Welcome to the Webbiegrrl Blizzard

Welcome to Webbiegrrl's Writings. I'm an Indie Author and Publisher writing Romantic Suspense under my real name (Sarah R. Yoffa) and using a pen name to publish Science Fiction Thrillers and Romantic SF. I've previously worked in several business industries spanning aerospace, DoD contracting and IT management. I've run my own web business and I've consulted on marketing and business management. I'm working on translating all of this real-world business experience to my activities in the Indie Publishing industry. If you'd like, you can subscribe to this blog on your Kindle, it's free for the first 14 days and then only 99c a month thereafter (Amazon sets the price, not me). Here's what you'll get.

Each week I'll deliver marketing tips on being an Indie Publisher and on the writing activity in general. I'll use my prior work experiences and (once I have some books out there) my own Indie Publishing knowledge (my first Romantic Suspense novel will be released in 2012).

I did publish a Jewish Inspirational / Romantic Comedy (Dicky's Story) in 2011 and have been using it as a learning vehicle. Dicky's Story was a real learning experience for me from committing to a schedule--and meeting it (edited one chapter a week for 20 weeks)--to promoting the book via Twitter, Goodreads and Facebook. I've learned a lot about which methods work and which don't--not to mention how a giveaway can succeed or fail.

Most of my marketing experience comes from non-book industry businesses, but it's really not all that different to sell books than it was selling widgets. For instance, I've been "translating" the 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing from widget-selling to book-selling and will be releasing an edited version of that series as an eBook in February 2012.

In addition to snowing down tips and tricks on marketing for my fellow Indie Authors, I'll try to have some treats for readers in 2012. Last year, I ran a successful and popular Freebie Friday feature where I showcased 3 or more  authors a week. The idea was to get new authors some new readers and get voracious readers free reads. That feature was very popular but it took me a significant amount of time and effort so I had to cancel it in order to focus on my own publishing schedule. I'll try to figure out a way to get some free giveaways for readers here again without committing to such a time-intensive promotional activity. If you have a request, let me know!

If you're an Indie Author, and want to be featured or give something of your own away here, please contact me. The #1 best way to reach me is @webbiegrrl on Twitter. You can also leave a comment on the Webbiegrrl Writer Facebook Fan Page.

The blog publishing schedule is as follows, posts appearing no later than 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET/USA). This post will always be on top. Just scroll down to read the newest entries in reverse order (bottom-up).

Monday Marketing Marketing tips, trends, techniques from my years as a web developer and for the book-selling industry in particular.



Tuesday Tips Tips and tricks for the "how-to" of writing & editing, at least the way I do it, as well as reviews and dicussions of tools (or eToys) I find interesting.



Weekend Could be anything. Tune in for #SciFiSaturday or #SampleSunday to see what's up this weekend.

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