So why is they plodding along? I think part of it is that they are missing that extra”something.” The something that keeps the reader coming back again and again. Let’s take Amanda Hocking. She…