Tag: Wattpad

  • Sins of the Warrior: A Wattpad Debut, Take 2

    Now that Sins of the Warrior is really, truly, absolutely complete (yay!!!), I’m taking a second run at putting it up on Wattpad so all of you very patient readers (thank you!!!) can get a free sneak peek at it before it releases on September 18th.  The prologue and first five chapters are up already, and I’ll be…

  • 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! 🙂…

  • 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…

  • The Great Wattpad Marketing Experiment: Updated Numbers

    We’re now three and a half months into my Great Wattpad Marketing Experiment. For those of you who are following this experiment and considering taking the Wattpad plunge yourself, I wanted to give you an update so you can get a feel for how well (or not) it’s working. First, a look at Part 1 of the experiment…

  • The Great Wattpad Marketing Experiment: Show Me the Numbers

    Two months ago, I joined Wattpad and began putting up my contemporary romance novel as a free serial read. I deemed this my Great Wattpad Marketing Experiment, and my primary goal was to increase my fan base by introducing more people to my writing. In a May update, I gave you numbers with regard to…

  • Coming Clean About SINS OF THE WARRIOR

    All right, friends and fans, it’s time for me to come clean. A lot of you have been asking when you could expect to read Sins of the Warrior, the fourth and final book in the Grigori Legacy series. If you thought you sensed a certain reticence on my part with regard to an answer, you were right. You…

  • Update on the Great Wattpad Experiment

    Four weeks ago, I ventured onto the Wattpad platform in my Great Wattpad Experiment. My reasons for doing so were straightforward: I was looking to grow my readership. I was hoping to engage in conversation with readers about my stories. This is the update I promised on how my experiment is going. 🙂 My main focus…

  • Stuff and Birthday Things

    Here’s what’s going on in the life of this writer: 1. It’s spring!!! Really truly for real this time, I swear. I have proof: 2. It’s warm enough to work in my outdoor “office”. 🙂 3. My veggie garden is prepped and ready for planting on Monday. My daughter is home visiting from Newfoundland, and…

  • The Great Wattpad Marketing Experiment

    So this week’s Social Media Monday is about an experiment. Specifically, the Great Wattpad Marketing Experiment. Over the last few months, I’ve been hearing a lot about something called Wattpad–with many of the mentions coming in a surge during the past two weeks. Never one to ignore a nudge from the universe (yeah, right 😉…