Hello friends and fans!
Welcome to my 38th newsletter – February 2020!
Pet Peeve: Genre Fan Groups That Don’t Support Its Authors
14 Jan 2020 3 Comments
in Blog Tags: author, bias, Facebook groups, hypocrisy, indie author, marketing, pet peeves, unfairness
Imagine for a moment what it’s like being an indie author. It’s not that difficult I think – especially when put into the pretty harsh light of marketing. Basically when you’re indie, it means that if you don’t market yourself, you don’t get marketed at all. Social media plays a vital role in this self-promotion process, and especially (unfortunately), Facebook.
The unsocial media platform has groups – oodles of them – dedicated to fans of particular genres of writing. I doubt anyone has ever counted or taken stock of them all.
At first glance, all a writer needs to do is to join some of them – those that lend themselves to helping that writer market their work. It’s a great way to market your books if you’re an indie author – and there are many that do.
Unfortunately, it’s not always as simple as it could be.
Rant upcoming.
Another Round At The Crow Bar #37 January 2020
02 Jan 2020 Leave a comment
in News, newsletter Tags: About, Afrikaans, amwriting, author, communication, English, Fan Mail, fictionwriting, hate mail, horror, horrorfan, indie, interaction, lgbt heroes, news, newsletter, novels, poetry, recommendedreading, sci-fi, short fiction, writer, writerslife
…And Now, The Moment You’ve All Been Waiting For!
16 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
in Ads, News Tags: anticipation, audiobooks, author, christina engela, curiosity, ebooks, fictionwriting, indie, Moon Books Publishing, Panic - Horror In Space, something's coming, The Galaxii Series, The Quantum Series
(Drumroll and fanfare please) I’m proud and really excited to be able to tell you that the new paperback versions of my books will ALL shortly become available from Moon Books Publishing, starting with “Blachart – Galaxii Book 1” and “Static – Panic! Horror In Space #1“- in the brand new paperback format!
So far, the first two have already made it through to the sales page, and the rest should filter through in the next few hours!
All titles in all three of my sci-fi series Galaxii, Quantum and Panic! Horror In Space will be appearing in 6×9″ paperback AND audiobook formats soon on Amazon! EBook versions will continue to be available – and I’ll be keeping you updated on that front as things unfold!
I’d like to take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to Brandon Mullins of Moon Books Publishing! It’s not often you meet a publisher – albeit a small press – who is so accommodating towards the writer’s creative instincts! Thank you!
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You can find out more about Christina Engela and her books at ChristinaEngela.com
Are You Ready?
15 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
in Ads, News Tags: anticipation, author, christina engela, curiosity, fictionwriting, indie, something's coming
Are you ready? It’s coming very soon!
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You can find out more about Christina Engela and her books at ChristinaEngela.com
…Soon.
14 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
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The answer is up there.
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You can find out more about Christina Engela and her books at ChristinaEngela.com
The Answer Is Up There
13 Dec 2019 Leave a comment
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Something’s coming…. can you feel it? Look… …up! The answer is up there.
Want to know what it is?
…Keep watching!
You can find out more about Christina Engela and her books at ChristinaEngela.com
