Published on November 9, 2011
Well, it happened again. An author submitted a novel and a so-called “fictitious”, non-profit organization he created for his novel was accused, in his novel, of being involved in a child abuse ring. He listed the “fictional” organization’s name and website URL in his novel. I’ve seen this before and it took me a mere second to Google the name and the website address and, guess what? They both exist…
Published on November 9, 2011
Letters will return next week.
Published on November 9, 2011
book marketing
Three years ago, the release of my first novel excited me, yes, but it also threw me into a dither. A dither, if you’ve never been in one, is similar to mild hysteria and confusion. All other authors I knew at the time talked about book signings, and I attended a couple of them. In my opinion, that might not work for me, as they don’t seem to work very well unless you are the author of the Harry Potter series. How many readers would drive to a bookstore and buy my book? I feared not many, and there I’d be, all alone in public, people walking past me, ignoring the books on the table. The thought of buying a big stack of books and not selling them didn’t make me comfortable, either…
Published on November 9, 2011
I’m a hunter, writer, and Christian. I’ve hunted in about 40 countries (no African hunting yet), with several forays to above 15,500 feet and one up to 17,500 feet, so I’m no stranger to altitude…
Published on November 3, 2011
Well, now all three of our adult children have been in major accidents. Frank is fine but he wrecked my Mustang and while we haven’t heard from them yet, we’re pretty sure it’s totaled…
Published on November 3, 2011
This week:
- 24-Hour Short Story Contest
- Does That Website Really Own The Photo They Just Gave Me Permission To Use? Not Likely!
Published on November 3, 2011
For some of us, web content is where the money is. We create splashy advertisements, buy fabulous websites, and waltz into local businesses to announce, “I can get people to like your website.”
All of that takes time. A lot of time…
Published on October 26, 2011
We’re on vacation so I’m going to post some pictures from our trip this week.
Published on October 26, 2011
For the past six weeks, we’ve spent every spare moment judging the hundreds of entries submitted for the Fall, 2011 24-Hour Short Story Contest…
Published on October 26, 2011
Angie,
I just came back from the International Women’s Writing Guild Big Apple Conference in New York City. I have to tell you the audience of over 300 women authors went wild when I told them how little you charged me to self-publish my books ($517 for new authors; $367 for returning authors). This after another woman pitched her self-publishing firm for $8,000.00. Not only did I sell a lot of Fireflies, Fireflies Two-Vat 9 and Kisses To Die For books because your cover designer created such eye-catching book covers, but the women made sure that I autographed their books, and added your BookLocker.com site under my name.
Thank you so much for all your help in publishing my books, and thanks for assigning Todd to do my covers. He was an absolute delight to work with. It’s been a pleasure working with you.
A. R. Alan
https://www.aralanbooks.com
