If you have your own author site, you probably have an opt-in for your mailing list to go along with it.

If you’ve ever published a book before, you know that having a great book itself is only half the battle. You need a professional editing...

Picture this: You're sitting in a cold stone room, underground, with your computer in front of you. Your captor paces...

With so many social media platforms out there and so many people who are AWESOME at using them...

People new to publishing might be surprised at the idea of an author street team or launch team.

Now more than ever, social media plays a vital part in your success as an author.

I talk a lot about marketing on this site, from mailing lists and optimization to on- and offline techniques to mastering the Kindle Store.

Maybe you're a tech whiz, or maybe you've always dreamed of sitting down to your first book signing as an author. . .

If you want to stand out in the self-publishing world, you need to do more than write and hit “publish.” You need quality covers...

A couple of years ago, I decided to query one of my books to a series of agents. Like most of my books. . .

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You’ve written your book (or books), built your platform, and are now buckling your seat-belt to swing into the writing fast lane.

Please vote for my Kindle Scout Campaign here through 2/06/16:  https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/X0Z1F8GSDDVB If you’ve noticed a...

Please vote for The Grim Reaper: And Company! here: https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/X0Z1F8GSDDVB Going into this, I knew there would be...

Please vote for me at: https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/X0Z1F8GSDDVB The Powerball lottery is really high right now. I mean, really high....

Vote here: https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/X0Z1F8GSDDVB Today I reviewed the results on my stats page and was startled by some of the...

I do have competition–four or five other books also started their campaign today. And one of them is already trending. Already trending....

I’ll admit, I’ve been too busy for blog posts lately. Writing and editing and more editing has kept me working full-time–but with a...

I’ve been meaning to actually write an article myself over the next few weeks, but it’s getting obvious that I’m still too busy. That...

One of the more difficult aspects of self-publishing is deciding your price. If you price your novel too expensively, no one will want to...