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What Authors Should Blog About – 15 Great Ideas

Your author blog is a very important and simple tool, yet so many authors neglect it. How can your author blog help you? A well optimized living blog can: Connect to your audience in a personal way Help you sell more books Build a better and stronger author brand ✘ NON-FICTION – write reviews of books in your niche or books that complement your niche. Post them on your blog and then post them on Amazon. “I love your tips on “public speaking”… I also love your approach [...]

Radu Balas2017-03-07T09:23:24+00:00Author Website, Book Marketing, Email Marketing, Marketing, My Blog, Social Media|9 Comments

The Flat Tire

My stories, believe it or not, mostly come from my dreams. Well, possibly in part or as part of the germination. Usually, two or more ideas come together to form a story. I was attending some creative writing courses years ago in New Orleans, when one of my creative writing teachers told all of us that if we're short on ideas for a story, to turn to everyday items and occurrences as a base for a story. Well, it just so happened I needed a new story. I [...]

Radu Balas2017-03-07T09:23:26+00:00Case Studies, My Blog|1 Comment

How to Self-Promote When You’re So Shy You’d Rather Chew Off Your Own Arm Than Talk to Strangers

You wrote your book! You went through several rounds of editing, got it workshopped by fellow writers, polished your novel into its best possible shape, and self-published. Now you just have to get the word out. Let’s go on this adventure together. 1Get business cards. Vistaprint is great for that. It automatically gives you legitimacy, and you don't really have to work at it. Go to places you frequent. Give your favorite waiter a card and a generous tip. Ask if you're allowed to, then leave a stack [...]

Radu Balas2017-03-07T09:23:26+00:00Book Editing, Case Studies, My Blog|2 Comments

Overcoming Writer’s Block

Have you ever found yourself staring at the clock while painfully trying to type a single paragraph for a writing project? Or do you lay awake in bed watching the clock knowing that a writing project is due by 5pm the next day? Many writers are challenged by “analysis paralysis” and fret over every detail of their work until they are reduced to a page of few sentences and a mind over-loaded with thoughts and worries. In order to help my future authors overcome writer’s block, I have [...]

Radu Balas2017-03-07T09:23:27+00:00Book Editing, Case Studies, My Blog|0 Comments

Just do it

If you are reading this it is safe to assume that you want to write your own book. However with the thought of writing your own book comes many questions such as; How do I publish? What do I write about? Will anyone read it? Just to name a few. Well I would like to help answer some of these questions with my own answers of how I published my own book. I started writing when I was depressed as an outlet to help cope. I wrote what [...]

Radu Balas2017-03-07T09:23:29+00:00Book Covers Design, My Blog|0 Comments

Writing a Nonfiction Book Isn’t Hard

I was writing fiction stories and books when my editor at Schiffer Publishing, Dinah Roseberry, posted on the forum for Mid-Atlantic Horror Professionals. She asked if anyone wanted to write about ‘real’ ghost stories, and not made up ones. I thought about what I knew about ghost stories and legends in the Richmond, Virginia area (where I live) and checked out their website to see what books they already had out (none of them were about Richmond ghosts). Next thing I did, I googled about book proposals. Wait [...]

Radu Balas2017-03-07T09:23:30+00:00Author Website, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, My Blog|0 Comments

Before you go

On December 6, 2013 my sister Janet Katic, Cousin JeanMarie Jacob and I were fortunate enough and had the honor to be at the dedication of the long overdue World War II Memorial for all the veterans who gave their lives during the war, after the war, and to those who are still with us. The memorial was the dream of the Southwestern Pennsylvania World War II Organization. Through the sale of calendars over a number of years, corporate donations and public donations they obtained the necessary funds [...]

Radu Balas2017-03-07T09:23:30+00:00Case Studies, My Blog|0 Comments

7th Moon: an Homage to Anime

I love anime, but I can't draw so that left me with writing, after all every story has to start somewhere. This particualr idea started with a single character that I tried in a number of different stories, but nothing big ever really happened, or at least nothign at all original. Then one day I was watching Toonami and the "Pardon Our Dust" promo came on. More action was packed into that one minute promo than entire episodes of the shows it was promoting. I decided to make [...]

Radu Balas2017-03-07T09:23:31+00:00Case Studies, My Blog|0 Comments

Tips for Fellow Writers from My Experience – by Tom Ufert

First off, I am deeply honored and incredibly humbled by the opportunity to share my personal thoughts and perspectives here at E-books India. To be perfectly honest and transparent, it was my outreach and offers to submit an article that originally opened the door to this incredible possibility. That brings into sharp focus my first piece of experienced advice—writers today must be pro-active and assertive. With the global expansion of internet technology and a plethora of social media platforms, writing and self-publishing has become somewhat commonplace. Anyone and [...]

Radu Balas2017-03-07T09:23:33+00:00Case Studies, My Blog, Social Media|0 Comments

How I wrote my book “TRIANGLES”

A number of years ago, I wrote an ebook entitled TRIANGLES. It chronicles the battle of wills between a husband and wife pitted in a long-standing disagreement over the issue of having children and the wife's alcoholism. The husband, Burt, is a shady character with very little conscience. His wife, Alison, has a major inferiority complex and very low self esteem. Burt is engaged in an affair with a coworker, Jackie, whom also has emotional issues to deal with. Although Burt treats Jackie badly and uses her as [...]

Radu Balas2017-03-07T09:23:33+00:00Case Studies, My Blog|0 Comments