• Critical Role of Beta Readers

    Found this thanks to The Story Reading Ape! I love this post!!!

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  • On a serious note

      As I am sure many of you are aware, September is Suicide Awareness Month. It is a time to remind everyone that depression and suicidal thoughts are not just something you see in the movies and dramatic TV shows. People feel real pain and no self-worth, but it doesn’t make them any less human.…

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  • Will we ever learn?

    The sad fact remains that every month, another self-publishing author is doing another stupid thing to make the rest of us look bad. I have said several times that I do not think that we, as authors, should be trying to crowd source any kind of funding. There are plenty of low cost, well put…

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  • Originally posted on Amaranthine by Joleene Naylor: Come one, come all, and bask in the official cover of the Ink Slinger’s Halloween Anthology: Featuring 25 tales of Halloween inspired goodness and an intro by horror author Rami Ungar, look for the anthology October first at your favorite ebook retailers! (Links will come when I have…

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  • Beware the Experts

    Originally posted on All I Have to Say: Experts. They’re everywhere. Self-publishing experts, social media experts, writing experts… the list goes on and on. How can you tell if someone is an expert in their field? Anyone can claim to be an expert. Not everyone who claims to be an expert is an expert. They…

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  • Hello everyone! Thank you for your continued support!! I appreciate it so much. A lot is going on with me personally and I felt I needed to update you all. I am going back to school to become an attorney. I am a sophomore, so that’s exciting. My schedule is full time while trying to…

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  • If you’ve even thought about becoming an author, then you’ve probably heard about all of the review sites out there. The one with the worst reputation is Goodreads. Infamous for author-on-author bullying, endless sock accounts, trolls, author-on-reviewer bullying, and more, most authors tend to steer clear of the book-centric social media site. The first “attempt” to…

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  • On the Road with Diverse Book Tours

    Originally posted on All I Have to Say: This is an exciting week for me. My Spellbringers series is on tour with a wonderful organization called Diverse Book Tours. If you’re not familiar with them, they promote books that feature diverse characters. I’ve participated in Diverse Book Tours as a blogger on Authors to Watch.…

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  • Originally posted on Amaranthine by Joleene Naylor: You might have seen mentions of the week long Amaranthine Facebook party coming to a device near you October 11th – 17th, 2015. Each day will have a theme, with Thursday the 15th being a “Featured Author Day” where I’d like to feature fellow paranormal authors. If you…

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