Facebook is toxic. Yes, they spy on your every online move you make to better target ads related specifically to your interests, but it’s not the privacy policy that has inspired me to leave, as creepy as it is to have a discussion with your partner about something and then immediately start seeing ads about…
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O. M. Grey Talks Four-Fold Twitter Approach
My alter-ego, O. M. Grey, wrote a post for Erotic Romance Publishers on my Four-Fold Twitter approach. Here’s an excerpt: Sex sells. At least that’s what we hear over and over again, and it does to an extent. Erotica sells quite well to a specific audience, but then mystery sells well to a specific audience,…
How Twitter Automation Saved My Career
Okay. That might be a bit of an overstatement, but it caught your attention! To make the most out of this blog and TweetAdder automation, I set up .txt documents with links to all my blog posts, podcasts, book links, reviews, and more, then uploaded those .txt files to TweetAdder to randomly post throughout the…
Valentine’s Day Love & Horror Stories to Share
This blog, I’m ashamed to admit, has been very much on and off for the past year, expressly against my own advice! This is what happens when an author tries to maintain two separate author personae. Not enough time. Not enough energy. I’m working on merging the two, over time. My alter ego, O. M….
P&MR Second Edition Coming Soon!
Coming very soon, like in March, the new, improved, updated Publishing & Marketing Realities for the Emerging Author, Second Edition. So much has changed in the past two years since I wrote this book, that it’s high time for an update. In the second edition, MAJOR CHANGES to LSI and CreateSpace as viable publishing options….
Process, Word Count, and Inspiration
Being a writer means you write. A lot. Like, everyday. I’ve been there, staring at a blank page not knowing how to begin, but I also know that the only important thing is to begin. However you begin. It’s at this point, when either I don’t know how to begin or I don’t know how…
Bitten by Books & a $50 Amazon Gift Card!
Today I’m over at Bitten by Books, chatting with readers and giving away a $50 Amazon Gift Card! You can also watch some silly videos from a few years back, much to my embarrassment, and read an excerpt from Power of the Zephyr. Come join us! You can still read the Top Ten Gift…
Savvy Verse & Wit, PLUS the Top 10 Best Gifts for Book Lovers
Today over at Savvy Verse & Wit get great gift ideas for the reader in your family from my Top Ten Best Gifts for Book Lovers along with Chapter 1 of Witch on the Water via podcast and an excerpt from Fire of the Fey. Here is a sneak peak… #4 Nap Massaging Bed Rest…
Straight from Hel and the Top 10 Best Gifts for Writers
Today over at Straight From Hel, the fabulous Helen Ginger posted my Top Ten Gifts for Writers along with Chapter 1 of Rowan of the Wood via podcast and an excerpt from Witch on the Water. Here is a sneak peak… #8 Keep Calm and Write On T-Shirt I love this. Perhaps the only think…
Blog Tour: Free Books & Amazon Gift Cards!
Please join me, December 10-December 15th for my 2012 Blog Tour! Readers and fans might’ve noticed that I’ve been more or less MIA over the past year or so due to illness, but this blog tour kicks off an entire new year! I’ve got great things planned for 2013, including a 2nd edition of Publishing…
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