Writer, reviewer, and book blogger Judy Nickles featured an interview with me on her blog yesterday. Check out an excerpt here: If you’ve written more than one book, what have you learned between the first one and the new release? I’ve learned to greet critiques from my beta readers with wide open arms. The prospectContinue reading “Birthing books, birthing babies, and cuddling with all kinds of feedback”
Category Archives: Self publishing
Advertising 101 for Authors
Whether they’re traditionally published, self published, or somewhere in between, authors these days are almost always responsible for marketing their own books. My Clean Reads for You compatriot, Starla Huchton, just published this fantastic, data-filled guide to which book marketing services are worth your time, and more importantly, your money. I can personally verify aContinue reading “Advertising 101 for Authors”
R.P. Dahlke dishes out advice for crafting the perfect author tweet and finding your (fictional) Mr. Right
R.P. Dahlke is the author of the bestselling Dead Red light-hearted cozy mystery series, which features model-turned-pilot Lalla Baines. Dahlke will be at BoucherCon, Long Beach, CA in November 13-16, where she’ll be giving away 40 printed copies of her marketing handbook for authors, Jump Start Your Book Promotions, to attendees of her talk on e-book promotion. Minty FreshContinue reading “R.P. Dahlke dishes out advice for crafting the perfect author tweet and finding your (fictional) Mr. Right”
“I owe my writing career to my dogs,” and other secrets of publishing success. Interview with C.A. Newsome.
C. A. (Carol Ann) Newsome writes the Lia Anderson Dog Park Mysteries, a series of funny, romantic suspense/mystery novels which are inspired by and centered around her mornings at the Mount Airy Dog Park with her trio of rescue dogs. She is also an artist with an M.F.A. from the University of Cincinnati, and you’ll seeContinue reading ““I owe my writing career to my dogs,” and other secrets of publishing success. Interview with C.A. Newsome.”
Her name is Allison Janda, and she’s a blogaholic.
Bestselling mystery writer Allison Janda, author of the food and photography-themed Marian Moyer cozies, debates the existence of writers block, talks about sexy food photography, and confesses to her blogging addiction. Minty Fresh Mysteries (MFM): I love your protagonist’s profession–food and crime scene photographer–partly because it’s plausible that she would actually have access to informationContinue reading “Her name is Allison Janda, and she’s a blogaholic.”
There’s no shame in writing fluff! Interview with bestselling cozy author Julie Anne Lindsey
Julie Anne Lindsay, author of the fabulous Patience Price mystery series, muses on feminism, the importance of community and why writing is fun (in a never-ending torture kind of way). She also explains why she won’t be stabbing you with a shrimp fork any time soon. Minty Fresh Mysteries (MFM): One of my favorite writers, Ann Patchett,Continue reading “There’s no shame in writing fluff! Interview with bestselling cozy author Julie Anne Lindsey”
BookBub is my new husband.
Who, you ask, is that fancy person sitting on Amazon’s bestseller charts at Number 12 alongside Janet Evanovich and J.K. Rowling (writing as Robert Galbraith)? Why it’s lil’ old me, with my BESTSELLING novel A Murder in Mount Moriah. And how did a lowly self-published author reach these heady heights? Just ask my new husband, BookBub. With apologiesContinue reading “BookBub is my new husband.”
The 3 step cure for writer’s block
I know that it may seem insensitive to say that writer’s block isn’t real. If you’re on my blog right now because you’ve been up all night desperately trying to Google your way out of a crippling fit of writerly inertia, you’d probably like to reach through the World Wide Web and poke me in theContinue reading “The 3 step cure for writer’s block”
A writer and his money are soon parted.
I recently got a message via Goodreads from a “fan” of my work, offering me a discount code for an advertising service for authors. Although I was flattered, I immediately caught a whiff of something seafood-y. A quick Google search showed me that this kind of scam had been perpetrated on a number of indie authorsContinue reading “A writer and his money are soon parted.”
What does it take to make it as an indie author? Interview with Kindle bestselling author Nicole Loughan, Part 3
Read part 1 of MFM’s interview with Nicole Loughan Read part 2 of MFM’s interview with Nicole Loughan Minty Fresh Mysteries (MFM): I’ve heard it said that to be a successful writer nowadays, you need a PR person more than you need an agent. Do you think that’s true? Nicole Loughan (NL): I have aContinue reading “What does it take to make it as an indie author? Interview with Kindle bestselling author Nicole Loughan, Part 3”
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