As a writer how much thought do you give to public speaking? Lately, I’ve been giving this a lot of thought as one of the authors signed to my company has an immense fear of public speaking. While I do get a little nervous prior to an interview, once the interview starts I’m usually [...]

Republished by Blog Post Promoter  A tip to writers that want to self publish. “Your first goal should be writing words, not worrying about the end result. Just write baby.” I saw this tweet when I did a search on Twitter for “self publishing.” It summed up perfectly what every author should initially be focused [...]

Republished by Blog Post Promoter I read an article once that suggested using a questionnaire to design characters. I thought this was a fabulous idea to expand on who you’d like your character to be. Initially, when I have an idea for a character its based on someone I might have observed in my life [...]

Authors, one of the first things you want to do when developing your marketing plan is determine your brand. What is a brand? The American Marketing Association (AMA) defines a brand as a “name, term, sign, symbol or design, or a combination of them intended to identify the goods and services of one seller or [...]

Republished by Blog Post Promoter I was recently asked by a family friend to review a manuscript. If you’ve been a regular reader of my blog you probably already know that the only person to read my manuscript prior to being published was my editor, so when he asked me to review his manuscript I [...]

Republished by Blog Post Promoter When I released my novel The Buzz there were quite a few people who had no idea  I even wrote. Aside from a few close friends and immediate family who’d been there from the beginning, the majority found out about my writing when my book was published. Some knew I [...]

In an earlier post, I briefly touched on collaborating with other companies and upholding my brand. Since I launched my company and released my book there have been times where I collaborated with others to relinquish myself of having to handle certain tasks and other times where I collaborated to expand my brand. Collaborating and networking with other authors [...]

Republished by Blog Post Promoter Have you ever wondered what makes a good writer? After giving it some thought I’ve compiled the top five qualities I think a good writer must have. 5. Patience – Writing won’t be easy. There will be days when you have absolutely nothing to add to the story. Or days [...]

Republished by Blog Post PromoterSeek mentors who have done what you desire to do and become what you desire to be. – Randy Gage My career in finance began when I was 17 years old. I’ve held a lot of different positions over the years. In each of those positions I learned something different. I [...]

In a recent interview with writer/blogger Synithia Williams she asked what inspired me? Before I could answer, I thought about why I write to begin with? For me, fiction is a way of seeing through others eyes. Releasing the judgment that we as humans sometimes have in everyday life and finding a way to look at things [...]

Here’s an interview I did last year. Unfortunately the interviewer never posted it, because I believe he was angling for negative responses from me. You guys know that isn’t my style. So I’m posting up the interview because the advice is still useful: When is the best time to think about giving up as a [...]

Republished by Blog Post Promoter This month we received a  really good question from a reader. Please feel free to use the contact form to submit your own questions, I’d love to answer them! I hear a lot of people self publish, but I’m truly interested in the avenue of gaining an agent. Question: What would [...]