Category: Lalla Gatta

5 Things to Add to Your Author’s Newsletter and The Sex #VirtusSaga in PRINT!

Do you have an author’s newsletter? Do you want one if you don’t have one, but don’t have a clue about what to put in it? Either way, here are some great ideas for what you can put in a newsletter to your subscribers!

1. Sneak Peeks: Readers love sneak peeks of upcoming stories. So pick a short excerpt from your upcoming story and post it in your newsletter.

2. Cover Reveals: Just got your new cover? Then here’s your chance to have a cover reveal that only your newsletter subscribers get to see. Be sure and put a smaller version so you don’t take up too much space in your newsletter. Remember, reader’s attention spans are short, if you put too much in your newsletter they’re going to click away.

3. Free short stories: Free short stories are one of my favorite ways to pay back readers for buying my books. Now keep in mind a free short story can be as short as a few paragraphs. In fact, I recommend flash fiction rather than say a five-page short story for author newsletters.

4. Character Interviews: Think your readers understand your characters? Well…probably not as much as you do. …

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5 Tips for Using Hashtags Correctly

Hashtags are just keywords with a # or hash in front of them, and they are all the rage. Everyone is using hashtags. If you’re an author, hashtags are important because they help readers find you and your books. However, if you’re new to the world of hashtags it can be very confusing. To learn more about Hashtags don’t miss my articles, Do Authors Really Need Hashtags, and 5 Hashtags Every Author Should Use.
If you’re a writer, and heck even if you aren’t, you can use hashtags. Here are five tips for using hashtags:

1. Don’t overdo it. If you’ve ever seen those twitter posts that are almost entirely hashtags, you know what I mean when I say this. Don’t let the message you’re trying to convey through your Twitter post be drowned out by the number of hashtags at the end of the post. Two to three hashtags per post is perfect.

2. Be creative when using hashtags. What I mean by this is if one of the keywords you want to use as a hashtag is already in your post, by all means plop a hashtag in front of that word. This saves you character …

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5 Free Online Graphics Resources for Social Media Images

Everywhere you go on the web these days, you will see beautiful images and graphics. Particularly on social media. Graphics are great because they catch the attention of anyone looking at your FB, Twitter, Google+ and other social media pages. I particularly love this trend because it makes sharing my book that much easier. The old saying, “a picture speaks a thousand words” is very true and you as an author can use this to your advantage.

Many authors think that you have to be a Photoshop guru to make beautiful images and graphics but it’s just not true! Photoshop is expensive and has a huge learning curve making many authors give up before they’ve started. However, there are several free online resources. And even someone who has never created a graphic before can use to create graphics and images just like the pros!

Here are five free online resources that you can use to create beautiful images and graphics to be used on social media, your blog or anywhere else on the web you can think of! Want to get your reader’s and follower’s attention, used images and graphics!

1. Canva. Canva is a really useful tool for …

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