Category Archives: Promoting Yourself
Monday Tips: Don’t forget to comment on other’s blogs, & scrapbooking tips for making characters come alive
Here are a couple of things I found while trolling the internet: From the Creative Penn a writing tip. If you are having trouble making your characters come alive, create a scrapbook page of faces that fit your … Continue reading
Filed under How to Publish Your Novel, Promoting Yourself
A Special Announcement!
Today is my birthday, and so I wanted to share some special news. 1. As you are all probably aware, THWARTED QUEEN and her sundry parts are up on Amazon. If you want to read more, just click on “THWARTED” … Continue reading
Monday Tips: Do your writing BEFORE you do your marketing
Here is a tip on how to organize your time: Do your writing before you do your marketing. I know that’s not what people usually tell you to do. Most people think that you should do the stuff you … Continue reading
Filed under How to Publish Your Novel, Promoting Yourself
How I created 5 book covers using iPhoto and Photoshop Elements 9
I’ve finally managed to do it. After correcting the edits made on the manuscript of THWARTED QUEEN, I spent 5 days systematically going through PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 ALL-IN-ONE GUIDE FOR DUMMIES, and 2 days creating 5 covers for my forthcoming … Continue reading
What a difference a theme can make!
Well, I have to say that I’m pleasantly surprised. I’ve actually been able to work with my wordpress.org site WITHOUT using much code. How come my experience is so different this time? In one word, THEMES. Be careful which Theme you … Continue reading
Why I need to use WordPress.org again
So back to wrestling with wordpress.org. But this time,
I know it’s going to be hard.
I have my dummies book to help me.
I have my beautiful website up and running on Wordpress.com. So all I have to do is mess around with my Yahoo-hosted site. Continue reading
How to cheat and use Google Analytics on iWeb
As you know, I have limited programming skills, which is why I’m an unsuccessful Thesis theme user. However, I did an experiment, in which I kinda gerrymandered Google Analytics code onto a site I built using iWeb, that’s hosted by Yahoo! Continue reading
Filed under About Cynthia, Promoting Yourself
Website to watch: HISTORICAL TAPESTRY
The best recommendation I can give for my site is that I had a terrible time dragging myself away from it while I was trying to complete this blog. This is a real find for authors, as not only do you have help in promoting your book, but you have the pleasure of sharing the stage with such luminaries as Elizabeth Chadwick and C. W. Gortner. Continue reading
