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Free eBook Day 1
On January 20, 2019 by adminDay 1 Strategy: Ad stacks, social media, word of mouth. Inspire people to click and see what the fuss is all about. Day 1 Results: So far, so good! As of this afternoon, White Dove was #6 in Historical Fiction- Irish (exciting, but probably a really small niche community of interest), but #44 in Fiction-
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Experiments with Ads
On January 19, 2019 by adminBack in October I ran a promo for White Dove and had unexpected success. For five days, the eBook version was free on Amazon. I had stacked a few ads and made a few social media posts, hoping that it would gain some attention. What I didn’t expect was that it would rise to the
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Setting the Scene for Historical Fictions
On January 14, 2019 by adminWhen I began writing my last novel, White Dove, my main fear was that I wouldn’t be able to set it accurately in time and place. I agonized over it. I lost sleep over it. The fear of missing the mark rattled my confidence more than once. For White Dove–and for any work that requires an author to
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Outlines for People who Prefer to Shoot from the Hip
On January 12, 2019 by adminI have always admired organized people. These are the people who always know where their car keys are, who can manage to fold and put away their laundry, and whose desks aren’t stacks of papers and disorderly sticky notes. Amazing. I applaud you (from behind my piles of sticky notes and index cards). My disorganization doesn’t just stop
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How to Set and Meet Goals
On January 5, 2019 by adminEvery year around this time, the blogosphere erupts with New Year’s resolutions, goals, objectives as well as the various claims from those who adamantly reject New Year’s resolutions, but instead find other, more nuanced ways of describing their personal goals. Let’s face it– goals are what keep us going. We need to have something that
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First Drafts are for Scribbles
On January 1, 2019 by adminFirst drafts can be the beginning of something beautiful, but they themselves aren’t meant to be beautiful. They are meant to be scribbles. They are meant to be raw. They are meant to make you cringe a little. One lesson that I have learned over the past few years is that the single most important