What’s In A Name? Inquiring Minds Want To Know!

As a writer, the first thing I do is come up with a title for my book. Sometimes I change it, sometimes it’s changed for me, but more times than not, it stays as is.

But how important is that title when you’re scrolling through the book websites or strolling through the bookstore?

Seriously. What catches your eye more? The title or the cover?   As an added incentive for your advice, everyone who leaves a comment will be placed into a drawing for a signed copy of my book, The Dragon Within, the second in my Dragon Hunters Series.

 

Where Have All The Reviewers Gone? Inquiring Minds Want To Know!

Have you recently read a book? What was it? And what were your thoughts about that book? Did you go to a website and leave a review? NO? Why not?

Inquiring minds want to know. Seriously. Why didn’t you leave a review? Did you just not know what to say? Did you hate the book so much that you would rather not say anything at all? I ask these things not as a guilt trip to get you to go review all those books that you’ve read, but because I want to know why a reader wouldn’t leave a review.

As an added incentive for your advice, everyone who leaves a comment will be placed into a drawing for a signed copy of my book, Dragon Lover, the first in my Dragon Hunters Series.

Romance In Flight: What Makes You Attend A Book Signing? Inquiring minds want to know.

Romance In Flight: What Makes You Attend A Book Signing? Inquiring minds want to know.

What Makes You Attend A Book Signing? Inquiring minds want to know.

Jeanne Guzman signing Bridge Over Troubled Waters and Child Of The Dragon

So, you read about it on FB, or see it a few hundred times where the bird tweets non-stop, but what about an announcement makes you jump into your car and travel to the book store or to a near-by writers conference to have a book signed by an author you’ve never heard of before?

Inquiring minds want to know. Seriously. I was recently at a writers conference that advertised their book-signing and no one showed up but the authors signing books. I even went as far as walking the streets and telling perfect strangers to stop by, but NO ONE  showed up. Is it me? Am I doing something wrong? As a reader, what would you suggest I do?

Bridge Over Troubled Waters

As an added incentive for your advice, everyone who leaves a comment will be placed into a drawing for a signed copy of my book, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, currently a finalist in The Carolyn Readers Choice Awards.

Monday Madness-Helping Others

I was just sitting here thinking, what can I do to help myself to be a better writer, and you know what? I figured it out. By helping someone else. Seriously. There’s this boy I know, he just turned thirteen, and he wants to be a writer. So I’m helping him, and by helping him, I’m helping myself. Seeing the newness of a budding writers words brings to mind where my writing is and where I can improve.

So here’s my question, or should I say challenge, for the week. Are you helping someone be all they can be? If so, how are you helping? If not, find someone who is asking for help and take them under your wing and watch those karma points add up.

For those interested in my boy, I'll be posting about him more as his book takes shape, so stay tuned!