S.I.A. – Support Indie Authors
Stop by the SIA page to check out the latest interview with Indie Author Benita Prins, writer, musician, book collector and fellow Canadian.
Find out more in An Interview with Benita Prins.
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Indie Author Q & A
S.I.A. – Support Indie Authors
Stop by the SIA page to check out the latest interview with V.M. Sawh. His series Good Tales for Bad Dreams sounds intriguing.
Find out more in An Interview with V. M. Sawh
Calling all Bloggers and Authors!
Ring in the New Year with your favourite Canadian author. I’m helping to organize the Crazy Canuck New Year’s Blog Hop. We are currently looking for authors and bloggers to participate and host the hop.
Authors, don’t miss this chance for you to promote your work to new readers.
Bloggers get in on the fun and offer up some new and exciting reads to your followers.
All the details are here. Sign up today!
Indie Author Q & A
S.I.A. – Support Indie Authors
Stop by the SIA page to check out the latest interview with Ashley Dooley – Writer, Reader, Artist, Homeschooler, Hairstylist, Make-up Artist and a fellow Canadian. Ashley has just recently released the second book in her Authority series.
Find out more in An Interview with AshleyDooley.
Indie Author Q & A
S.I.A. – Support Indie Authors
Stop by the SIA page to check out the latest interview with Indie Author Mangalam Shiva. Mangalam is from India where he has retired to the quiet coastal town of Pondicherry. His anthology of short stories, Empty Fists, reflects on the different aspects of life faced by every individual – love, friendship, struggle, even loss.
Find out more in An Interview with Mangalam Shiva.
Hard Truths about Promotion for Indie Authors
I read this article today and it had some great advice so I thought I would share it. It’s part two of a series (part one was also very good, so I would suggest checking it out with the link provided at the beginning).
Self-Publishing 101 with Mama Bitchstress: Hard Truths of Promotion by Skyla Dawn Cameron
An Interview with….uh, well, with Me
I would like to start a sort of regular feature where I interview a fellow indie author. The interviews will be posted in the S.I.A – Indie Author Interview section of my website. Since I just came up with the idea now, I thought I would start with an author I know rather well….Me.
Author Interview
Want to learn a little bit more about me? There is an interview with me on the Awesome Gang’s website. Check it out!
Reviews are Essential!
This was originally posted over at Precipice Books a couple of years ago but still applies. I’m really trying to get my foot in the door on Amazon and especially on iTunes. Apple iTunes is a huge potential market for ebooks. The more favourable reviews and likes I have there, the better my chances of getting noticed.
If you have already left a review at an online retailer or Goodreads, thank you! Please consider going to Amazon and iTunes (you have to log on to the iTunes store) and leaving a review there as well. It will really help me out.
Time! I need more Time!
So I thought I knew what I was getting myself into when I decided to self-publish, but I really didn’t have a clue. Where does the time go? There is not enough time in the day to do everything I want to do. Editing, cover design, marketing, social networking, website design, sales….the list goes on and on.
Did you notice the one thing missing? WRITING! I haven’t had a chance to sit and write in ages. There’s a couple of stories brewing in my head – I don’t know which one will end up on paper next – but I barely have time to even think about writing, let alone sit down and do it. I don’t know how other writers manage. I am so glad that I already have Harry’s trilogy written because I would be feeling under the gun to get book two written otherwise. Thankfully, I just need to finish the editing and Tooth and Claw will be ready to go well in advance of its January 5th release date.
I’m also working on the final edits for Home Again, a contemporary ‘romantica’. Home Again was actually the first book I ever wrote but is just finally coming to print in February 2016. I love the story and I’m really looking forward to sharing it.
So, my advice to you if you are thinking of self-publishing? If you know there will be a second book to follow your first, especially if you’ve left a cliffhanger, do yourself (and your readers) a favour and get it written first before you start down the road to self publishing. You’ll be glad you did.
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