Monthly Archives: April 2019

Tasting Leon’s Mark, ReScue Series #2, and The Sex, Virtus Saga #1: 5 Tips for Handling Bad Reviews of Your Book

Contrary to what many newbie authors think, all authors even ones on the New York Times Bestseller list get bad reviews. Just because you have a bestselling book doesn’t mean that there aren’t going to be others who think your book is well not that great. One of the keys to being a successful author who keeps their readers is in how you handle bad reviews.

Here are five tips for handling bad reviews of your book. As far as I’m concerned, these are iron clad and authors disregard them at their own risk.

1. Wait a day before you respond in any way to a bad review. It’s very easy in the heat of the moment to fire off a super negatively charged e-mail to a reviewer who doesn’t like your book, and saying something you will regret in the morning. Don’t do it, step away from the computer now. Many a newbie author has ruined their writing career and alienated readers by writing a scathing e-mail to a reviewer.

2. Take several deep breaths, in and out, in and out. It will calm your upset and all you to think clearly before responding.

3. Remind yourself that not …

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5 Tips for How Authors Can Best Use Google

If you’re like me, you’re probably wondering how you can possibly fit one more social media thing on your busy marketing calendar. After all, isn’t Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn enough? I know I used to think “enough already!” It’s an unfortunate fact that most of us are so linked in to our computers and the internet these days that we’re probably looking for a way to spend less time on the computer rather than more. So the idea of one more social marketing network to be aware of and use to market our books is just one more too many. That’s what I used to think anyway. That is until I realized one fact, and this is a fact that bypasses Twitter, FB, and even LinkedIn. I’ll bet you’re wondering what it is. Well, it’s this teensy tiny little fact that makes Google+ different than just about every other social marketing tool out there; what you post on Google+ shows up in the results on Google’s search engine. So, if you’re key word, hash tag (yes, you can use those on Google+ too) and even slightly marketing savvy, then you can save a lot of time and energy if you …

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A Short History of the Tarot

There is much mystery surrounding the origins of the Tarot, and the truth is no one can be certain of its actual origins. That being said, there are a number of theories as to the beginnings of the Tarot. One theory suggests that the Tarot came from Egypt and is in fact

part of the lost Egyptian library. It was also believed that the cards came with the Gypsies from Egypt which was another reason they were thought to originate there because people believed the Gypsy’s ancestors were from Egypt. Another theory states that the Tarot originated in the Middle East from playing cards created by the Moors. And yet another states that they were playing cards created for the Nobles of Italy for a game called Triumph. Regardless, we will probably never know the exact true origins of the Tarot because they are shrouded in mystery.

According to most sources, the Tarot wasn’t used for divination until

the late seventeen hundreds when occultists got a hold of an Italian Triumph deck and decided there was more to the symbolism on the cards than met the eye. Regardless from that time forward, occultists began making their own tarot decks based …

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