Why Going Free With KDP Select Was Valuable For Me

July 22, 2012
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Almost a month ago I published my first work of fiction “I Love Hip Hop” on the Kindle market place. Since then sales have been slow and I have found it very difficult to come up with an effective marketing strategy. I’m not the type to queue up ten Tweets per day urging people to [...]

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I Love Hip Hop: The Fact Sheet

July 7, 2012
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If you follow my activity closely, then you know that a week ago I published my first ebook “I Love Hip Hop” I’m aware that there may be people who are unsure or unaware of the concept I went for. So in this blog post I plan to summarise exactly what I Love Hip Hop [...]

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Why I Love Battle Rap

April 14, 2012
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I’ve always loved Hip Hop, it was just the culture I latched myself onto when I was growing up and it’s never left me. Hip Hop is a part of who I am, and even though I’m not too fond of some of the newer trends in the Hip Hop genre of music I continue [...]

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1st Draft Finished

April 8, 2012

1st Draft Finished I finally finished the first draft of my book April 5th at 2:57am. It’s been a struggle to try and finish it but now I finally have the whole book typed up and now I need to begin the editing phase which may last a little while longer. At this point I [...]

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d’artiste Fashion Design Book Review

January 23, 2012
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d’artiste Fashion Design is the latest Ballistic Publishing offering, and offers many techniques from a few critically acclaimed artists. The main focus of this book is of course fashion design, but more specifically it demonstrates how to add outstanding fashions to your character designs. As always, flicking through this book made me realize just how [...]

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Slacking?

January 13, 2012
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Wow! It’s been a while since I made an entry on this blog. Which is unacceptable because I’ve been blogging galore on my other sites The Koalition and The Epic Network. I suppose the honest reason for my lack of blogging here has been the fact I have been slacking with my 1st draft. I [...]

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Apple Mastermind Steve Jobs Dies At 56 Years Of Age

October 6, 2011
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I’m currently shocked by this news and kind of speechless. It’s so crazy how this happens the day after the iPhone 4S announcement. This man was undeniably a mastermind, revolutionizing the way we access various forms of media today.. I would like to say R.I.P to Steve Jobs and send my condolences to his family [...]

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Emphasis On Body Language In Fictional Writing

September 20, 2011
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I have just finished a very emotional chapter in the first draft of my unannounced (fiction) book project. I have been reading over previous chapters and I notice how much emphasis I have put on body language. I believe this is important to correctly detail a characters personality, and what they are both thinking and [...]

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Author Interviews: Roz Morris – Author of My Memories of a Future Life

September 10, 2011
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Roz Morris is author of Nail Your Novel, which has been a great help in the writing process of my first book. After hearing of the release of her own novel My Memories of a Future Life I decided I wanted to do my part in helping to promote the book, whilst also learning more [...]

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TerribleMinds 100 Word Flash Fiction Challenge (Revenge)

September 6, 2011
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Here is my entry for the TerribleMinds 100 word flash fiction challenge. We were asked to write a 100 word story about revenge. It’s not an easy thing to do with just 100 words to play with but I tried. The name of this is Secret Enhancements. —– Steve Figuroe had only a year left [...]

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The Progress of My Book Project

August 29, 2011
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I have yet to make an official announcement on what my first book project actually is, but don’t worry I will make one as soon as I complete my first draft. If you would like to check in on my progress of my 1st draft so far then I have added a nice little widget [...]

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