When fellow blogger M. A. Lossl said she just self-published yet another book, I asked her to tell us all how the process went for her. Here's her post on it, plus some info on bee counting...
How blog posts and articles can promote your book!
Want to increase readership and book sales, write an article or blog post?
Writing material related to a non-fiction is a no-brainer. Chances are you’re an expert and can easily expand or provoke further discussion on your book’s topic through a blog post or article. But fiction writers have a challenge and need to be creative. Here are some of the areas to explore:
Your book’s central theme(s).
The main location(s) described.
Expand on historical references and the era.
Your inspiration for writing the book such as an event or other trigger.
Backstory of one of your main characters and if based on a real person.
Any unusual practice or method you used to write the book.
Bonus material in form of background stories or information.
I was fortunate my last book “Suddenly Single Sylvia” about a newly divorced mature…
So dear readers, as promised I’m going to talk to you about the dreaded book cover!
I know that most of my followers are writers, and often self-published as well, or considering that route. When you’re in that situation, the more information you can find, the better. So to that aim, here’s a short tutorial, chalk full of links and helpful hints. I’ll keep this short (it’s around 1200 words) because I know how little you want to wade through a word heavy slog of a tutorial : D
We can start with the question: Pay for it, or make it? There’s nothing wrong with paying someone else to make your book cover, if you can afford it. There’s also nothing wrong with accruing a hardcore useful-as-all-fuck skill. Pre-made book covers are expensive (if you don’t have extra money). Unless you’re some triple-bestseller writer, you don’t have money coming out…
Just a regularly scheduled begging session, asking you, my beloved 3.5 readers, to buy my book, “BQB’s Big Book of Badass Writing Prompts.”
It’s 99 cents. Honestly, other than a trip to the nudey bar, this is the best value you’ll ever get for a dollar.
I mean I don’t want to spell it out, but if you walk up to a nudey bar and wave a single dollar bill around, a stripper will show you her hey-nanner-nanner. At least, they usually do. I can’t guarantee they will.
But you’re upstanding citizens who don’t frequent such terrible places. So check out my fine book. You know you want it.
First impressions. It’s hard to restrain myself from making snap judgments about people when I first meet them. Worse is when I settle for my shallow analysis and end up labeling folks. We’re all complex, all of us alike yet different from each other, so I doubt anyone appreciates my boxing them into a label.… Continue reading Let’s All Drop Labels by da-AL→
