Discouraged, and also Bookbub Ads

I’m feeling real discouraged today. Where to start? No, I know where to start: my author career. I feel like I am pouring a lot of money into marketing and I’m not seeing results to equate the money I’m putting into it. I’ve been running Bookbub ads for several months with little results. In January, … Continue reading Discouraged, and also Bookbub Ads

Stars and Bones has 7 Five-Star Reviews! (Also, I talk about marketing.)

As the screenshot above and the title of the post suggest, the first book in my YA Fantasy series has seven five-start reviews. squee Sure, it's only seven, and other books have THOUSANDS, but it still feels really good to see the slow and steady progress. Thief in the Castle came out last September, and … Continue reading Stars and Bones has 7 Five-Star Reviews! (Also, I talk about marketing.)

Why Marketing as an Indie Writer is Hard

You know when you're on Goodreads, playing in the forums, checking out recommendations, updating your progress - those sidelined "sponsored" ads - oh, what? You don't notice those? Exactly. Why? Because most of the time those books are self-published, and on a whole, people tend to ignore those ads because of that assumption. (And, let's … Continue reading Why Marketing as an Indie Writer is Hard