One of the things I enjoy about being an author are the emails I receive from readers. A few months ago I received one from Mr. Edward Bear. He’d purchased Servant and, as he was reading, found an unclosed dialogue quote. Mr. Bear could have simply noted it and read on. But he did not. Mr. Bear
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From Russell Blake. This does not represent the only way to do things, but it’s my way, and is the synthesis of everything I’ve learned over the last 23 months of self-publishing: 1) Pick one genre that’s popular and with which you are extremely familiar, and then write in that genre. Stick to it. Don’t
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From Russell Blake. I get a lot of emails from authors who are just starting out, or who are on the road but frustrated at the level of success they’ve seen thus far. I wish I had more time to correspond with everyone, but the truth is I’m usually slammed with writing/publishing related tasks, and
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The top two factors driving book sales both stem from having a loyal customer base. Building that base is the goal as it is in any business that depends on repeat customers. In a previous post I outlined these parts to building that base. Create a product (a book in this case) that’s likely to delight a certain
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What are the biggest factors influencing which book a person will read next? Many surveys have been conducted over the years to answer just that question. I’ve pasted one on the right and summarize the results of others here. One factor sits at the top of almost all of those surveys. Did you look at
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