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Sep.30.2012 List Of Google Devices To Help Authors I am not much of a collaborator when it comes to writing (although I am a sounding board for others). I am not much of a participant in writing forums and such - I imagine I have just done enough of it by now. But for those who enjoy and appreciate avenues to more of a writing community, here are a...	Nov.18.2010 4 Free Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Website or Blog A website or blog goes a long way towards helping an aspiring author build platform. It also helps an author or information marketer sell books and products. However, if that blog or website has no traffic—which means no “visitors”—it’s virtually useless (no pun intended). The key then becomes...
Jan.15.2010 A moment to reflect on writer's conferences . . . Another week, another blog and this time I decided to focus on the Backspace Conference considering there are two weeks left to get the discounted registration rate. I had an absolute blast at the conference and learned a great deal about the inner workings of the publishing world. In addition...	Mar.16.2009 ERRORS? The other evening, I stumbled upon the tail-end of an Amazon forum where errors in novels were being discussed — and the venting readers were none too happy. I read through sixteen posts, bemused, somewhat dismayed, as plot errors were hashed from book covers not matching the story and character...
Nov.18.2008 Forums And Article Submissions Now that all the excitement over my new book has tapered down, keeping up the same level of intensity for my book marketing and publicity is not possible. Every day, I come across dozens if not hundreds of different ideas to choose from, and on top of this, I also have to follow-up on projects and...	Nov.03.2008 Forum Activity I've been actively contributing to various sleep-breathing health forums, commenting on and posting new questions in order to interact with people in my target audience to find out what their pains, needs and wants are. I also recently became the new sleep-breathing expert moderator for Medhelp (at...
Oct.24.2008 Mundane Follow-up Chores for Sleep, Interrupted I followed up on about 25 people who wanted to notified when my book came out. All these people were editors, reporters, producers and authors who have the ability to reach a large audience. I've also contacted people in leadership roles in various sleep-related organizations to introduce myself...