Be dedicated, be adaptive, take risks & pursue new tropes in your writing & marketing! Want to see other tips? https://sylviahubbard.com/tag/tuesdaytips Got a tip? KontactMe Love this tip? Buy this author a coffee… CLICK HERE Like these tips? Click the thumbs up below and then share with others. Don’t be stingy! Want more tips? … Continue reading Author #TuesdayTips: Be dedicated, be adaptive, take risks & pursue new tropes in your writing & marketing! @SylviaHubbard1 #writingtips #promotips
Don’t try to write everything to everyone. Focus on a clearly defined genre. Want to see other tips? https://sylviahubbard.com/tag/tuesdaytips Got a tip? KontactMe Love this tip? Buy this author a coffee… CLICK HERE Like these tips? Click the thumbs up below and then share with others. Don’t be stingy! Want more tips? Subscribe now … Continue reading Author #TuesdayTips: Don’t try to write everything to everyone… @sylviahubbard1 #writingtip
Don’t be afraid to jump into your new book... http://www.HowToEbook.org ... if you wait until every single detail is mapped or outlined before you start writing, you’ll never start your writing. @sylviahubbard1 Want to see other tips? https://sylviahubbard.com/tag/tuesdaytips Got a tip? KontactMe Love this tip? Buy this author a coffee… CLICK HERE Like these … Continue reading Author #TuesdayTips: Don’t be afraid to jump into a new book… @SylviaHubbard1 #amwriting #promotip
Never stop learning. @sylviahubbard1 HowToEbook.org Mistakes are opportunities for growth and change.Stay humble in success to continue to learn. #writersofinstagram #writersofcolor #writersnetwork#writerssupportingwriters #blackwomenwriters#womenwhowrite #writingadvice #promoteyourbook#BookRecommendations #BookSuggestions#WhatToReadNext #bookbloggers#booknerdproblems #booklovers Want to see other tips? https://sylviahubbard.com/tag/tuesdaytips Got a tip? KontactMe Love this tip? Buy this author a coffee… CLICK HERE Like these tips? Click the thumbs … Continue reading Author #TuesdayTips: Never stop learning. @sylviahubbard1
Sidenote: I'd like to thank @Problogger for this awesome blogger prompt to get me going! After over forty suspense romance stories, I can really talk about how I write. In the past, I didn't analyze what I did, I just did it. I was scared to explore the "majic." Yet now as I progress to … Continue reading #SylLit Article: How do I do it? (writing) cc: @problogger #amwriting #amblogging
Writing a good short story and editing it using Grammarly. I recently wrote a short story called He Touched Me as part of the #shortstorychallenge going around social networks like FB and Twitter. It was just an idea and then fifteen minutes of my time. Confession: I'd been having bus fantasy confessions and decided to … Continue reading Writing a good short story and editing it using Grammarly via @sylviahubbard1 #writingAdvice #writetips #amwriting
Practical advice for authors who are looking to market their books Talk about your book. Talk about your genre. Talk about your literary world. Talk about writing publishing and marketing. Talk! Talk to your readers and your potential readers. Talk about your book if they’re interested. Talk about the genre. Talk about writing and publishing. Talk … Continue reading Author #TuesdayTips: Engage with readers & writers. #bookpromo #booksellingtechniques #21stCenturyAuthorMarketing
Practical advice for authors who are looking to market their books Got a tip? KontactMe Create time way in advance for marketing your book. According to Pam Perry you need at least a year and a half to properly plan a good book marketing campaign. While you're writing and publishing the book, you should be … Continue reading Author #TuesdayTips: How hard to work at creating a successful book! #booksellingtechniques, #21CenturyAuthorMarketing
Practical advice for authors who are looking to market their books Make sure your site is Mobile ready. Over 80% of consumers in the world reach online through mobile devices. Don't make it difficult for someone with a phone, tablet or other mobile device pull up your site because you choose not to incorporate a mobile … Continue reading Author #TuesdayTips: Make sure your website is #mobile ready! #booksellingtechniques #21CenturyAuthorMarketing
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Practical advice for authors who are looking to market their books Got a tip? KontactMe Writing: To write a book faster become the plotter by day, pantser by night. When you have free moments throughout the day and can't sit down and write, try to plot out your book. What the next scene will be? What … Continue reading Author Tuesday Tips: Write faster, Pub a short, Instagram hashtags & Promo Items @Discountmugscom
Knowing what you sold, who's following you, what campaigned worked and what didn't is a lot of hard work. Yet, selling a product on the internet is a lot of hard work, but in order to be successful, you need to know what's effective and what is not. Authors are horrible at loving analytics, but it's very … Continue reading Keeping Track of Book Sales. Make Your Own #booksellingtechniques #bookpromo
I hear so many authors who say, "Oh I have Hootsuite, but I don't use it!" And then are frustrated with social media, keeping up with the content they have to put out and NEVER HAVING ENOUGH TIME. Use time management software to give yourself the time you need to manage your writing life. … Continue reading #Author Tuesday Tips: Use Social Media Management Tools! #ammarketing
Yeah, we know it's a lot of them. Yet, reviews help me help you. I know you're asking, "well how does it help me? I'm just a reader." Yet, you leave a lot of complaints on when I'm coming with the next book or can't I write faster. More reviews help me sell more books and … Continue reading Have you reviewed all the books you’ve read by @SylviaHubbard1? #amreview #romancereaders #SneakReaders
I decided to answer some writer's questions about my writing ways. It's hard for me to relay what I do when I write, but I hope this helps you all https://youtu.be/DAxw2wmR7j4 How do you find inspiration to write? Do you have trouble?
