ePublishing Tip to dramatically Improve Reviews and Sales
Aug 14Image courtesy Matt Hampel. I’ve had more or less the same experience happen several times in the last couple of weeks. I’m a member of a critique group. I won’t say which one here just in case someone figures out who I am here and there. I want to protect the guilty, so to speak. I chose a work to critique that I thought I might be interested in reading. Within the first...
PLR Articles
Jul 10PLR articles can be a way to quickly load your site with content. PLR stands for “private label rights.” In short, this means that you purchase not just the right to use the blog article, you also purchase the right to alter the article and put your own name on it as the author. In general, you do not get the right to resell PLR articles. You’ll see PLR articles for as little...
Save Money on Kindle eBooks
Jun 24After the positive response for my latest self-publishing post, I thought it would be fun and useful to tackle that subject again. I’m always on the lookout for ways to save money on the ebooks I read. After all, I can spend it on even more ebooks. Find the best price on Kindle ebooks If you’re an Amazon purchaser, this tip will come in handy. The next time you go shopping, take a...
Writing Prompt: Mothman
Jun 10The mothman is a WV/Ohio legend. You might be familiar with the story if you saw the Richard Gere movie several years ago. Go to the mothman festival site for more info. For this week’s writing prompt, write your own legend. What was the original cause? What type of monster or curse is involved? Is it random or directed at a person, group, family, or area? Can it be overcome? Once...
Loose and Lose: Commonly misused words
Jun 08Do you use loose and lose correctly? Are you sure? Misusing words can make your writing stand out as unprofessional, unpolished, and unedited. If you’re writing to publish, it’s something that can be easily fixed, so failing to do so makes you look as if you don’t know, or worse, don’t care. If you don’t think those types of mistakes matter, read a few Amazon reviews...