I am thrilled to announce that a ghost hunting themed anthology entitled HAUNTED: 11 Tales of Ghostly Horror will be debuting this week on DriveThruHorror.com and DriveThruRPG.com. Matt M McElroy, the publisher and editor-in-chief of FlamesRising.com, has released a press release about the HAUNTED anthology from FR Press. As editor of this ghostly collection, I […]
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Promotion is Secondary to the Work
There’s a new book out by bestselling author John Locke about how he sold a million copies on Amazon in five months. It’s called: How I Sold 1 Million eBooks in 5 Months! Here’s the thing: online marketing didn’t get him those sales numbers. What he did to promote his books was very similar to […]
Heads Up! Help FlamesRising.com Interview White Wolf for Strange, Dead Love!
Remember when I announced I was working on Strange, Dead Love? Today, FlamesRising.com posted an open call for fans to ask questions about the paranormal romance sourcebook. Both Eddy Webb and Russell Bailey will dive in and spill all their secrets. What do you want to know about Strange, Dead Love? Ask your burning questions […]
The Other Half of Perception is Managing Expectations
After my post earlier this week about managing perceptions as a freelancer, I saw a comment from Keith Anderson about how essential it was to manage expectations. I absolutely agree. For me, this is a no-brainer that can be summed up in two words: good communication. When that communication breaks down? That’s when things go […]
Managing Perceptions as a Freelancer
The other day I took a pulse and asked if (in general) the following were true: A very challenging thing to manage as a freelancer is other people’s perceptions. You’re either working too hard or not enough. Occasionally, you feel like extra demands are made of your time because you work from home or you’re […]