Previously we discussed how blog comments can help sell books. Similarly interacting on social media can also drive traffic to your author page and help sell books and/or products. I’ve written previously on the importance of engaging your audience on social media sites, so I won’t beat the drum of that in this particular blog [...]

I was recently on a forum when I ran across the following book marketing question from a member: What do you do when you feel like you’ve done everything you can to let the literary world know of your existence? For over a month I’ve been doing what I can to let people know who [...]

When I first started freelancing in the entertainment industry in 2005, I decided I wanted to have my own blog to post entertainment stories. While the blog has been defunct for the last few months, starting that blog made me realize how much hard work is involved in blogging. On the surface it seems like [...]

When my company Write One Publications, Inc. joined Twitter, my personal account had been open for a while and I was tweeting regularly. With my business account, I instead took a little time to observe the conversation of other writers and the publishing industry to determine the best way my business could provide value. Twitter has [...]

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 was “creative,” while others didn’t [...]

Marketing was one of my favorite classes in college. The one thing that stuck with me from that class was the Rule of Seven: The Rule of Seven is an old marketing adage. It says that a prospect needs to see or hear your marketing message at least seven times before they take action and [...]

For the last week, I’ve been working intensely on the manuscript for my newest book Rules Of The Game. Meanwhile, my teenage son who’s a music producer has been producing tracks for a few recording artists. I think I’ve already blogged about my creative process and if I haven’t…let me clue you in. For as [...]

One of the best books I ever read was Sistah Souljah’s Coldest Winter Ever. Honestly this book may have been what made me say, “Damn it! I can be a writer!” And then I waited. And waited for her follow up to this book and it came…but many many years later. As a fan, I [...]

A few months ago, I blogged about my upcoming fiction project Rules of the Game. If you missed the post, click here. Since then, I’ve started working on a non-fiction eBook entitled Marketing & Publicity for the author that should be available very soon! I had no idea I’d ever write a non-fiction, let alone [...]

When I finished my manuscript for The Buzz, I had every intention on finding an agent and then securing a publishing deal. I did as most writers and sent out a few query letters and waited for a response. After the first few query letters were sent out, I had a change of heart. I [...]

I say/You say is a feature for writers to share their publishing and writing related questions. I’ll share my tips and advice and my audience will chime in with their advice as well. If you have a question for I say/You say please submit it here. Here’s this week’s question: I have about 15 story [...]

Subscribe to The Life Of a Writer YouTube channel for regular updates! I enjoyed the interview I did with Girl Talk w/Shelby so much that I decided to continue on with the idea of following your dreams. As I told Shelby during my interview, I love hearing how others have achieved their dreams because it [...]