Jan 6, 2019 | writing & publishing
One of the reason why I love tools like DataSprout and BookReport is that they allow me to look at the big picture. I can take a look not just at total numbers, but how those numbers break down over books and series, and even pen names. I feel that this is important....
Jan 4, 2019 | your author webstore
I can name a dozen (or more) website hosting companies off the top of my head. There are some that I’d recommend (and use) and some that I would not recommend for a variety of reasons. Anytime someone posts in a Facebook group geared toward podcasters or those...
Jan 3, 2019 | content management, your author webstore
The jump from the Classic Editor in WordPress to the block editor format of Gutenberg can be a doozy. Watch out for that first step. If you’re concerned about upgrading your site because of this–don’t be! First, while we’re up to 5.02 (funny...
Jan 3, 2019 | content management, marketing
If you’re like a lot of people, you spend way more time than you want on Facebook. And yet, when it comes time to schedule social media (you are scheduling social media, right?) you may just randomly put in times. After all, who knows when people will see things...
Dec 27, 2018 | writing & publishing
Here it comes. The New Year’s Resolutions and writing schedules. In writing groups and on personal social media profiles, the questions are already coming. Are you planning your writing? What are your 2019 goals? If you’re like most authors I talk to, you...
Dec 13, 2018 | book reviews
I found the Young Adult Writer’s Journey to be a workman-like book for those looking to get into young adult writing. While big topics like suicide and bullying merit only a couple of paragraphs, the authors do a good job of pulling from popular fiction like the...
Dec 8, 2018 | email management
I’m a bit skeptical, so when I got word a month or so ago that SendGrid, the email service (like MailGun or Amazon SES) that I mentioned in my book, From Blog To Bookstore, as an easy and convenient way to send emails to your large mailing list without paying...