Rebelious rules by Kristina Gallo

Every author needs a reader's circle that stays. It means loyal readers who will follow you and read every new book.  It is not always the case, especially with indie authors. It happens that someone read your two or three books and there it stops. It happened to me also, I did not hear a word from some people for a long time.  Readers are swamped with a bunch of books. They are like kids in a candy store, the offer is too big. If you want to keep the reader's attention, you must be the best. What happens if a reader rejects you? How to react? To keep a reader, you must give them some benefits. Offer them a discount or ARC copy. Show gratitude. If a reader rejects you for any reason, back off. Accept it as it is. Find a new market. Being ignored is not the end of the world. Still, you have many options to research, and instead of staying on the same point, you have a space for new people.  After some people rejected me I focused on new ones and did not regret it. I learne...

If you are a thriller author, you must be careful about your book covers. Using a knife in your background means you are supporting violence. But, what if it is a weapon of murder in your book? If you write about murder, you will not post flowers or kittens, don't you? If you are a romance or erotica author, you must be careful not to post nudity. A man with a naked torso in the background, what does it look like? I am not joking, we are talking about algorithms nowadays. You will not be aware if are you breaking the rules, and the community will alert you. The author will not be able to advertise the book if someone reports your post might be deleted because it offended someone's feelings. Do you know what is insulting my feelings? The fact we fought for the freedom of speech and after centuries of burning books and sacrifices, we got back in the Stone Age and in the arms of censorship. Let me write you one example. I had proofread of book and this was my sentence. "The f...