by Amber Argyle | May 22, 2014 | Interview, Marketing, On Writing, Publishing, Writing Research
In the indie world, I’m kinda known for writing good cover copies (back synopsis). A big part of that is trial and error and hundreds of trashed attempts. The other part is Mark Penny. I first met Mark while struggling to write a cover copy for Witch Fall, and...
by Amber Argyle | Jan 30, 2014 | Marketing, Publishing
1. Your books aren’t very good. *ouch*I know that was painful. But if you have consistently low stars (we all have the occasional “This is the worst bit of ink to ever dribble onto the printed paper.”), it’s an indication that the general...
by Amber Argyle | Dec 26, 2013 | Interview, Publishing, Writing Research
Recently, John Brown (Servant of a Dark God) interviewed me about finding an illustrator. Below are my answers (thanks for typing it up for me, John!):Finding an artist:Instead of looking on DeviantArt, Amber will look on Pinterest because this collects “the...
by Amber Argyle | Aug 7, 2013 | Mess, Publishing
B&N has come up with a newish tool for their site. It’s called Pubit. For the past few days, I’ve had the opportunity to experience it first hand. And I absolutely hate it.For you nonpublishers out there, I’ll keep it simple: Pubit doesn’t...
by Amber Argyle | Jul 31, 2013 | About Me, Publishing
I haven’t really talked publicly about this. I haven’t really avoided the question either. I just kinda figured it didn’t really matter for my readers either way, so I kept quiet (on my blog at least).But I’ve finally come to a place where I...
by Amber Argyle | Sep 21, 2011 | agents, Books, Events, On Writing, Publishing, Question, Writers' Conference
I’ve had a lot of emails lately from people who want to be authors (also from attendees at the writer’s conference I attended this weekend, see below for pics). Here’s my advice: Write three manuscripts–if this sounds daunting, it is. But...
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