Book giveaways to strangers

Book giveaways?Yes, I believe in book giveaways. Recently I joined in on an online (twitter) book giveaway by an author who had reached a certain number of followers. I liked the author and joined in. The person who read my book, shared with me her thoughts on the book.I do partake in giveaways but notContinue reading “Book giveaways to strangers”

Selling books In Real Life

I have a love-hate relationship with social media & with self-promo, but as a self-published author, living in a non-English speaking country….that’s a very unfortunate combination. I love meeting people IRL (in real life). Today I travelled by train, and unfortunately had lots of delays, but nevertheless I had a lovely experience. Why? I chattedContinue reading “Selling books In Real Life”

Digitally disheartened

What’s the toughest thing a self published author needs to do…? i.e. what’s the toughest part of self-publishing? I am definitely not an authority on this matter, I’ve only published one book so far. So of course I couldn’t tell you for sure, but what I do know is that it’s not one of theContinue reading “Digitally disheartened”