Author at Large
It seems counterintuitive that a book trailer can sell books. I mean we book readers are supposed to linger over the shelves in bookshops, peruse the back cover or read the product information at online booksellers, we read the reviews, check out the starred ratings at Goodreads and Amazon, or get recommendations from friends or …
My friend and fellow Jack Kent Cooke scholar Harun Mehmedinović has started his second Kickstarter project, Persona. His first book Seance became one of the top ten Kickstarter campaigns for a photography of all time. His photography features amateur models wearing flowing gowns or costumes that inspire feelings of wonder and incongruity within the settings. …
Who me? Not but three days ago I didn’t know how to check Amazon’s rating system and then Social Media Advisor Christy Hovey alerted me that my memoir, Ahead of the Flaming Front: A Life on Fire was listed at #97 in like books. I was excited as all get out to be in the …
So I’ve been working feverishly on a new project and neglecting the blog. It’s true. What’s the use of the blog, sometimes I think, when I should be working on the new project like an attentive new lover. I am a writer after all and 500 words here is not 500 words there. Marketing of …
When I started writing I had no idea how hard it would be to get people to read my books. I also had no idea how hard it would be to get help to promote them, so far that is. But that is the nature of the biz, and I am not alone in this. …