Geek to Author is exactly what it means, a career Geek (me) taking a journey to being an Author, a writer, a creator of something meaningful that will last. There are many sites out there on the Internet on how to take charge, make yourself marketable, how to generate traffic to your blog(s), but rarely do you find anyone that details these words of wisdom in actual practice outside those advise sites.



Geek to Author is going to do that. Document what I do, what I…

Q1: Thanks for participating in our Authors.com Spotlight Interview series Sarah! Please introduce yourself and your book to help our readers get to know you.

A:  My name is Sarah Williams and I’m the author of Captive.  I’m originally from Wiltshire in England but currently live in the Illawarra region of Australia.  As well as writing I love to read and also…

I have heard it is wise to create backlinks to your work!  Anyone have experience in this area?  Thoughts?

Q1: Thanks for participating in our Authors.com Spotlight Interview series Lisa! Please introduce yourself and your book to help our readers get to know you.

A: I am Lisa Day. I hail from the southern part of the USA. and have begun to write under that name for Rebel Ink Press.…

In the middle of all these heavy topics about writing scenes, characters, conflicts and so on, it is easy to lose sight of the basics. This is about as basic as I can get: writing is like shooting free throws. Really. (March Madness is in the air…)

Q1: Thanks for participating in our Authors.com Spotlight Interview series Monua! Please introduce yourself and your book to help our readers get to know you.

A: My name is Monua (pronounced Monya) Cary, and I am the co-author of The Accountability Project: Get The @#$! Out of the Box. I'm also a two time Hall of Fame Martial Artist, business owner and grandma. In other words I'm a busy chick with "skills".

Q2: Please explain how you…

A Novel Approach: Number 15: Scenes — Writing an Impression

Q1: Thanks for participating in our Authors.com Spotlight Interview series Catherine! Please introduce yourself and your book to help our readers get to know you. 

A: My name is Catherine Green (real name!), and my debut novel is Love Hurts. It's a paranormal romance about a human businesswoman who falls in love with a vampire and his identical twin werewolf brother. Set in coastal Cornwall, UK, it is wild, rugged and romantic with just the…

OK, the title of this post is perhaps a little silly and I am stating the obvious. There cannot be a writer out there who does not love books, but I am open to comments if you can prove me wrong. Anyway, my point is that I love books. I have always loved books. As a child, my mother taught me to read, and would take me to our local library every Saturday morning. I would step into that small one storey building full of excitement and happiness, and spend a few hours searching the shelves in…

About a week ago I woke up one morning feeling a mild sense of panic when I realised that once I finish editing Love Kills and send it off to the publisher, I will then need to start writing the third Redcliffe book. At the time it was only a vague idea in my head, sort of following on from the latest instalment that I just wrote. Determined not to be perturbed, I put the panic out of my mind and sent out a silent plea to my muse.

After lunch I finally dragged myself away…

I have just finished writing an intense cliffhanger of an ending to my second Redcliffe novel Love Kills. It was amazing! Having finished editing a separate manuscript, I was thinking about what needed to be done on my current WIP. I had written the first draft of Love Kills, but was unhappy with the way I had finished it. There had to be more.

Well it seems that my muse agreed, and all day today, while doing my menial household chores, the story has unfolded…

Just thought I'd share the good news with anyone interested...

First-time author Richard Shaw - who recently submitted the manuscript for his weight-loss book to our website publishmybookonkindle.com - has quickly overtaken the likes of Dr Atkins and Paul…

It has been a very merry Christmas in the Green household this year. We celebrated my daughter’s first Christmas, and she was thoroughly spoiled by the whole family. In fact, we had to open her presents in three different houses! I do love having a large and close-knit family. We may not live so close to each other any more, but we certainly make the most of the holidays.

Anyway, my wish was for some money…

Next stop with and Author interview, winners of round one cover art contest announced. Round two of the Cover art contest begins. Vote to win and much more...

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November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo to everybody involved or aware of it.  This is an international competition, which has no prizes and no entry fees.  Participants are simply expected to write a novel with a word total of 50,000 during the month.  It is a wonderfully simple way of motivating yourself to finally write that story that has been festering in your head for all these months or years.

I have entered this competition.  Having published my debut…

When I was in college, I worked behind the front desk of a major hotel. Directly across the lobby was the hotel bar, a small, dark lounge with the bar counter on the opposite side and a stage at one end. George Thorogood, when he stayed at the hotel, would sit at the far end of the counter, next to the stage. 

Connie, the bartender, once told me that her job was to…