NEW RELEASES AND BLOG TOURS

Courtesy of Canva Hi SEers! Denise here to talk about the next step after we celebrate a release—or a blog tour.  All the formatting, editing, and your book cover done? The release date has been set, and soon everyone gets to read your masterpiece. Whew! But there is one more thing I do that is …

Using Lists Within WordPress Reader

Hola, SEers. Not only is it Cinco de Mayo, but it’s also a Mae Day on Story Empire. I'm delighted  you’ve chosen to join me. If you’re a WordPress user, you’re probably familiar with Reader. Most of us follow an abundance of blogs, and it can be overwhelming keeping up with them. In the past, …

Blogging Breaks: The Good, Bad, and Ugly

Hi, SEers! You’re with Mae today for one of my Good/ Bad / Ugly posts. At the end of 2020, I took a two-month break from blogging. I’d only planned one—November, to participate in NaNoWriMo—but ended up with little time to spare in December. As lead coordinator on a physical move for the business that …

Engaging With Your Readers

Hey, SE Readers. Joan with you today. In my last post, I wrote about essentials for your author website. Today, let’s talk about engaging with your readers. We work hard to build our blog readership, which we hope will lead to people purchasing our books. There are no hard and fast rules, and you’re probably …

A Deeper Look at Reader Guides

Good morning to all the Story Empire readers, PH here today with a topic you may not have thought about but probably should. I've touched on this subject in posts about using your meta-content (story bible) for dual purposes, but I wanted to revisit the idea of reader guides and the variety of information that …