My recent post about helping fellow authors by leaving Amazon (and B&N) reviews, prompted a great question from commenter Margo: Does the number of reviews on Amazon actually help an author’s sales or boost his/her rating? Boosting sales and boosting ratings are related but not the same thing. First, a primer on how Amazon operates (much of this was a revelation… Read More
Love for Authors
A great post at Ramblings of a Wannabe Scribe talks about supporting other authors and got me thinking (always a dangerous thing). Lately, I’ve made an effort to retweet reviews and such for authors that I know and love and want to succeed. It’s not enough to simply write a good book, people need to know about it, so I’m… Read More
Call for Guest Posts!
Thanks to blogger friend Bane’s suggestion Monday, I’m opening Ink Spells up to guest posts to fill those Tuesday/Thursday slots which will sit vacant and lonely over the summer. If you are interested in guest posting, please email your post to susankayequinn@comcast.net. Ink Spells is all about middle grade (ages 8-12) books – writing them, reading them, getting the little… Read More
Let the Summer Begin!
Summer. That lazy, sweltering time of chasing butterflies, digging in sandboxes, spraying your brother with the hose, and nearly dying from boredom. That was the summer of my youth, but now it’s a hectic shuffling of kids to classes and activities, having little friends drop by, and making excursions to the pool, all while trying to decide whether hot dogs… Read More
Summer Fun
Ink Spells is taking a brief hiatus while my mom comes to visit. We will be talking about books and writing and Mighty Mite’s birthday, and hopefully not sweltering in the Chicago heat. I leave you with this thought, until Monday, lovely readers: There are so many different kinds of writing and so many ways to work that the only… Read More
Twelve Tips for Reluctant Readers
I have three boys with three different learning styles and paths to reading. If you believe there is only one way to teach a child to love books, I urge you to have more than one child. And then try to teach them to read. This great post and discussion at Imagination Soup (what a great name!) got me thinking… Read More
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