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Happy Holidays!
I hope 2025 has been magical and that 2026 will be even better.
MotAE, a Free Ebook, and a Black Friday
First a quick Cyber Monday Announcement. All beehiiv annual plans are 20% off today!
On to other things. Sometimes we learn important lessons about ourselves. This November, I learned that I cannot “pants” the first draft of a novel. I can write a couple of scenes, but sustained output requires a plan. Pippa’s story progressed much less than I hoped.
So I gave myself permission to change tracks. My day job is in digital marketing, and I’ve spent the last several years obsessively researching book marketing in between paid work and passion projects. Fellow authors can benefit from my obsessive behavior. I wrote a short FREE ebook: 10 Quick Wins To Market Your Book. More details below.
Look out for MotAE on Amazon in early 2026. I’ll keep you updated on the details.
And Pippa, I’m coming back to you this December. We’ll spend our time with devious plotting and world-building and start writing in earnest in the new year.
FREE Book Marketing Ebook
beehiiv recently added a new feature to the platform — the ability to sell digital products. Check out my new page with book marketing templates and tips.
10 Quick Wins To Market Your Book
Download your FREE guide to book marketing and learn where to concentrate your time and effort. You’ll get 10 (also free) things you can do to sell more books.
Learn how to:
Optimize your Amazon listing and Goodreads profile
Network with fellow authors to cross-promote
Create an email list for your fans
And much more!
Writerly Wisdom
“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
Book Giveaways
Neuracode by Kris Ruhler
QUINN wants nothing more than to live a normal life after being rescued from the New Realm station. But then he and his eccentric friend Hana encounter Cass.
Normal is no longer an option. And with their most ambitious job on the horizon, the stakes are higher than ever. They’ll need to pull out all the stops—their lives depend on it.
Neuracode: Part I is the first half of the prequel to Project Juniper, a thrilling YA/NA cyberpunk series.
Reading Recommendation
Because good books deserve to be shared.
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
I read this book shortly after it came out and loved it. And then I waited…and waited…for the sequel…
Which now has a release date in May 2026!
But first you’ll want to read the original. It’s an amazing story about collateral damage, office politics, data science, and superheroes.
“Anna, we’re the bad guys.”
“That doesn’t mean we’re inconsiderate dicks.”
“The Boys meets My Year of Rest and Relaxation in this smart, imaginative, and evocative novel of love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption, told with razor-sharp wit and affection, in which a young woman
discovers the greatest superpower—for good or ill—is a properly executed
spreadsheet.”
Merch for Bookworms and Steampunk Stylists
Wine Tumbler - Women Writers Print
The secret to a long and happy life: wine and good books. ($25)
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