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Catching the Reader’s Eye: HTML Email

June 7, 2012 by Matthew Iden

When you’re ready to publish and are thinking about the free and easy-to-access methods of promoting yourself, a few options spring to mind: social media sites, your blog, and, of course, email.

In a strange way, however, email is the most cumbersome of the three. Out-of-the-box, the medium can be plain and un-compelling. Most standard email programs lack anything but basic print formatting and almost nothing in the way of graphic control or enhanced technologies. And without that, you’re sending your recipients the equivalent of a very forgettable piece of junk mail.

The solution is HTML email, a hybrid of web-based technologies and standard email services that allows you to format print and graphics to make compelling emails that encourage (and enable) people to act.

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Posted in: Helpful Software & Sites, Tips for eAuthors Tagged: email, epublishing, html email, marketing, promotion, self-publishing, writing

Telling Your Tale: A Beginner’s Guide to Novel Writing

June 5, 2012 by Matthew Iden

Click to buy on Amazon! Just 99 cents!

I’m thrilled to announce the publication of a side-project of mine, Telling Your Tale: A Beginner’s Guide to Novel Writing, available on this site through Oronjo.com (all formats supported, see below) and Amazon.com for the Kindle.

I was inspired to write my first e-article after reading a great post on fantasy author Lindsay Burocker’s blog. Subsequently, I read e-article guru Kate Harper’s amazing guest blog, bought her $.99 e-article on writing e-articles (how post-modern is that?), and then went for it on the thing I know the best: writing!

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Posted in: My Books & Titles, Tips for eAuthors Tagged: amazon, books, concise guide, craft, ebook, epublishing, fantasy author, guide, kate harper, Kindle, literature, novel, self-publishing, writers, writing, writing your first novel

Keeping Things Straight With Evernote

June 1, 2012 by Matthew Iden

You wouldn’t think there’d be a new twist in the work-flow/word processing/information-management software arena, but I’m happy to report that Evernote (www.evernote.com) is a new, useful, and fun departure from all of the tired applications you’ve seen over the years…and best of all, it’s free.

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Posted in: Helpful Software & Sites, Tips for eAuthors Tagged: application, author, ebook, evernote, free, Kindle, self-publishing, writing

My debut crime fiction novel, A Reason to Live, is live! (+ a special offer)

May 29, 2012 by Matthew Iden

Click to buy on Amazon for just $4.99!

I’m incredibly excited to announce that my debut crime fiction novel, A Reason to Live, is out and available both for the Kindle and in print from Createspace and Amazon!

Read the synopsis at the end of this post to learn more about the story. But be sure to check out the special offer for blog subscribers and friends!

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Posted in: My Books & Titles, The Journey Tagged: A Reason to Live, amazon, crime, crime fiction, debut, ebook, Kindle, Marty Singer, Matthew Iden, mystery, novel, self-publishing, suspense, thriller, writing

A Novel’s Journey: A Reason to Live

April 27, 2012 by Matthew Iden

Almost four years ago, an idea for a crime fiction series wriggled its way into my subconscious. Although I’ve always enjoyed reading Parker, Child, and Crais, I was hankering to write about someone who wasn’t always right, wasn’t indestructible, and had flaws and problems that weren’t of his own making…but had to be solved anyway.

The protagonist I started noodling with became retired Washington DC homicide detective Marty Singer and his first novel, A Reason to Live, is so close to done I can taste it. Final edits are done and only the formatting and launch remain.

I thought this might be a good time to recount where it all started.

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Posted in: My Books & Titles, The Journey Tagged: agents, Alison Dasho, Bouchercon, chris roerden, David Gaughran, ebook, epublishing, Joe Konrath, Julia Spencer Fleming, literary agents, New England Crime Bake, publishing, self-publishing, Sisters in Crime, writing
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