While I was at GenCon, I published an article over at the How To Write Shop that addresses why marketing tactics and plans fail. Over the past, few years I’ve talked to a lot of authors experimenting with marketing using tools like: blogs, newsletters, social media, direct mailers and bookmarks, convention appearances, etc. When something […]
Tag: self-promotion
[New Release] Instant Antagonists: The Creepy Cottontail
I have a strange relationship with Lovecraft, because even though he’s all about “your mind can’t handle the horrible truth” I often obsess over think of all the things that could go wrong. What if the cultists were preventing Cthulhu from rising? What happens if the Necronomicon is read backward? Or, as in this latest […]
[Announcement] Dork Tower Central and Invisible Me
Friday, I popped in at Dork Tower to shed my proverbial cloak of invisibility with this blog post. Occasionally, you’re going to get some updates from people that aren’t John – LIKE ME, MONICA! – about what he’s up to or his work, because I’ve locked him in his studio he’s busy drawing at his […]
Announcing Girl Geek Week and a New Column!
Grab your fluffy pink dice and break out your nail polish — I am celebrating all things girl geek this week on my blog. Maybe — just maybe — there’ll even be a contest in it for you. Why? Well, two reasons: one of which is for shameful shameless self-promotion. I have a new column […]
My Blog is Now Available on the Kindle
And now for a public service announcement. If you enjoy reading my trials and tribulations and appreciate the blood, sweat and tears that has gone into this blog over the years, then you may want to consider taking advantage of a new service. Now, you can read my posts from the comfort of your own […]