Michael Andre McPherson

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PublishingShort StoriesTechnology

Amazon Caught Me Gaming the System

July 14, 2015 August 6, 2015
EditingWriting

Bad Plots and Scary Fish

June 4, 2015 August 6, 2015
Book BloggersWriting

Author Interviews Blog interviews Michal Andre McPherson (me)

April 10, 2015 April 10, 2015
Generation ApocalypseHeretics FallPromotion

Finally: Launch, Launch, and Oh Yeah, Launch

December 19, 2014 March 2, 2015
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The Satisfaction of Print

October 17, 2014 February 24, 2015
Authors to WatchIndie PublishingSelf Publishing

What I Learned About Kobo Writing Life

September 18, 2014 February 24, 2015
PromotionScams

Promotional Bombs to be Avoided

June 4, 2014 January 20, 2025 Michael Andre McPherson

I confess that one of the ways I’m a bad marketer is that I’m a lurker. I read the posts on the Goodreads apocalypse lists or Kindle Boards with fascination, but I rarely comment. I always feel like I’ve arrived too late to the conversation and that everything that can be said has been said. Then the thread goes for another two hundred comments. Apparently there was more to talk about.

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EditingHeretics Fall

Lost My Editor

June 2, 2014 March 4, 2015 Michael Andre McPherson

I'm finally finished the fourth draft of Heretics Fall, book three of the 1000 Souls, but I've hit a snag:

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Promotion

Social Marketing Advice

April 15, 2014 March 4, 2015 Michael Andre McPherson

At the Ad-Astra SFCon, I was surprised to meet a couple of talented authors who didn't know much about Twitter,

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Binge Reading

April 10, 2014 January 20, 2025 Michael Andre McPherson

It's made the viral rounds, been shared on Facebook and Twitter, yet Kevin Spacey's observations during his keynote address at

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Giving It Away for Free

March 31, 2014 March 3, 2015 Michael Andre McPherson

Authors should be paid for their writing, just like musicians should be paid for their songs, but it's a crazy

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How I Know the Novel is Finished

March 29, 2014 March 31, 2020 Michael Andre McPherson

It's a weird thing because music and my writing are very closely bound. When I write a story, I need

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The Self-Publishing Bar is Going Up: A look at 2014

March 19, 2014 March 3, 2015 Michael Andre McPherson

I've watched with fascination over the last four years as self-publishing changes. In the early days (2010), when many authors

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Becoming a Curator of Content

March 11, 2014 March 4, 2015 Michael Andre McPherson

Blogs live and die on content, and I admit mine has been pretty dead. The challenge is that I like

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Print is Dead: Harold Ramis in 1984

February 27, 2014 March 3, 2015 Michael Andre McPherson

Got to love the guy. He'll be missed. A video to make you smile.

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James Patterson’s Attempt to Stop Change

February 24, 2014 March 3, 2015 Michael Andre McPherson

I don't necessarily believe that all change is good even though that's the fashion these days. We're all supposed to

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