This week Getting Lucky reached a milestone, it has been downloaded over 100 times in the 3 months since it launched. This is something I am extremely excited about. The caveat? About 90 of those copies were free. When I first launched Getting Lucky I was charging 99c and even at that price point it … More Indie Author Marketing – Free promotions
Today the photo prompt for the Flash Friday comp was this: “The Little Mermaid,” sculpture by Evard Eriksen. Photo courtesy of John Nyberg Here goes: Gill peeked from out of his hiding spot like a hermit crab. The coast was clear, so he swam quietly towards home. He knew they were out there somewhere, waiting. … More Flash Fridays – May 24th
As a long time gamer I have been genuinely excited for all the long overdue next gen announcements. It has felt like this generation has gone on forever, although the games themselves have continued to be fantastic, especially now that all the developers have learned the ins and outs of the current gen hardware. I’ll … More My thoughts on… the Xbox One reveal
I’m trying something new for Flash Friday this week. I stumbled across a Blog that has a weekly Flash Friday competition and they use a picture prompt. This week the goal was to write exactly 250 words about this picture: Photo by John C. H. Grabill Here is my attempt: Skinny Pete sauntered into the … More Flash Fridays – May 17th
Many (many) years ago I spent three years at university learning various business related topics. One of my favorites was always marketing, because it is basically creative writing but with more pictures. Marketing is typically associated with advertising, but the general concepts are highly transferable to many aspects of running a small business, including Indie … More The Indie Author Sales Curve
As more people are reading Getting Lucky and providing feedback there is one common theme. Most of the reviews are something along the lines of ‘loved the story, wish it was longer!’ I feel that perhaps I have some explaining to do regarding why the story ends when it does. The reason that Getting Lucky … More The 3 P’s
This weeks randomly generated theme is: A castle is the location, arrogance is the theme. A vase is an object that plays a part in the story. Ok, so here goes: Harold loomed over the the servant as she desperately tried to pick up the broken shards of porcelain. He enjoyed the fear in her … More Flash Fridays – May 10th
This weeks randomly generated theme is: A church is the location, threat is the theme. A fur coat is an object that plays a part in the story. Ok, so here goes: “Who does she think she is?” I whisper quietly to Mavis. She simply shrugs and tries to focus on the choir as they … More Flash Fridays – May 3rd
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