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Posts published in April 2020

The Ups and Downs of Book Sales

We’ve gone over a lot in my most recent blog posts. We’ve discussed the many ways that we, as independent authors, have to multitask during the creative process. We also talked about the different tools used for book promotion. Most recently, I went over Expanded Distribution and what goes into making sure that your novel, should you want to, qualifies for that process – as well as how the price of your novel could factor…

Vitae – The Soundtrack

I previously shared the unofficial soundtrack to Duality with you. Now, here’s the one I put together for Vitae… Sleep – Poets of the Fall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlshWg3isxQ When Your Heart is Weak – Cock Robin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uchROwTaNWc Sanvean (I Am Your Shadow) – Lisa Gerrard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xpkRj99FH0 Waiting for the Night – Depeche Mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyrpRzdvp5U The Night We Met – Lord Huron https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtlgYxa6BMU Erase/Rewind – The Cardigans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwe8GWwmjOk Light and Shadow – Vangelis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUzIbphUL0Q Sweetest Perfection – Depeche…

Duality – The Soundtrack

As mentioned in a previous post, music plays a big part in my writing. As such, everything I write has an unofficial soundtrack; crafted around characters in the book, their feelings and motivations, as well as happenings within the book itself. This is the one I put together for Duality. I’ve listed the original artist(s), but not the name of the character or the setting to which the song was attributed – so as not…

The Skinny on Expanded Distribution

If you’ve been following along, you already know that I’ve been providing input on various things – including pricing your novel, different tools of the trade, and how to multitask. In my previous post, I mentioned that I’d get a bit more into Expanded Distribution…and here we go. Some of you might wonder what Expanded Distribution is. Putting it plainly, it’s slightly different from just uploading your novel to Amazon, Lulu, etc…, and I provided…