Archive for May 2016
I am terrible at blogging
It may turn out I suck at blogging. Here’s something we authors are told when we set up a blog/website/information hub like this: blog regularly, on a schedule, at least once a week. The idea is to become a dependable online destination, because this adds value to the website and encourages people to check it regularly and join…
Read MoreSuccess Bias
This article originally appeared in the Huffington Post. I was giving advice the other day about short story self-publishing. It wasn’t great advice, really, because aside from “it’s very easy” and “people will pay to read your stories” I don’t have all that much to offer. I think it’s easy and I think it’s lucrative,…
Read MoreBut my book is worth more than that
Today I’d like to talk about what price to put on your book. Or my book, if you don’t have one. Or some other writer’s book if we don’t want to talk about my books either. Pricing, though. Let’s have that conversation. Here are a couple of points I would like to make before taking…
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