Author: meltaylor

  • Sharing the adventure.

    I heard the advice today on the The Self Publishing Podcast from marketing expert Tim Grahl that writing is an adventure, and when you blog, you should share the adventure. […]

  • Starting the new year.

    Cuz last year sucked. So hard. To start 2015 off, my husband and I were broke. We were making better money than we had in a long time, but because […]

  • Pricing, value, and funnels.

    So this post has only a bit to do with self-publishing novels, and more to do with pricing as an entrepreneur — or, I suppose, that has plenty to do […]

  • Been gone awhile.

    Sorry about that. I’ve been rather busy. I’ve decided that while writing is still my main passion in life, being self-employed is a big deal. So I started a small […]

  • The relationship.

    As a writer, I get handed a lot of books by random people. Some of the books are by authors these people admire, some of them are self-written works, some […]

  • Branding.

    I met with my small business consultant today, and she and I discussed that illusive and bizarre creature, my brand. She suggested I come up with a handful of key […]

  • Off the map.

    I write urban fantasy, which means I write stories that generally take place in real cities that actually exist somewhere. I suppose I could make one up every now and […]

  • How to help people.

    I had a job interview a while ago for office assistant at a chiropractor’s office. I gushed during the interview about how much I enjoyed helping people, how my previous […]

  • The balance.

    After having gotten into self-publishing, I’ve seen a lot of people talking about getting into it, too, and read about a lot of their techniques and a lot of their […]

  • What I’ve learned about self-publishing so far:

    I think I may have missed the banana boat. Before I dove into this mad experiment, I did some research on who was self-publishing, how to do it myself, and […]

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