writing
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A New Year’s Resolution for Writers: Don’t Be Snooty
Are you, or someone you know, suffering from Snooty Artist Syndrome? The condition is sweeping the nation. I’ve met quite a few sufferers — and had some personal experience with the dreadful SAS myself. Writers are suffering in record numbers. Sure, it can start with the mild panning of ebooks as “not being real books”…
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[GUIDE] How to Use a Blog To Show Off Your Creative Work
When it comes to blogging, nothing is ever easy. Creative people who are blogging as a way to show off their work have it even harder. You can upload as many art pieces and short stories as you want, but it seems almost impossible to get the kind of traffic you want. In many cases,…
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Questions and Answers for the Liebster Award
I was recently nominated for “The Liebster Award,” an award given by bloggers to “up-and-coming bloggers with fewer than 200 followers.” In German, “Liebster” can mean a variety of things: most beloved, lovely, kind pleasant, valued, etc. As far as I can tell, the nomination is itself the award – it’s just a nice little…
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The Death of the eReader
I think I’m a prophet. At least when it comes to the future of books and eReaders (like the Kindle or Nook). A prophet that has the impressive power to tell… the present. As I was swirling around in my office chair, ruminating about eReaders and how they’re probably going to be obsolete in the…
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How to Market Your Book as a Product Without Feeling Guilty
When it comes to the word “marketing,” writers get squeamish. Call our books a “product,” and you’re likely to catch a fist to the face. Okay, maybe not a fist. But at least a curled nose and some whispered muttering about the evils of capitalism. Well, unfortunately for your sense of social justice, capitalism is…
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Content Marketing: Selling Your Masterpiece by Giving Another One Away
If you’ve heard of content marketing before, you know it’s not rocket science. It’s a lot like when stores give away free samples. You try enough of something to find out you like it, then you buy it. How you actually give the sample is the most important part. Businesses often offer free guides that…
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How A Sci-Fi Magazine Uses Facebook to Sell Issues
When authors talk about promoting their books, the “S” word isn’t far behind. Everyone knows social media is important for writers in some abstract context, but they’re not sure how it actually works. That includes me. I’ve tried investigating it all month, first by interviewing author Holly Robinson about how she uses Twitter. Then, by taking…
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The Future of Books (Calm Down Edition)
Let’s talk about the future of books by stating the obvious: books take a long time to write. In fact, per hour, I think they’re definitely one of the top most time-consuming forms of art. Writing a book in a year is considered almost a heroic effort. Two, three years, well, that’s about normal. A…
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