How to Use Goodreads as an Author

See Full Version at Goodreads At the end of March, Amazon announced that they have reached an agreement to acquire Goodreads, so I thought it would be a good time to review how authors can use this web site and social network. Founded in 2007, Goodread …

10 Reasons Why Authors Should Be On Google Plus

This blog post is no longer relevant since Google shut down Google Plus, but we have kept it here for historical reference. article In case you haven’t heard already, Google+ has now passed Twitter to become the 2nd largest social network in terms of a …

10 Reasons For Freelance Writers To Join Google Plus

This post is now out-of-date since Google shut down Google Plus. We have left the post here for historical reference. Freelance writers, you need to get on Google Plus… now! Are you paying attention? Because this is not a sales pitch. OK, actually it …

Identify Any Font With These 3 Tools

Have you ever noticed a nice font or typeface and thought “I’d love to use that on my next book cover”? The problem, of course, is identifying the typeface that you saw. I never cease to be amazed at how many different “hats” we need to wear as indie a …