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Is The Key To Selling Lad-Lit Marketing To Women?
Wow, I had no idea that the publishing world was writing off “lad lit” fourteen years ago… but it’s true. In 2004, Publisher’s Weekly published an article titled “Lad Lit Hits the Skids”, and it was kind of frightening to read. What if publishers created a subgenre and nobody read it? In the case of “lad…
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Who Will Buy My Book?
I just came across this article from The Millions by author Tom McAllister, and was immediately drawn to this paragraph: Before I ever published anything, I’d assumed that if I ever finished a book, there would be so much demand from family and friends alone that we’d have to go into a second printing before the release date. But I am…
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Is My Novel Funny Enough To Be Lad-Lit?
This is a question I’ve been asking myself for a while. Now that the first draft of my novel Not Famous is complete, I’m choosing to revisit it. One common description of lad-lit is that is contain a lot of humor. Lots of lad-lit I’ve read is definitely meant to make you laugh-out-loud. If we go…
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The Last Promotion for ‘The Last Stop’
As I previously mentioned, earlier this week I decided to run a free Kindle promotion for my short story, The Last Stop, a paranormal thriller about six strangers on a train. In the past, I’ve tried to plan promotions in advance and get the promotion listed on various promotion websites. I didn’t do that this…
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A Surprisingly Successful Free Promotion for THE LAST STOP
The other day I set up a three-day free promotion for my paranormal thriller short story, The Last Stop. Like most of my free promotions, I expected to move a few units a day, and top out no higher than, say 40 units. The decision to setup the free promotion was somewhat whimsical, and I…
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‘The Last Stop’ Free on Kindle!
For the next few days my paranormal thriller short story, The Last Stop, is free on Kindle. Nick Cole, author of CTRL ALT Revolt! and coauthor of the bestselling Galaxy’s Edge series, calls it “A perfect 30 minute Twilight Zone read for your next commute on a subway. Or your last…” Six strangers find themselves on a subway…
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Guest Blog: Why We Pound on the Publishing Door
The following is a guest blog from author Amie Gibbons. Why do fiction magazines reject so many of the stories they receive? Same answer as the one promised in the title and I’m going to answer up front. It’s because we’re all still children on the playground, clamoring for approval. You want the longer answer?…
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Considering My Cover Design
Lately, I’ve been having second thoughts about my book’s cover design. I love it. Completely. One-hundred percent. But, as I’ve been considering how to market my book, I’ve been wondering if the approach I chose might hurt the book. The cover as it is now, is a photographic cover featuring the main character’s love interest…
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Beta-Reader Update #2
My trusted beta-reader has some new updates for me regarding her read-through of Not Famous. She is now a third of the way through. The overall response was very positive, but the primary issue was the following: You never gave any physical descriptions of anyone. I don’t know what the characters look like! I was…
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Why I’m Going Right To Self-Publishing
I’m in a few author groups on Facebook, and recently someone was talking about their novel in progress, and was asked if they were going to self-publish or attempt to get an agent and a publisher. I honestly can’t remember what the answer was because I immediately began to consider the implication of the question. …
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