Promotions: You know there are To Be Read (#TBR) piles getting low. Give out a great summer promotion using a Smashwords coupon on your book. Go to http://smashwords.com, sign into your account, go to your book settings and click the COUPON link. Save the code, go to Canva.com, make a great coupon and send it out … Continue reading #Author Tuesday Tips: Time To Create Your Summer Book Promotion! #Smashwords Coupons #marketing
Online: GIVE AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE! Don't forget to have blog posts on your site that help with information for readers and writers. You want to make sure that people feel that coming and taking the time to see your blog was really worth their time. Can't write great blog posts? Click here … Continue reading #Author Tips: Share Information In Your Niche! #ResourceGuru
Review: Don’t shy away from sending your books to places which have a reputation for being harsh. Have confidence in your work and know that you have produces a great piece of literary work. Click here for places that review independent work. Other resources you can use: http://www.yourwriterplatform.com/get-reviews-for-your-book/ https://thestoryreadingapeblog.com/2015/04/02/how-to-contact-book-reviewers/ http://rachelabbottwriter.com/2012/03/13/reviews-the-good-the-bad-and-the-scams/ See more tips … Continue reading #Author Tuesday Tips: Get #BookReviews whether you like it or not! #marketing #promotion
Yeah, we know it's a lot of them. Yet, reviews help me help you. I know you're asking, "well how does it help me? I'm just a reader." Yet, you leave a lot of complaints on when I'm coming with the next book or can't I write faster. More reviews help me sell more books and … Continue reading Have you reviewed all the books you’ve read by @SylviaHubbard1? #amreview #romancereaders #SneakReaders
Practical advice for authors who are looking to market their books Got a tip? KontactMe Review: Don't shy away from sending your books to places which have a reputation for being harsh. Have confidence in your work and know that you have produces a great piece of literary work. Click here for places that review independent … Continue reading Author Tuesday Tips – May #smashwords
Tech Thursday is a way for me to help my writer friends with a lot of problems they have, with what I know. Now I'm not professing I know everything, but I do know a little something about a lot of stuff. I send the picture above out on my social media for answers and I … Continue reading Q. Authors, What’s Your Biggest Website Challenge? A. Need interesting content for new & returning visitors
Tech Thursday is a way for me to help my writer friends with a lot of problems they have, with what I know. Now I'm not professing I know everything, but I do know a little something about a lot of stuff. I send the picture above out on my social media for … Continue reading Q. Authors, What’s Your Biggest Website Challenge? A. How do you add a blog to your website?
Tech Thursday is a way for me to help my writer friends with a lot of problems they have, with what I know. Now I'm not professing I know everything, but I do know a little something about a lot of stuff. Got a question? As in the comments and your question could be … Continue reading #TechThursday: To My writing friends, what is the BIGGEST challenge you struggle with on your website?
