Tag: Marketing and Promotion-

  • Mother’s Day Sale Alert!!

    Like your romance mixed with a little bit of humour and a little bit of suspense? Then Forever Grace is for you! “You still sure it was wise to take two of those things?” Sean swayed on his crutches, trying to bring one Grace into focus out of the three before him. They weren’t very…

  • Calling all readers!

    Hello, dear readers! I have a special project going on…wanna help? (Spoiler alert: it means you get to read my new books before they’re released!) Here’s the scoop: I’ve started compiling a list of readers interested in receiving  advance copies (warning: this means they won’t be copy edited, so typos may occur!) of my upcoming…

  • Using Wattpad to Grow Your Readership & Sell Books

    In case you missed my multiple tweets about this ( 😉 ), I recapped my Wattpad experience last week in an article at RT Magazine‘s blog. As well as giving you updated numbers, the article outlines my tips on best practices to help you get started on building your own readership. You can check it out here! 🙂…

  • Rules of Facebook Etiquette for Authors

    A few weeks ago, I put out a call for topic ideas so that I could make sure I’m answering real questions and concerns on my Social Media Monday series. Somewhat to my surprise — because I honestly had no idea this was even an issue — I received a request from blogger Kelsey (Kelsey’s Cluttered Bookshelf) for a post on…

  • Ottawa Mother’s Day Book Signing Event

    In Ottawa and looking for a special gift for mom (or yourself) this coming weekend? How about a signed copy of a romance set right here in our region? I’ll be at the Coles Bookstore in Carlingwood Mall on Saturday, May 9th from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. signing copies of Gwynneth Ever After (set…

  • Why I’m Not Giving Up My Facebook Author Page

    So…Facebook changed its algorithms again this year. I know…big surprise, right? 😉 This time, it was in an attempt to weed out “overly promotional posts,” and as a result, I’ve seen a steady flow of writers abandoning their pages in favour of using their personal profiles instead. As you may have gathered from the title…

  • Social Media Stats Every Author Should Know

    Welcome back to Social Media Monday, an article series designed to (hopefully) help authors find their way through the morass that is online marketing.  To get us on track for 2015, I thought we’d take a quick look at some recent social media stats–because who among us doesn’t wonder sometimes (often?) if our efforts to be…

  • Wattpad: A Powerful Tool for Book Marketing

    I have an article up on the Kobo Writing Life blog today…check it out! 🙂 If you’re a writer and you haven’t yet heard of Wattpad (or you’ve heard of it but dismissed it), you’re not alone…and you may be missing out on a fantastic marketing opportunity. What is this weirdly named Wattpad? Essentially it’s…

  • Social Media Workshop Notes

    If you were one of the participants in my social media workshop yesterday at CAN-CON 2014, please accept my apologies! I had handouts of all the slides for you, but in the rush of finding a projector and starting late, I completely forgot (and my husband, who stopped to have the printing done on his…

  • Blog Tours 102: Working with a Blog Tour Organizer

    On last week’s Social Media Monday post, I wrote about my experience with setting up my own tour  in Blog Tours 101: Setting up your own virtual book tour. This week, I’m sharing my experience and tips for working with a blog tour organizer. Finding an organizer Finances are very much a consideration for me when…