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Awesome Indies

Very pleased to announce Spirit of Lost Angels is the latest addition to the historical fiction category of Awesome Indies, site for quality independently published fiction

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to recognize that this year's online magical marketing word is "content."

All the hustlers who were selling us "the conversation" a few years ago and "social media marketing" for the past two years have suddenly all become "content" experts. The great thing about content is, it's anything you want it to be. If you can upload it to the web, it's content.

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Triskele Books blog

This week sees the launch of our Triskele Books blog. Jill Marsh opens with her words on what we've learned and the mistakes we've made during the first year of our authors' collective.

Should I buy a lottery ticket?

Very excited to see Spirit of Lost Angels on two more "Best Books of 2012" lists, alongside a few Big Names! Thanks to Andrea Connell of The Queen's Quill and Darlene Elizabeth Williams

Nice Surprise

Just happened to see that Meg from A Bookish Affair has Spirit of Lost Angels on her list of good books for 2012. Thanks, Meg, I'm very chuffed!

Sex And Commerce

Back in high school there were people who were "heavy users" of sex. Remember them?

They often had one characteristic in common -- they were promiscuous. They didn't just have lots of sex with one person. As we used to say, they "got around."

The world of commerce is like that, too. Heavy users in a category tend to be promiscuous. They tend to try lots of different brands in the category.

Who The Hell Is "The Consumer?"

One of the things that gives me big chuckles is listening to account planners and creative directors talk about "the consumer."

"The consumer" is someone they think they know a lot about. Apparently she attends the same pilates classes as planners, and goes on mountain bike rides with creative directors.

Despite their unctuous devotion to mouthing the word, most people in advertising don't