Practical advice for authors who are looking to market their books Got a tip? KontactMe Media: Have you ever done a blog tour? Check out the top 7 blog tour sites and see how they do for you? CLICK HERE RESEARCH: How are Readers finding you? Look in your google analytic Find out how people are … Continue reading Author Tuesday Tips
Practical advice for authors who are looking to market their books Want more tips for this month? Click here http://sylviahubbard.com/2016/03/01/tuesday-tip-march-find-bloggers-independent-bookstores-engage/ Like this tips? Buy this author at cup of coffee. Click here Now like this post and share this post with your social community! Got a tip? KontactMe
Practical advice for authors who are looking to market their books Find local indie bookstores and suggest an EVENT! Want to find local indie bookstores and more tips for this month? Click here http://sylviahubbard.com/2016/03/01/tuesday-tip-march-find-bloggers-independent-bookstores-engage/ Like this tips? Buy this author at cup of coffee. Click here Now like this post and share this post with your … Continue reading March Tuesday Tips: Local Indie Bookstores
Yeah, we know it's a lot of them. Yet, reviews help me help you. I know you're asking, "well how does it help me? I'm just a reader." Yet, you leave a lot of complaints on when I'm coming with the next book or can't I write faster. More reviews help me sell more books and … Continue reading Have you reviewed all the books you’ve read by @SylviaHubbard1? #amreview #romancereaders #SneakReaders
Practical advice for authors who are looking to market their books Find bloggers who would love to have this review posted to their site. Want to find book bloggers and more tips for this month? Click here http://sylviahubbard.com/2016/03/01/tuesday-tip-march-find-bloggers-independent-bookstores-engage/ Like this tips. Buy this author at cup of coffee. Click here Now like this post and … Continue reading March Tuesday Tips: Find Bloggers
Practical advice for authors who are looking to market their books Got a tip? KontactMe MEDIA: What genre do you write? Go to amazon bestsellers and start reading the books in your genre and write a review. Find a blog who is looking for book review in your genre to post at BOOK BLOGGER DIRECTORY. The … Continue reading Tuesday Tip – March: Find Bloggers, Independent Bookstores & Engage
Practical advice for authors who are looking to market their books Got a tip? KontactMe MEDIA:Trying to make an impact on your book sales, try to grab an interview on BlogTalkRadio.com. Here's an updated link of author interview show. Click here EVENTS: Find a spring or summer book fair coming up and grab a vendor table … Continue reading Author Tuesday Tips
Writing. Really it is. My dream would be to lay on a beach in a hammock with my laptop fully charged and my favorite playlist in my ear, while my fingers busily clack at the keys. Drilling out word after word in stories that fill my head so much that sometimes I don’t know … Continue reading #SylLit: What is your favorite way to spend a lazy day? #blogchallenge #amwriting #amwriting
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper... http://www.sylviahubbard.com .. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite in process is usually found to be an excuse for not going on. It also interferes with flow and rhythm which can only come from a kind of … Continue reading Author #TuesdayTips: Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper…
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Check out the blog tour that's sweeping the Internet... http://ht.ly/Vkcj0 plus a review about Tanner's Devil DEFEAT TANNER'S DEVIL Click here for more at Books on Fire Tours hosted by Wild Fire Media http://ht.ly/Vkcj0
Yeah, we know it's a lot of them. Yet, reviews help me help you. I know you're asking, "well how does it help me? I'm just a reader." Yet, you leave a lot of complaints on when I'm coming with the next book or can't I write faster. More reviews help me sell more books and … Continue reading Have you reviewed all the books you’ve read by @SylviaHubbard1? #amreview #romancereaders #SneakReaders
I didn't understand deviousness until I graduated from high school and went out into the real world. That's a pretty weird statement coming from me seeing that I grew up around 3 sisters who all had read the Art of War and used it in and around the household with each other in order to … Continue reading Being devious…. Out of the box #plotting. #amwriting #ravenous
HOW TO GET BACK ON THE HORSE... Recovering after a personal tragedy has been really hard for me. I know the fire happened three years ago but just getting back to being creative and fancy free is not easy. To me, being creative is like having a unicorn in my backyard and when I want, … Continue reading 3 Ways I Stay Creative… #wip #amwriting @problogger challenge #firestory
In January I mentioned I was checking out fiverr.com for some book marketing and asked if anyone else had done anything on there. No one responded except to say they've used them for graphic designs. I've done that also, but I wanted to know if five dollars could be spent to get sales. Other authors … Continue reading My book marketing experiment by spending $10 on @Fiverr.com
On Facebook, Twitter and Email, I get asked a lot of questions. So I use my website to funnel these questions which sometimes get asked more than once. Most of these are under the Writing Tip category here. Kyla L. Yett Hi Sylvia! Asking for advice again on writing. Q: What books can I read, … Continue reading Writer Question: What books can I read, or techniques can I use, to become more fluent in my expression? #amwriting @StephenKing advice
Everyone with an Amazon Kindle has the dilemma of "Do I just buy from Amazon? should I miss those awesome freebies by authors on #Smashwords?" Well you don't have to. There is a way to get the files from #Smashwords to your Kindle in less than five seconds. (Although that does depend on your download … Continue reading How to get files frm #Smashwords on Your #Kindle – #amreading #mobi #pdf
