SFF Net Shutdown
The big news for me this past week is that I had to move my website. This turned into quite an intensive project because I’d neglected it […]
Articles by Lucy A. Snyder
On Alpha Males
If you have been writing mostly horror but are interested in branching out into urban fantasy or paranormal romance, there are some genre conventions to keep in […]
The Gen Con Writer’s Symposium
Gen Con is first and foremost a gaming convention. It is a massive gaming convention. It completely fills the 700,000+ square feet of the Indiana […]
A Guide to Binge Writing
As I’ve noted before, I am not a slow and steady author. My life would probably be a bit simpler if I were. I see […]
On Urban Fantasy
On several occasions, I’ve heard readers bemoaning the comparatively small number of horror novels being released by major publishers. But the horror is out there; […]
Friends For Your Fiction
Very few writers are at a place in their craft and career where they can write in complete isolation, finish a story, send it off […]
Sprinting For The Deadline
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. – Douglas Adams “C’mon, pencil! Make words!” – SpongeBob SquarePants Many […]
Convention Writing Workshop Tracks
Right now, I’m in the process of putting together the writing workshop track for Context 23. The convention has grown considerably in the past four […]
Exploring Amazon Rankings
Some of you may be unfamiliar with Amazon.com rankings. Amazon and Barnes & Noble both rank books according to relative sales position. The book ranked […]
Shy Writers and Crunchy Numbers: An Author’s Introduction to Advertising
The most basic purpose of book promotion is to let people know that your book exists, why they might want to pick up a copy, […]
An Author’s Introduction to Advertising – Part 2
Some people hate advertising in general and despise Web ads in particular. I can certainly sympathize; my inbox overfloweth with spam. I fondly remember the […]
More on successful book promotion
Just to recap, in my last post on this subject I detailed my first two suggestions for promoting your book: Write the best book you […]