Attending Farpoint con this weekend will be a very new experience. If you are reading this as it posts – I am in Hunt Valley, Maryland, attending the Farpoint con. This is a sci-fi and fantasy convention featuring various vendors, performers, celebrities, discussion panels, and authors participating on those panels. Also, authors reading, selling, and…
There is one marketing tool I am not using at all like I could/should be. Most digital marketing focus is on social media. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, and the like have the potential to reach ginormous audiences to spread your message, promote your work, and get you seen. They can be tremendously helpful…
Endings come in many sizes, shapes, and forms in fiction, nonfiction, and reality. Every story has a beginning, middle, and end. This is true of every fiction and nonfiction book that you could read or write, as well as reality. We, in these meat suits we occupy for a century or so, begin and end….
I have done branding and rebranding several times. In the fall of 2016, I began to put a LOT more effort into both my fiction and nonfiction writing. I had begun to post blogs at least three times a week and was working on my fiction to publish. The question that arose at the time…
And just like that – *poof* – a useful marketing outlet is silenced. I know I’m not the only one to have had this experience. This morning, as I started up my computer, I saw an odd request from Facebook. I knew it was legit, so I followed it. And then, just like that –…
Why does anything appeal to us? I’m sharing my thoughts on the appeal of sci-fi and fantasy. I was not quite five years old. My mom and dad took me to see a movie. The opening music blared, the words crawled up the screen, and then a starship soared in – being fired on by…
My writing plan for 2022 is shifting. And I am still working out how. In 2020, I’d determined it was time to start writing and publishing more. Thus, I published 3 books that year. For 2021, I got super ambitious. I was going to publish 6 novels total. All four that made up the first…
Been many years, for many reasons, since I could say I am going to a con. Several years back, now, there was the annual Steampunk World’s Fair in New Jersey. It was a fun local convention (con) – especially since I was getting into Steampunk at that time. In fact, I was so enamored of…
Character perspective/point of view can make or break a story. The first professional editor I hired changed my writing dramatically. From her, I learned so many different lessons, techniques, and more, which helped me become a competent editor. She showed me how to improve numerous aspects not just of my writing but storytelling. One of…
Yes and no, of course. Web 3.0 and beyond is both fascinating and terrifying. Did you read Ready Player One or see the movie? If not, let me sum up one major aspect of the story. There is a virtual world called The Oasis where people immerse themselves via VR glasses, as well as partial…
