HERE IT IS! The cover reveal for my new novel of time travel, love, loss, and what comes after. George St. James, the magical tour guide from my first novel, The Renaissance Club, discovered his time travel gift when he was a teenager. He found love, and learned he had a target on his back.
With a new novel coming out soon, I’m thinking about themes, titles, and cover art. Self-publishing requires the author to wear a lot of different hats. Fortunately, I like hats. Themes The Time Gatherer is the story of a young man with an unexpected genetic gift, the ability to part the folds of time, and what he decides to do with it. Rock-and-roll, genetics, and a shadowy secret society all play a part, as does…
Ideas for new novels seem to fall into my mind at the worst moments. In the middle of a meeting or phone call, falling asleep, watching television with my husband. He doesn’t love it when I suddenly stop paying attention to our murder mystery show and begin typing.
Creating Your Author Business Plan Plan out yours steps for launching and advertising your new book. Phase it on a calendar of events for launch week and month, post-launch month, sustaining sales, discounts and giveaways. If you plan specific promotional efforts, you can calculate cost and project returns on your investment. Include a budget for each phase and each advertising platform you intend to use (Facebook, BookBub, Amazon, Pinterest, etc.). Budget for education: books, courses,…
Deciding to self-publish fiction is full of thorny questions. I’ve asked myself tough questions at every stage of creating a novel. Now I ask these thorny questions as early as developing a concept for a new story. These are discussions you might have with your agent if you traditionally publish. As an indie, you have to force yourself to consider how the market will receive what you want to write. It’s all about analyzing genres…
Self-publishing is a vast subject, but I’ve narrowed down my thoughts to self-publishing for writers of women’s fiction. That’s what I know, and there isn’t a lot written about it. This is Part 2 of my blog series “Self-Publishing for Heroines”
Writing will keep you alive, but publishing will break your heart. Let me tell you why you have to learn to endure, as any good heroine must. How to self-publish like a heroine.
Women’s Fiction Day is a day to celebrate stories, authors, readers, bookstores, and fans of women’s fiction. Women’s Fiction Writers Association. the founder of this international day, is offering a “Literary Treasure Hunt” — a BIG GIVEAWAY. I’m celebrating with a GIVEAWAY of my book to five readers. Email me at racheldacus@gmail.com if you’d like a free e-book of The Invisibles. The first five people will win a copy. A reader called this story of…
I love time travel novels that focus on love and mystery. Do you need a good read that lets you escape — lifting you out of your worries or concerns. Want to escape for a few evenings that’s romantic, adventurous, and emotionally satisfying? I know I need such stories right now. Here are three books I’ve read that combine all those elements — with a Youtube link to a song for each book!
How to write through a pandemic? My every-damn-day-writing habit, cultivated during National Novel Writing Month three years ago, that’s how I’m doing it. Yes, I have days when my head is full of clouds rather than words. And then I have mornings when the light coming through my East-facing window seems to waft golden ideas into my head and out through my tapping fingers. Or even more likely, when I’m in the shower and a…