Recent posts tagged promotion
2022
How Patreonizing
No, I have absolutely no idea what's going on with Patreon either.
2021
Underpromise And Overdeliver (Or Just Deliver)
I tend to keep my mouth shut about projects until they are actually in some kind of sharable, discussable condition, and even then I keep details close to the vest.
Give It Away Now, March 2021 Edition
Want to read one of my books for free, along with a bunch of others that might be interesting? Check out my currently running promotions through ProlificWorks.
Give It Away Now, February 2021 Edition
Want to read one of my books for free, along with a bunch of others that might be interesting? Check out my currently running promotions through ProlificWorks.
2020
Maybe I'm In The Wrong Line Of Work
I've toyed with the idea of going on camera for fun and (possibly) profit. I never follow through, though.
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"Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned" is FREE on Kindle this week only. It's "Strange Days meets GoodFellas". I think you'll like it.
2018
Advertisement(s) For Myself
On confronting my uneasy feelings about self-promotion.
What We Do In The Shadows
On ramping up from an audience that can be counted on one hand.
2015
To Leap Over The Wall Dept.
Why "DIY or die" may not cut it anymore.
Factorysimile Dept.
Why Do All Records Sound the Same? — Cuepoint — Medium Just as a modern politician’s job is to deliver seven second soundbites, [Maroon Five]'s job is to deliver seven second audio clips which will encourage young-ish people with a...
2014
You've Seen The Headlines, Now Read The Book Dept.
Is tying your work into current events smart self-promotion or just spammy?
Version 2014 Dept.
Where I stand and where I'm headed in the newly-minted year.
2013
O.G.: Original Genre Dept.
How something classifies as "original" for us may be just as arbitrary as whether or not we like it in the first place.
Public Image Dept.
Check out my "Vajra" ad cards.
Build A Bigger Megaphone Dept.
On Amazon's flash sales creating breakout bestsellers:
Your Characters Would Be Cooler If Only They Wore Designer Jeans Dept.
Is formula storytelling "better" just because it's more commercially successful?
The Sounds Of Salesmen Dept.
What self-publishers need most: big data?
Money in the Bank Dept.
Meet my first, and very tiny, Amazon Kindle royalty check.
2010
Bragging Rights Dept.
I'm nearing the home stretch on my most recent book, The Underground Sun. If it's news to you that I was even working on a new book, I'm not surprised. See, I don't tend to talk a lot about what...
Rode Hard Dept.
In between bouts of work (it's been grueling), I have been reading Peter Biskind's Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How The Sex-Drugs-and-Rock'n'Roll-Generation Saved Hollywood. The title is at least half irony, since the book chronicles the way the director-driven Seventies gave...
