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Neil Ostroff's Blog – November 2013 Archive (6)

Just proud, that’s all.

Just checked my author page and I was very pleased to see another two, five-star reviews. One for my literary suspense, DROP OUT and the other for my paranormal, AFTER have been placed on Amazon. I don’t post my reviews to gloat or brag, and Lord knows very few of us authors are getting wealthy by writing; I post my reviews because I am proud of them.

 

In this era of authors swapping a review for a review…

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Added by Neil Ostroff on November 26, 2013 at 12:57pm — No Comments

What may work part # 2

If you follow my blog you know I’ve been trying a lot of the latest online marketing and promotion websites for writers. I started with four last week which are listed on my last post. So far, I have seen an increase in sales for DROP OUT, which is the book that I’m promoting most. Surprisingly, sales for my other books have also increased. I believe this is due to reader’s curiosity about my other material stemming from the marketing of DROP OUT.…

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Added by Neil Ostroff on November 24, 2013 at 8:00pm — No Comments

What may or may not work

It’s that time of year again when I try many of the new marketing and promotional websites that have popped up and are available to authors and then my report on the results. So far, I’ve booked out $119.95 worth of services from four different sites for my suspense novel, DROP OUT. Here they are.

 

The first thing I tried was ebookbooster. For $25 the site sends your title and link to 25 sites that will promote it for free.…

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Added by Neil Ostroff on November 20, 2013 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Weather and writing

I woke up today to the first snowfall of the year. To some that brings joy, to others (like me) it brings dread. I’m a warm weather soul but I must admit that the cold weather does have some advantages. I get a heck of a lot more writing done.

 

Everyone knows that it’s tough to sit inside working on a story when the sun is shining bright and the birds are calling you to enjoy the outside. And even if you’re…

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Added by Neil Ostroff on November 12, 2013 at 1:18pm — No Comments

The end time

Like most authors when I’m writing a book I usually write a terrible first draft. Pages filled with scrawled ideas and bland dialogue. I work on this first draft non-stop, sometimes for weeks until I get a good solid manuscript-length of material. But there is one thing I never do, and that is to write the end of the book.

 

When about eighty-percent of the first draft is written I go back and re-read the…

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Added by Neil Ostroff on November 8, 2013 at 1:45pm — No Comments

Does blogging sell books?

Does blogging sell books? This is the question every author who blogs wants an answer to. Well, I have my own opinion and I believe that the answer is yes, but not for the obvious reason of exposure.

   I believe authors who blog become better writers because unlike fiction, which requires the writer to immerse themselves into their imagination, blogging, which is mostly nonfiction, requires a…

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Added by Neil Ostroff on November 6, 2013 at 2:00pm — No Comments

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