Rob Parnell's Writing Academy Blog

A commercially oriented author cares about his or her readers. An aspiring author, therefore, must take great care over his or her blogs, tweets, media posts and, indeed, all online correspondence, including personal emails. Plus, your online persona must reflect the kind of author you're going to be. When composing any kind of online message, make sure you ask yourself,  Am I being professional?   Your Social Networking Strategy As an online author, your first job is to build a basic fan base. This will not represent everyone who will eventually buy your book - but you will need at least a small following to kick-start your sales on  Amazon. I recommend that you spend at least six months to a year building a list of targeted subscribers before you release your first  Kindle  book. Or, if you've already released one or two and you're not seeing the results you want, you should take time out (say two or three months) to build your list and make th

Dear Fellow Writer, Thank you for making this a fun and memorable week for me. The Easy Way to Get Rich  reached #1 and was sitting alongside Anthony Robbins, Steve Harvey and  The Four Agreements  in the self-help chart for a few days. That made me feel all gooey inside - to be on the same page as the  giants  was most humbling. Not only that, you were kind enough to get  Purge  - my new thriller - into the Crime Fiction chart too. Actually  above  Lee Child for a couple of days! Now,  along with the two five-star reviews so far,   that's truly amazing. Keep writing! Rob@easywaytowrite.com Understanding Amazon Before you begin your next novel you  must  conduct some crucial research.  Go to  Amazon  and deliberately study the bestselling books and their categories. Do this before you make a final decision about your genre, plot, even your characters. Whilst researching  Amazon  book pages, you need to take careful note of the following four elements:         

Drum roll please - I have released a new Kindle book this morning. I don't know how but it's already started selling... perhaps because it's  less than a dollar! It's here: (Click on the picture to access.) If there's no picture click on this link:  http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00QK6E7GG As with all my new books, this one is available to you, my dear subscriber, for just 99 cents (US) - but only for a short while. Get in QUICK! Keep writing!   Rob@easywaytowrite.com The Easy Way to Get Rich I read the other day that two thirds of American workers qualify for food stamps and can't afford quality housing or healthcare. That's a pretty sad state of affairs. The recent - and seemingly ongoing - crashes to the Western economy are biting hard. More people are poor these days than ever before.   This situation has to stop. There has to be a better way. Do you seriously want to be rich?  Of course you do. Don't we all? But do you want to know the e