A for-funs blog hop with… KISSING! Yes, please. (you can kiss an indie if you want, but it’s not required) SEE BELOW TO WIN A PAPER COPY OF CLOSED HEARTS For INDIE-kissing, I’m sharing a smoochable scene from Closed Hearts (Mindjack #2). The Backstory This is a scene between Kira, the main character, and Raf, her boyfriend. Kira has gone… Read More

Indie Life is a monthly feature (2nd Wednesday) sponsored by the Indelibles where indie authors post about life as an indie author. Hop through the links below to see all kinds of post on indie life. INDIE LIFE Because being Indie doesn’t have to mean going it alone. The theme of Indie Life fits well with my post today sharing… Read More

No, that title’s not provocative. Not at all. Yesterday, Amazon price-matched Open Minds to free. Publishers have been giving away books as an enticement to get people to read them for a long time. I recently attended a kidlit conference where a high-ranking NY editor gave away a literal truck-load of paper books to attendees. Why? She was trying to… Read More

There are lots of opinions about FREE books… which we will discuss tomorrow! (Come back then for my post on the subject.) But for today… Open Minds (Mindjack#1) is FREE! $2.99 FREE on Amazon, iTunes, Kobo, Smashwords and  Amazon UK If you’ve been meaning to pick it up, now’s the time!  When everyone reads minds, a secret is a dangerous… Read More

(pssst! I’m a presenter at IndieReCon!) As you may or may not know, IndieReCon starts in less than 2 weeks from Feb 19th  – Feb 21st. The free conference features over 25 guests that will discuss the nuts and bolts of self publishing from the pros/cons all the way through marketing and being a bestselling author. Here it is –… Read More

If you publish books, you should have a mailing list. Period.  Really. It’s that simple.  David Gaughran has a great post today on all the reasons why, but the main thing is this: direct connection between you and your readers. As David says, the idea is not to clutter up your readers inboxes with newsletters, but mainly to let them… Read More