Title: How to Train Your Cat to Promote Your Books Written By: Rayne Hall Genre: Writing Helps/Non-fiction Recommended Ages: 13 and up Warning: The author does write horror books, so some of the pictures in the book contain a plastic skull or covers from the author’s books. There is also a reference to witches. Introduction: […]
When is the best time for a tour?
Welcome back to my Blog Tour series! Unless I get more questions about blog tours, this will be the last installment for now. I hope it’s been helpful so far and that this post will be as well. When is the best time for a tour? This is probably one of trickiest parts of the […]
3 Quick, Easy Ways to Cut the Fluff from Your Novel
 Let’s dive right in, because, after all, this is quick and easy, right? 1. Create a “Kill List.” The book is done. The editor has done her job. She’s killed my duplicate words, found the missing ones, and even added in those commas I missed. Everything is polished, the formatting complete. It’s kill time. […]
How to organize a tour
Last week, I talked about what a blog tour is. Today, we have a few how-tos of a blog tour. Feel free to ask me questions in the comments below. How to Create a Sign-up Sheet The best way I have found for sign-up sheets is to use Google Forms. These can be found here. […]
Beginning Your Street Team
Street teams are an essential marketing tool in an authors tool belt. Street teams can help spread the news of your book to thousands of readers. Many authors ask me how to start and maintain a street team so for the next few months, I will be breaking down the basics of implementing a […]
How I Discovered a New Writer’s Syndrome & How to Overcome It
Some might say that my quest to discover the meaning behind this little recurring problem that I have was merely a procrastination device used to avoid work. I say that said device is proof that I needed to research. And, I have disturbing news for writers. I’ve discovered a syndrome that I suspect we all […]
What is a Blog Tour?
I have a side business orchestrating blog tours for authors. One of the most common questions I get–from experienced and inexperienced authors alike–is “What is a blog tour?” Over the next three weeks, I’ll be talking about the whats, hows, and whens of blog tours. Today we have the “Whats.” What is a Blog Tour? […]
Making or Breaking a Book Cover: Back Cover Content
Authors often ask me what they should include on their book’s back cover. Today I’ll share with you the possible content you could include on your back cover as well as tips on length and how to choose which content to include. The most important thing to remember? Much like I mentioned in my article […]
Working with Beta-Reader Comments
I’ve always enjoyed beta-reading, but this month I got to experience the other side of it–being beta-read! (Er, my book being beta-read, but it’s pretty much the same.) 😉 I had gathered my team and sent out numerous emails to get my metaphorical ducks in a row. Document access? Check. Email detailing what I […]
The Starving Christian Writer
Ah, don’t you love stereotypes? I don’t know about you, but I have found that, more often than not, when I tell someone new that I’m a writer, their first reaction goes something like, “You must be famous! A best-seller!” Oh if they only knew… But today I’m not actually thinking about the poverty […]