by gatlin | Feb 2, 2015 | Mail Bag
Hi JC, Have you ever written a bad review for someone’s book? I only write reviews on books I like and say nothing if I don’t like it. However I think I just finished the worst book ever written. I started to put it down several times but couldn’t. It was like...
by gatlin | Jan 26, 2015 | Mail Bag, Social Media Sites
Hi JC, One of my goals this year is to start a website – I just purchased my domain name on a whim, but… now what? I thought by purchasing my own domain I could just hook it up to a FREE online website builder software, but when I Googled the top ones...
by gatlin | Nov 24, 2014 | Mail Bag
Hey JC, How does this sound for a kick ass opening sentence for my book: “The terrified onlookers huddled together beyond the outlying perimeter fence and looked up at the treacherous military drones pointed down at them, operated by a government that was now...
by gatlin | Nov 17, 2014 | Mail Bag
Dear Mr. Gatlin, I conducted a very unscientific poll . . . however, I have a manuscript which is over 90,000 words and nowhere near its conclusion. What kind of experience in selling/marketing should I expect with a 150,000 word ebook? According to my poll, shorter...
by gatlin | Nov 10, 2014 | Author Platform
Hey JC, I read your post about Seven Archetypes to Create a ViIlain and I want to ask you a question. One of my antagonists is not quite out there evil, unlike a lot of antagonists in books where you know right off they’re evil (e.g. Cruella de Vil. Darth Vader....