Dreams Galore

As late as this post might be, I am here with some exciting news! After toiling and progressing with my first company, Inkspell Publishing , an independent publishing company (have I told you how proud I am of everything we have achieved in just 1 year?), I am ready to launch my dream content project - www.thegoodvillain.com  - Enabling authors to succeed! Over the last year, I realized the biggest struggle of a writer is not the writing itself but everything surrounding it. A writer is a writer because she writes. But what about the complex, ever changing publishing landscape? The fact that the authors have to swim through the myriad of information to reach the point of actual publishing is painful. As if that was not enough, mix in it a pinch of temptation called "Self-Publishing" and you have the perfect brew of author insanity. Thankfully, we have resources that help us navigate through this. Then how is The Good Villain different?  Simple. It is not. What it

I love new book marketing tips simply because it is the single most important thing that will sell your book. Sure, your book is very well written but if people do not know about it, its not worth much. Therefore, I am thrilled that fellow author and dear friend Darian Wilk, whose debut book broke the top 100 Amazon chart too, is here to share some of the precious gems. If I were you, I would give full attention because advice from the experienced is the best! :)   Oh and btw, please do not miss her latest romance novel, Reinventing Clare!   Over to you Darian! For any published author, either self or traditionally, marketing your work is not only an essential part of your books success – but probably one of the most intimidating tasks we face.  I am no expert on the matter, nor do I claim to be one.  But I’ve had my share of successes; including being a top 100 on Amazon contender a few times, and roughly doubling the typical first year sales of an Indie author.  Not bad fo

Yay!! I know I am so selfish. After a month or more of writing nothing, I am writing again to announce my book release. Wee...seriously so selfish! But my dear friends, I promise I have been a good, hard working girl to ensure that this book reaches this day. After an year of finishing the book, two publication houses and one fabulous journey to publication, I could finally face this day with pride. My small, little book Always You , a story of love, prejudice and forgiveness saw the light of the day. It has a very funny story behind it. It took me 4 Harlequin Mills & Boon books over a long weekend to motivate me to write it. I was so inspired after all the estrogen-filled books, that I knew I had to write one. I wrote one but never thought will publish it. After all, its romance and it has steamy scenes! What if my mom reads it? :O Well, she did and she did not faint. :p Today after a month long blog tour already where so many wonderful, dedicated book bloggers took the tim

Today I welcome a Laura Vosika, author of the Blue Bells Triology. If you are interested in historical tales, that too set in the magical Scotland, and time travel then you are in for a treat! This book has caught readers unawares. Some readers have found this book better than the Outlander series! If you want to see more of what readers think about this book, click here.  I am honored to have her with us today. So, here we go with our questions!  Hello Laura! Tell us something about your new Blue Bells Triology. Blue Bells of Scotland is a story of mistaken identity, time travel, and medieval adventures.  It's the story of two men, polar opposites but for their looks and love of music, who switch places in time.  Shawn, a self-centered musical phenomenon of the twenty-first century, finds the fate of medieval Scotland on his irresponsible, womanizing shoulders, while the devout medieval Highland warrior, Niall, finds himself caught in the roiled waters of Shawn's life

Ever felt a book was bad? Why do you think it was bad? It had spelling errors. It had grammatical errors. The characters acted weird all of a sudden. The plot had holes. The story jumped its way to the end.  The location/profession/etc. was absolutely nonsensical.  A few of the many reasons why readers shun a book, and finally an author.  If you want your book to sell well, remembering this one thing would help you write better: My Readers Are Not Stupid. They Pay For My Book Because They Think It's Worth It.  Prove it.  Make full use of the spell & grammar checker. Hire a professional proofreader/editor. Talk to your characters. Make them real with real reactions. Get your book beta-read to identify plot holes that you might have missed.  Do your research. Talk to people. Don't just google. Last but not the least, revise it as many times as possible till it has the same quality that your favorite book has. Because your r