Why is Genre Important to Success?

Genre?

Panzer and I parked the Panzermobile over at the Passive Voice blog today. Panzer found a post there by David Baboulene about the importance of genre.

Now my bad boy knows all about genre. I mean, Panzer always says, "What is mystery without a cat?" Notice, he didn't say, what is a murder without a cat. Panzer helps solve bank robberies, burglaries, drug deals; but not murders. That's what David Baboulene is talking about in his post. You need to pick a genre and then make it your own. Write your story within the genre, but add your own personality to the genre.

If you want to know about genre in your novel's world, tootle over to Why is Genre Important to Success?

National Novel Writing Month

Panzer's claws are down to little bloody nubs, but we are winners in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month).

Happy Cat Dance!

We wrote a 50,000 word novel in November! That's 50,000 words in one month!

Now starts the hard part. The rewrite/revision. Grrr!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Panzer, the Pirate and I are thankful for all of you who put Panzer's ebook Cats and Crime back in the Top 100 at Amazon for Mystery - Anthologies and Mystery - Collections & Anthologies today!

Happy Cat Dance! Happy Cat Dance!

Another Panzerism

You want love? Get a dog.

Panzer says:

The opposite of love isn't hate. It's indifference.

Feed me and I'll stop being indifferent towards you ...

for a while ...

maybe.

Karen Woodward: How To Write A Murder Mystery

Catch me if you can!

Panzer and I stopped in at Karen Woodward's blog today. We heard there was a fantastic post from back on October 18 for mystery writers.

You'll definitely be glad we did!

Have you ever wondered how to write a mystery? Well Karen Woodward did, so she did some reading and studying. Here's your chance to benefit from her studying and learn the ins and outs of clues, the sleuth, motivation, the crime, how to solve it and more.

If you want help with your mystery writing, tootle over to Karen Woodward: How To Write A Murder Mystery: I've never written a murder mystery, but I've always wanted to. I fell in love with detection and murder in grade nine when my...

Julie Musil: Marketing Your Independently-Published Novel

Where are we going?

To market. To market. To market we go! We parked the Panzermobile at Julie Musil's  IndieLife blog today.

You know my bad boy and I are always looking for marketing ideas. Rachel McCoy did a guest post here about where to market your indie pubbed book. Rachel discusses, blogs, websites, writers' forums and other online arenas.

If you're looking for some marketing ideas, tootle over to Julie Musil: Marketing Your Independently-Published Novel: Friends, for today's IndieLife installment, I'm happy to share a guest post by fellow author and blogger, Rachel McCoy! You can...

Smashwords: How to Add Navigation to a Smashwords Ebook

Navigation?

We were out in the Catosphere today and stopped in at the Smashwords blog.

Mark Coker has created a new video for Smashwords authors to help with end of ebook navigation. End of the book navigation includes a clickable link to your website/blog, your Twitter account, your Facebook page, etc. (You do include these in each of your ebooks, right?)

So, if you're having trouble figuring out how to put those links in your ebook, tootle over to Smashwords: How to Add Navigation to a Smashwords Ebook: Does your Smashwords ebook contain navigation?  Are you taking full advantage of navigation? This afternoon I produced and uploaded a ne...

Goodbye Pubit! Hello NOOK Press.

When Panzer and I came across this post at BiblioCrunch by Miral Sattar about NOOK Press, we were excited.

We don't know how many of you knew that Nook's Pubit! went away earlier this year. It was replaced with NOOK Press.

This post gives you exact step-by-step instructions about how to submit your ebook.

If you're ready to try out the new system and need some help, tootle over to Submitting your book to NOOK Press

The Middle Earth Travel Guide: INFOGRAPHIC - GalleyCat

Happy Cat Dance!

Panzer loves The Lord of the Rings and Middle Earth.

So ,,, it's no surprise that when he was out in the Catosphere he had to stop and read The Middle Earth Travel Guide over at GalleyCAT.

This is so great. There are maps, graphics, descriptions and destinations.

Panzer is doing the happy cat dance!

To see Middle Earth, tootle over to The Middle Earth Travel Guide: INFOGRAPHIC - GalleyCat

How to Make a Gift Card for an eBook

500 people?

Panzer and I found a way to give your family, friends and readers a special gift card.

 Do you want to put a gift card for your Kindle, Nook or Kobo ebook in your Christmas cards? A company called Livrada can do it for you. They assign codes to your books, print the cards and then the books can be redeemed with the cards.

Panzer says, "Be warned. This is expensive and there are minimum orders of 500 cards."

Don't know 500 people for Christmas cards? Give them away at conferences, events and as giveaways for book promotion.

If this sounds interesting to you, tootle over to Gift Card for your ebook.