First marketing steps to tie your reader to your mystery.
Your Author Platform – Email Connects with Readers
Steps to set up your email system to connect with readers.
Your Author Platform – Website
Your website is the foundation of your author platform. Four must have pages to start your website.
Author, Go Public as You Write Your First Book
Give your current manuscript a head start in the book world by working on your author platform as you write.
What to Write in Your Author Newsletter Before Your Book is Finished
Ideas for how to talk to your reader fans when your first book isn’t finished. Share your writer self.
Get Ready to Be a Mystery Author: Part 2 Email
Build your reader fan base with email before your mystery is finished. Keys to setting up your email connection.
Get Ready to be a Mystery Author: Part 1
You As An Author It’s never too early to start your transition from writer to author. Once you start writing your mystery, spend some time establishing your presence as an author. You’ll be building your author platform where you tell readers about your book. Once your novel is published, you’ll have your author platform well…
Countdown to Publish
Pre-Publication Activities The Roman Heir is due for publication on July 22. The book went out to advance readers over two weeks ago, I’m getting feedback. That means I’m doing some editing like rewording or fixing those gosh darn typos. I’m extremely grateful to these advance readers who give me early feedback.This is just the…
The Malleable Author Bio
Your Author Bio and Readers Your author bios are an important part of your book marketing package. Your bio is your introduction to the world as an author. Think of it as a news story not a memoir. The main point of your author bio is to get new readers for your books.Your bio will…
The Geni.us of Going Global
Invite Global Readers to Get Your Books Geni.us creates links that send someone to the Amazon store nearest them. If you have a reader in the U.K., and they click the link, they will be taken to Amazon.uk not the U.S. store. The same for Japan, or Germany, or India, etc. For example, people in 21…