I was just recently added to new writer's Ms Tracy Jones Hot Link pages. I love to share news when readers & writers connect with me and share me. So I invite you to check her out, see what she's doing, let her know you dropped by by and tell her I sent you. Click … Continue reading New link @mstraysay Hot Lists
By Irene Watson Self-publishing involves many steps, and leaving one out, or doing them in the wrong order, can be detrimental to a book's success. Authors can easily become overwhelmed by all there is to do or put the proverbial cart before the horse, such as printing a book before it is properly edited, or … Continue reading ARTICLE: A Self-Publishing Step-By-Step Checklist #mwn
I get a lot of people with Kindles who often ask me how to do this. Now I thought I had a post already on the website somewhere on how to do this, but for the life of me I can't find the post. So here it is again so you guys will have no … Continue reading #Free #FridayReads How2 Download Free #Kindle Books from #Smashwords, plus instructions 4other reading devices
I'm trying something new as I write out the much awaited Bellini Series. (And I'm going to have to update that post soon). Keeping up with them has become so difficult that I know that eventually I'll have to have a family chart like I have for the Heart Family. With such an extensive family, … Continue reading Free Friday: Story Mapping Template, PLUS Free Book by
Sylvia Hubbard – Romancing the Book: writing and marketing the Romance Genre Interviewed Author Access Radio Victor R. Volkman and Tyler Tichelaar spoke with Sylvia Hubbard. She has independently published 4 paperback books and over 10 e-books. Her foundation genre has always been romance, but she has ventured into suspense, erotic, mystery, paranormal and inter-racial. Sylvia … Continue reading Writing Wednesday: Romancing The Book – writing & marketing the Romance Genre [Podcast] (#amwriting)
Writer’s Questions: 1. I currently to religious genre, writing for a newspaper and several publishers. I’d like to take the articles I’ve written and somehow compile them in a book or an inspirational calendar? Any thoughts on the best way to do that? That is doable. I would suggest you read other authors who have … Continue reading Writing Wednesday: Question from writer – where do I go from here?
I had a great interview yesterday with Sharon Jenkins to speak about the business of publishing for new, intermediate and advance authors. It was a great interview and I implore you to listen to the podcast. Lets Talk About It! United States, EnglishBusiness A Subsidiary of Tough Talk with Tony Gambone Let's Talk About It! … Continue reading Tech Thursday: The Business of Publishing and Social Media for Authors Today [PODCAST]
Today's Writing Wednesday is brought to us today by a reader/writer who wrote me a note and I just had to share it with you. I loved the note and I loved the questions. So if you want to ask me one, just hit the contact button at the end of this post. Btw, Diamond … Continue reading Writing Wednesday: Just Write and Write and Write
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Today, I'd like to talk about tweeting. Without going into a soliloquy as to why Twitter is good for authors (there are resources below), every once in a while an author should analyze their tweets. The first analysis I did was to know when is the best time to tweet. This is very vital to … Continue reading Tech Thursday: Tweeting As An Author – my Experience and Resources
I was going to put this remark into a blog comment, but decided to make it into a blog post. The title of my blog post came from the character King Heart. Now if you haven't journeyed with me in this past year, you haven't gotten a chance to meet the maniacal man that Lethal … Continue reading #Writing Wednesday: some people’s insane is usually another person’s sane
I've long been an advocate of an author having a website. One important factor authors should have is a blog. It's vital in the 21st century. The blog shouldn't be separate from the website, but embedded into the website to keep the visitor on the site and continue to connect them to the author's product. … Continue reading Tech Tuesday: If you aren’t visiting your site, why should anyone else?
Definition of Conflict: The struggle within a plot between opposing forces
Someone asked me last night: What do you do when there is a story in your head and you have to get it out, but you can't? Unfortunately our brains are not like faucets where you can turn on the knob and things will leak out the way you want. We are complex in our … Continue reading Writing Wednesday: There’s a story in my head and i need to get it out
This was an interesting question from a Writer to help him with a nonfiction work he's trying to complete. I thought I'd share the advice in a blog post. ....
Writing Tip of how to stay focus on the story at hand ...
As I've explored the world of ebooking since it's infancy when normal people started reading them (back in late 1990's), I was always interested in how people found me. I'm known a lot for the free content I give away on my website. I'm a writer of romance suspense and I since I don't proclaim … Continue reading Ebook Tip of The Month: Last Page Matters More
Recently, I was featured on Tony Eldridge's Marketing Tips for Authors Site for the following article that I did on a recent workshop I conducted at the International Book Festivals. I'm so honored and thankful by the feature and the fact Tony called me a "proliffic blogger." Wow!! "After the Book" Marketing in the 21st … Continue reading “ARTICLE: After the Book” Marketing in the 21st Century
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Building an Amazon Author's profile on the Amazon Author Central This weekend I took the liberty of going through the new Amazon author central. About a year ago, Amazon issued out a press release that the they'd created a better and easier to use Author Central and invited the author's on Amazon to take advantage … Continue reading Article: Creating an Author Page on Amazon.com
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