Showing posts 1 to 6 labeled Marketing (6 total)
The Impact of Format on Interpretation (June 2nd, 2013 - No comments)
"Don't be too harsh to these poems until they're typed. I always think typescript lends some sort of certainty: at least, if the things are bad then, they appear to be bad with conviction." - Dylan ThomasOn Friday I reviewed applicants for my replacement at my half-time job... More >>
The Nefarious Blurb (July 31st, 2012 - No comments)
Back in elementary school, the Scholastic catalog was a thing of wonder. I would pore over the books like an office girl drools over the product pages of Sephora. I carefully examined every catalog that came my way, but I took the Scholastic one especially seriously because it was the one full of things I could actually get... More >>
Unscrupulous Self-Pubbers II: Sleazy Review Services (July 13th, 2012 - No comments)
Yesterday I spent far too long reading a Twilight ripoff. The author said as much in her interview about the book on the product page, though I didn't notice it was a vampire trilogy until I had already downloaded it... More >>
I Beat the Brontes (June 12th, 2012 - 2 comments)
My life feels like it's been hanging in suspended animation for the past couple of days. I threw everything I had into one last-ditch effort to rescue Bubbles Pop from the dark recesses of one million plus rankings right before I was liberated from the clutches of KDP Select... More >>
Book Trailer (May 7th, 2012 - 1 comment)
I made a book trailer for Bubbles Pop! More >>
Finding the Right Audience (May 3rd, 2012 - 1 comment)
Articles and how-to books often tell writers to write backwards. First pick an audience, then come up with a story to cater to them. I remember standing in the local public library, leafing through one of the "For Dummies" books on Young Adult fiction, and feeling my cynical heart shrink even more with the turn of every page... More >>