BOOKTASTIK: Helping Authors Sell Books
Tweet BOOKTASTIK: Helping Authors Sell Books by Dionne Lister Hi, Lisette, thanks so much for having me as a guest today. I’m excited to be here representing a fun new site that connects readers with...
View ArticleCROSSING GENRES by Eden Baylee
Tweet Lisette has generously offered me space to guest blog about my latest book, Stranger at Sunset, so before anything else, I want to thank her for hosting me. I’m very happy to be here because...
View ArticleMANAGING A SERIES by Deborah Nam-Krane
Tweet My New Adult series The New Pioneers has a huge cast of characters. Each of the four full-length books is at its heart a romance with a different hero and heroine. That’s eight right there, and...
View ArticleWriting Crime Mysteries: Guest Blog by Christina James
Tweet Well, I’m honoured indeed to have been asked to Lisette’s Writers’ Chateau, where the dishy gardener is only too keen to show me his beds. Lisette also has a Bentley: he has the most amazing...
View ArticleMUSIC & MYSTERY – Guest blog by RJ McDonnell
TweetThe purpose of this blog is to show you how I relate my series theme to specific marketing and plotting efforts in hopes that fellow writers will find an idea or two that will help build...
View ArticleGATHERING MY FORCES (Why I relaunched my memoir) by Doreen (Dody) Cox
Tweet There have been several instances in my life when I’ve woken up from some stupor and realized that it’s time to take charge of something that is important to me. Instead of continuing to be...
View ArticleTHE ACCIDENTAL SERIES – Guest post by Katie Oliver
TweetThe Accidental Series Lisette has graciously invited me to visit her Writers’ Chateau once again, to talk about writing a series – in my case, writing a romantic comedy series. Confession: I’m...
View ArticleA Side Benefit of Being an Author – I Love the Research! by Kate James
Tweet I am frequently asked about how I come up with my story ideas and how much of what I write is based on my own knowledge and experiences rather than research. Writing about what I know or have...
View ArticleFrom Vines to Wine—a research journey to Tuscany, Italy, Switzerland, and...
TweetI love a glass of good wine with my meals and I love Tuscany, which is one of the reasons I situated my novel, The Italian Sister, in one of my favorite areas of Italy. Since I knew almost nothing...
View ArticleADDING A CAT OR A DOG TO YOUR NOVEL
Tweet Guest blog by © Darlene Arden I write non-fiction about dogs and cats. Occasionally, fiction authors have come to me for either advice or approval when they’ve added a dog or cat to their novel....
View ArticleCHRISTMAS IN AUSTRALIA by Helen J. Rolfe
Tweet I lived in Australia for fourteen years so that’s fourteen Christmases I enjoyed Down Under. My first Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere was a bit of a shock to the system. I didn’t feel...
View ArticleWHY ISN’T MY BOOK SELLING by Sarah E. Boucher
TweetWhy Isn’t My Book Selling?!? Authors are prone to what I like to call Extra Special Writer Freak Outs. It’s understandable. People have only been LYING to us all of our lives. (Trust me, I’m a...
View ArticleBRANDING: a guest blog by Ace Antonio Hall
Tweet Recently, I spoke at StokerCon at the Queen Mary in Long Beach and the Sisters-in-Crime conference in Sacramento, about developing your brand. There are some key elements into doing that. They...
View ArticleMy Autism and My Work by Benjamin Kellogg
TweetHello, my name is Benjamin Kellogg, and I am a 27-year-old author from New York State, USA. I also have autism, a neurological condition that has greatly affected my life. Autism is an overriding...
View ArticleCREATIVE LIFE AFTER A LONG HIATUS by Shykia Bell
Tweet How does one bring a career back from the dead? Okay, perhaps that’s a little dramatic, but it’s what came to mind a little over two years after my daughter was born. By that time, I was nearly...
View ArticleGuest post by Terry Tyler: Where do writers get their ideas?
Tweet Hello, Lisette and her readers―and thank you so much for stopping by on the blog tour for Hope! Lisette gave me free rein on subject matter for this article … which always makes my mind go...
View ArticleCOLLABORATING ON A NOVEL WITH A FRIEND
Tweet Co-Authors Kathleen Harryman and Lucy Marshall talk about their collaboration on The Promise, a World War II romance. Lucy Marshall (left) Kathleen Harryman (below) Kathleen: I’ve known...
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