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We’re still here, and we’re still virtual!  If you’ve been following my social media, you know that we’re halfway through the February Virtual Book Festival by Pages Promotions.  This time the theme is “Blind Date with a Book,” which is basically like The Dating Game, but with authors and books!

The giveaways this time around have also been INSANE, with four or five books given away each night!  Workshops have also been added to the mix, and last night I did the first one about Social Media for ...

I am incredibly excited and proud to cordially invite you to attend the FREE masterclass I’ll be hosting, tomorrow, 12/4/20, at 7pm EST!

I’ve been working on a coaching project for authors for the past two years, and when COVID and the quarantine hit, I decided that it was time to go ahead and actually take it live.  Yes, it’s a a cliche (and a grossly unrealistic one) to say that while at home we’ve all been picking up hobbies and having TONS of extra time to write that first/next book.  But th...

When COVID-19 hit the world in the spring of 2020, it affected authors as well, a fact that often surprises people when I mention it.  Some authors (like me) sell primarily online, but there are plenty of authors who count on book festivals and in-person events for the bulk of their sales.  As the quarantine came to town, the book festivals, those wonderful interactive events where you can stop and chat while having an author sign their book for you, came to an abrupt halt along with all the oth...

After sending out a recent email newsletter, I realized that to my surprise, I haven’t shared here the magic that is using NetGalley ARCs for both readers and authors!

If you love free books but are tired of the um, hit-or-miss quality of so many of them, I strongly encourage you to sign up for NetGalley!  It’s a site for ARCs (advance reader copies), and the cool thing is there are lots of books there from well-known authors, submitted by their publisher before they’re even available for purcha...

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International travel means international danger.

Lacey Devaine is a four-year veteran of a spy ring which fronts as an exclusive escort service, Miss Belle’s Travel Guides. Maintaining her cover is Lacey’s number one priority to protect the integrity of the operation she works for.

While on assignment in Tokyo, a nosy newspaper reporter threatens to blow the lid off a scandal that will put...

As writers and authors, it’s easy to forget that once we begin to sell books, we also become businesspeople!  Some of us are comfortable and excited about this, some try to ignore that fact as long as possible.  One thing that everyone might not realize is that to sell more books and get more reviews, you need to also think of yourself as a business.  Why is that?  Because all of the aspects of addressing the business side of the writing life are aimed at improving your business!

Think about you...

On June 12th, to celebrate the release of Nightshade, I sat down for a Q&A interview with Diana Kathryn Plopa of Pages Promotions at the June 2020 Virtual Book Festival, along with other authors and readers!  Check it out below!

The post VBF 2020 Featured Author Interview appeared first on Twintype Books.

Don’t forget that Nightshade was officially released today, and is available on all e-reader platforms AND paperback!  And because it’s not a party unless there are gift bags (says me), you have until 10pm EST on 6/12 to watch the videos (or come hang out in the live Author Q&A at the Virtual Book Festival) and share any of the social media posts for a chance to win the following:

– Autographed paperback of Nightshade

– E-copies of all four books of the series

– Chance to be a character in the n...

Goddess Fish Promotions has organized a HUGE tour to help fill up your e-reader while youre staying home to stay healthy, and all the books are either FREE or .99 cents!  Books across multiple genres are represented, so charge up that e-reader and get ready to download!

MEGA BONUS: theyre giving away a $25 gift card as well!  Head over there to download some books, and enter to win a gift card to get MORE books!

Let me know in the comments if you find your next favorite read!  (And yes, one...

If you cant go to the books, the books shall come to you!  Or at least I will!  Since were all turning to the online community to reach our friends, families, and peers, I decided to bump up the date of my first public Facebook Live Author Q&A.  It wont just be about ME ME MEin addition to any Q&A specific to the Pistils series and/or my experiences writing it, I hope to share some tips that I learned the hard way related to writing, self-publishing and self-promotion as a writer.  Along with...