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Lloyd Lofthouse

Mar 16, 2013

Great editors may be worth their weight in antimatter

New York Times best-selling, self-published author Hugh Howey says, “Invest in your book with editing and great cover art.”
Lloyd Lofthouse

Feb 17, 2013

East Bay Area Author Event, March 2nd, 2013

Fifteen published authors will be talking throughout the day about the subject of their books, about their works, and about the process of writing and getting published.
Lloyd Lofthouse

Jan 22, 2013

In Defense of Authors Perceived as Behaving Badly – Part 3/3

How do you earn reviews from reputable sources?
Lloyd Lofthouse

Jan 21, 2013

In Defense of Authors Perceived as Behaving Badly – Part 2/3

“If the conversation is going on and you are not part of it, it is more than likely that you will be painted inaccurately.”
Lloyd Lofthouse

Jan 20, 2013

In Defense of Authors Perceived as Behaving Badly – Part 1/3

It may be the duty of an author to defend his or her work against negative reviews.
Lloyd Lofthouse

Jan 5, 2013

How to Rate the Reliability-Odds of an Amazon Book Reviewer

How reliable are Amazon book reviewers, and how can you discover the answer?
Lloyd Lofthouse

Dec 12, 2012

The Next Best Thing, an authors’ Blog Hop

Authors usually have to promote his or her work to find readers, and all I knew about authors Blog Hopping is that it’s sort of like a chain letter where participants answer questions and/or write posts on his or her Blog linked to other authors taking part …
Lloyd Lofthouse

Oct 17, 2012

Sexiest Woman Alive – Really?

I often see women that beat Mila Kunis as the sexiest woman alive.
Lloyd Lofthouse

Aug 29, 2012

Authors Finding Readers – Part 1/4

This belief is the same as tying fifty-pounds of iron to an infant then throwing the three-month-old child in the ocean expecting him to swim ten-miles to shore.
Lloyd Lofthouse

Jul 31, 2012

Ten-Thousand Dreams

By the end of 2008 (my first year as an indie author), My Splendid Concubine had sold 221 copies so I FAILED to reach my first goal by 279 books that no one bought.

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