In the previous post, I told you that, along with all of your other hats, your going to need to don a marketing cap. Goody. Sounds like fun. Let’s start with a few cliches: You are an artist. You make […]
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The Struggle of the Artist – Marketing
You’ve written a book. Super! You’ve edited it, you’ve put it through the wringer a few times, ironed out the bumps, made a front cover, and it’s looking shmick. You head over to your favourite publisher – Smashwords, KDP, Lulu, […]
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The Black Knight
The other day Rebecca handed me a piece of board and told me to get creative. Yesterday I handed it back to her: Word to the wise: the vinyl backing glue ain’t the best for sticking tiles to tiles. I […]
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Good News
Woot! Woot! I’m happy. Can you tell? Yes, got that much. Why? To quote Kylie Minogue, “You did it again!” Uh, did what again? That’s right! It’s amazing how the power of people can manifest. All it took was the […]
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What’s in the Box?
Now that the dust has settled from the Great Bookface Fiasco of ’16 – let’s not mention it again in polite company, eh? – it’s time to keep moving on. In fact, I’m playing catch-up. There’s some excellent news to […]
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About face… book
The taste of Mimbos still lingered upon my palate – those pickled peppers sure do pack a punch – and I was looking forward to yakking on about the rest of what happened during the period of the Smashwords Summer […]
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Mimbo
The Smashwords Summer (or Winter in the Southern Hemisphere) Sale is over. It was fun. I picked up a few books, I’ll be reading those when I get a chance. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy […]
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Smashwords Summer Sale
The Steam Summer Sale was on. Drastically reduced prices across the board. Yes, I stocked up. Yes, I maxed out my internet connection downloading a lot of games I’ll probably never play. Yes, I had to sleep on the couch […]
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You did it! Grosvenor Lane is Free!
My sincerest thanks to everyone out there who hit up Amazon and made a play to make Grosvenor Lane Ghost Free for Kindle because – drumroll (as if the title of this post wasn’t a give away) – continue the […]
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Add that salt
In previous posts, I was banging on about how the audience can give feedback to the artist. In short, it’s a personal reflection from the reviewer and says more about their tastes and attitudes than the work itself. This is […]
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