
ON SUBSTACK. Marketing consultant, author of 8 books; 3 just for writers aka @RachelintheOC | Founder #MondayBlogs https://xitter.cf/t.co/yHk9n6AEFt
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ALT #MondayBlogs 8 Writing and Publishing Lessons I Learned From Writing 8 Books | by @BadRedheadMedia https://geni.us/8Lessons What eight books taught me about fear, rejection, marketing, and the writing life...so far. I've written eight books as of this date: self-pub’d, hybrid, had an agent, directed a hybrid imprint, worked with two small boutique publishers, and have owned my own book marketing biz since 2011. I work in the industry. You’d think I’d understand how publishing works by now. And I do, mostly. Yet every time I publish a book, some ridiculous, hopeful little part of me still thinks: Maybe this is the one everyone will chitchat about at work. Maybe I can just eat bonbons and hope my book sells millions. Maybe readers will magically find it cause that always happens…

ALT 🔴 Badass and Broken or Formidable Survivor https://buff.ly/3tRPybO by @JHermanKleiger @JamesHKleiger via @Substack (free) My new book, Pareidolia. Illusions, Deceptions & Murder, will be released soon. I’m excited to reveal the cover! Please stay tuned for the exciting rollout and giveaways. For an understanding of the cool word Pareidolia, check out my July 2025 newsletter on the phenomenon: https://jhermankleiger.substack.com/p/what-makes-your-mind-see-faces-everywhere

ALT 🍂 NEW: 10 Practical Ways to Save Your Book From Failing Sales by @BadRedheadMedia via @Substack https://geni.us/MarketingFreeAndPaid Your book isn’t selling. Before you decide you need to spend $2,000 on ads, redesign your entire website, dance on TikTok, start a podcast, make seventeen Reels, or fire your cover designer, stop. Poor sales are data. Something isn’t connecting between your book and the people who might want to read it. The question is where.

ALT 📕 Why Parental Alienation Hurts: 10 Lessons I Learned the Hard Way by @ScottStocktonAuthor via @Substack (free) https://scottstocktonauthor.substack.com/p/why-parental-alienation-hurts-10 My book is now available, and I wrote it to share my lived experience with parental alienation over decades: the agony, the hardship, the nuance, and the spiritual transformation. These are ten things I learned along the way… 1. I struggled to find a book that reflected my lived experience with PA...

ALT 🗃️ The Past is Never Dead. It’s Not Even Past; It’s Locked in a Box https://www.sheilasharpe.com/post/the-past-is-never-dead-it-s-not-even-past-it-s-locked-in-a-box by "William Faulkner" and @SheilaSharpe Locked in a Box is my first novel, though it's the second in the Kate O’Dade art crime series. It is the prequel to Artist, Lover, Forger, Thief (2025), and I’m thrilled to see it on Amazon and finally out of my drawer, its long-hidden secrets and lies revealed to the world.

ALT via @RachelThompsonAuthor @RachelintheOC: I’ll be part of a reading panel tonight at @LucidWinery in Sacramento, hosted by @BarbaraCaver! Other authors include @JoellaAragon @JannaMarliesMaron @AnnStarbuck @KateWashington and @CarrieLea. If you’re in the area, it’s free to attend, and you get drink tickets! RSVP here: https://partiful.com/e/MHLIFEzp6MV2fTRB8ECO Huge thanks to Barbara for creating, hosting, and inviting us!

ALT 🍂 NEW: 10 Practical Ways to Save Your Book From Failing Sales by @BadRedheadMedia via @Substack https://geni.us/MarketingFreeAndPaid Your book isn’t selling. Before you decide you need to spend $2,000 on ads, redesign your entire website, dance on TikTok, start a podcast, make seventeen Reels, or fire your cover designer, stop. Poor sales are data. Something isn’t connecting between your book and the people who might want to read it. The question is where.

ALT 📕 My book, 𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨: 𝘼 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙚𝙢𝙨, many years in the making, is now available! https://geni.us/PaintingYouWithWords by @ChrisWoodAuthor @ChrisWoodRocks What begins as a serendipitous reconnection between two friends becomes a vivid exploration of deep love. These poems trace the rhythm of a shared life, from the spark of first attraction to the quiet comfort of "always and forever."

ALT 🔵 NEW: The Incredible Coincidence That Proved It's a Small World After All by @ItWorkedForMeBook by Jeff Burgess https://jeffburgessauthor.com/2026/10/16/its-a-small-world-after-all/ It sure is interesting how long you know someone before you realize how long you really knew someone. What a small world.

ALT 🎉 Happy Book Birthday! 🎂 NO PERFECT CHOICE, a novel by Lillian Méndez-Soto @lillianacubana https://geni.us/NoPerfectChoice When the law decides your fate, survival becomes an act of defiance. After a heart attack lands Alina Rodriguez in a Texas ER, she receives a second, unthinkable diagnosis: a non-viable, life-threatening pregnancy. With doctors unwilling to treat her, the clock ticks, and Ali is forced into a desperate search for care in a system where her life comes second. #BookBirthday

ALT 📕 Why Parental Alienation Hurts: 10 Lessons I Learned the Hard Way by @ScottStocktonAuthor via @Substack (free) https://scottstocktonauthor.substack.com/p/why-parental-alienation-hurts-10 My book is now available, and I wrote it to share my lived experience with parental alienation over decades: the agony, the hardship, the nuance, and the spiritual transformation. These are ten things I learned along the way… 1. I struggled to find a book that reflected my lived experience with PA...

ALT Are you a Barbara Delinsky fan, like me? Well, she's retired from writing, but is sharing her other love, her gorgeous flower photography, on her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barbara.delinsky Please give her a follow there. She mixes in book posts, too (for you die-hard fans). #BarbaraDelinsky #FlowerPhotography #BookLovers #FlowerArt #PhotographyLovers #AuthorLife #FloralPhotography #BookCommunity #NaturePhotography #FlowerPower


