Seeley James

Beware of Idle Gods

5 FREE Tips on Book Promotion

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How many Tweets, Facebook Updates, Google+ entries, blog posts, spam emails have you gotten that say, “How to promote your ebook”? After 30 years in sales and marketing, and watching the independent publishing movement for two years, I can tell you that we’ve now come full circle. A year ago John Locke wrote “How I […]

Poll Results: Favorite Heroine

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The results of last week’s poll are in: Charlie Fox, creation of UK author Zöe Sharp, won hands down. Her unexpected win is no doubt the result of Ms. Sharp’s high-energy, e-personality. She is a social media star and a funny lady who has been writing the Charlie Fox series for a decade. Charlie is […]

Review: Killer Instinct

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Killer Instinct – Author Zöe Sharp – ~99,000 words, $14.95 PB / $3.49 E I accidentally followed some author I’d never heard of simply because her tweets tended toward humor. After reading a few of her clever observations, I picked up Killer Instinct, her first book. Wow. What a great book. And don’t I feel […]

Poll: Heroines in Fiction

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Update: While this poll remains open (heck, why not?) I’ve posted a new one called “Design Your Own Heroine“. Take the poll! Be heard! How should a female lead act, look, think?   Literary heroines are everywhere these days. From Anastasia Steele to Katniss Everdeen, books are filled with more multi-faceted, complex women than ever […]