2015 Year in Review

Firstly, let me say I don’t always do a “year in review” post because I’m inconsistent, and I don’t think many people would read or care. I should also tell you I have no idea what I’m doing, am very much a beginner at this game of online blogging, making money on the internet, or

Are animated covers the future of book design?

Are animated covers the future of book design?

This is the cleverest book cover / marketing / design I’ve seen in a long time. Somehow it’s a moving video/gif of the book cover, with two moving balls in the maze. How amazing would it be to have the scene of your book cover be a “movie” that actually moves, where pictures could dance

Super easy book marketing that actually earns money

Super easy book marketing that actually earns money

I want to give a shout out to a couple examples of great content marketing for authors I’ve seen recently. Check this out by YA author Jenetta Penner: Best YA books based on fairy tales. It’s just a list of bestselling books in her genre; and comes with a great image (probably made on Canva.com) which makes

134 publishing questions answered (the ULTIMATE resource guide on how to self-publish and market a bestselling book)

134 publishing questions answered (the ULTIMATE resource guide on how to self-publish and market a bestselling book)

If you’re interested in publishing or self-publishing a book, you’ve probably got a lot of questions. There are so many tools, resources and services offering tips and information. How does it all work? How do you put a book together, get it out into the world, and get people to buy it? You might have

My fiction writing

If you like mermaids, vampires, angels, zombies, revolution, Faustian motifs (the dangers of technology) and post-apocalyptic settings and scenarios, you may enjoy my fiction writing… and I want to give you some books for free. I use my fiction to experiment with guerrilla marketing tactics, but I hope they will entertain and captivate you...