I’m doing the final edits on my next novel, and once I send it off to my editor, I’ll record a couple of new shows (I’ve scribbled down some notes for talking about how to build a platform and also about how self-publishing can lead to a traditional publishing deal). Stay tuned, and in the meantime, a little humor&#

The more people you get to check out your blog, the more chance there is that they’ll like your voice and go on to check out your books. We’ve talked about increasing visitors through search engine optimization and by networking with others to build up your blog. Another simple way to get more eyeballs on your posts is to have

I’m off on a plane ride across the Pacific today, so I’ve got a guest post for you to enjoy. It’s by indie science-fiction author, M Pax, someone I met through…can you guess? Yup, blogging. She has a popular blog that covers astronomy, science fiction, and (most recently) her new ebooks. She’s going to give you some tips for building

Congratulations on taking a gamble and clicking on this blog post. I know search engine optimization or “SEO” isn’t the most riveting topic out there (I did it for years for my day job before switching to writing full-time), but it’s worth learning a little about since it can help bring more visitors to your website and/or blog via the

Today’s post will be a quickie, since I got the critiques back from my beta readers, and I’m excited to work on my manuscript this weekend. But I want to squeeze in a few minutes to talk about blogging. While many new authors know they’re supposed to start a website and blog regularly, sometimes the allure wears off, and days

Some authors get a little lucky, and their ebooks take off in the Kindle Store, thanks to huge Facebook/Twitter following, awesome cover art, a popular genre, a Kindle Nation Sponsorship, and/or other extreme factors. For the other 99.9% of us, we have to hustle! One way to get the word out about your book, whether a new release or an

If you’ve read any of my posts here, such as How to Start Your Professional Author Site, you know I’m big on websites for authors (specifically a site with its own domain name and web hosting space so nobody can ever mess with it). But should you buy a web address and build a site for yours books as well?

While we all hope thousands of people will stumble across our books on Amazon, and they’ll skyrocket to the top of the bestseller charts of their own accord, it doesn’t happen that way for many people… Most of us have to work our rear ends off to get noticed. Maintaining a good author blog can be Step 1 in the

A lot of writers start out blogging on Livejournal, Blogger, and similar freebie sites. This is fine when you’re chatting with friends, family, and your writing buddies, but when you’re ready to publish your first book, it’s time to get a real website (and ideally start blogging there instead of having your words spread all over cyberspace!). A real website