Building a brand in books

As a fledgling author and independent of any help... It's hard work to build a brand.
RPG Books is my brand.
It's slowly becoming a brand, my work, my stories, my books, shared with the world.
They are personalised with the thoughts and streams of ideas at the time of putting pen to paper, or computer content!
There are more to add and enjoy but in the mean time, the work continues... Marketing, blogging, sharing on social media and on and on it goes...
The results? Well I'll never be a millionaire through my writing but my intention was never that.
Share the thoughts and giving the world a piece of me is all I want.

If you have a chance, have a look at my author page on Amazon and maybe even download or order a copy of one of RPG books...

Honest and fun

Creating a novel is an awsome understanding.
Especially when the author has had no training in the craft.
However, the drivers of said undertaking make the writing worthwhile and less laborious.

My day job, like many other people's, is stressful, serious and difficult. I need to vent my feelings and frustrations creatively.
In my case, writing was a way of relaxing, sharing experiences and ideas, enjoying the ride . To me, spinning a tall tale that was fun to write, sharing a story and flexing my artistic muscle were the drivers.

Promotion of them is something I chose to do with respect of getting them read.
Selling them is secondary, the profit margins are low and the time it takes would be counter productive to my primary aims of enjoying life.

So why the blog?
Connection to the world.
It's a way of saying 'I'm real, I'm here and I believe I have something to say'

Life is too big and hard to worry about success as an author when really, I'm just doing it for fun.

With this in mind, if you want to read something honest, different and entertaining and mine, then please have a look.
If not, may you choose someone else's work, either way, enjoy, share, learn and spend some time with your thoughts.

Short Survey on my books

I would like to share this following survey to see what my books are doing with some targeted feedback so I can learn from this and deliver even better books.
The aim is to entertain...
Can you please take a few minutes to complete the following survey?

Here is the link
Many thanks
Keep reading

Blog feed on Amazon Author Page

I have updated my Author page on Amazon
It takes a little doing at my age... LOL

Anyway, added a URL and also added the Blog feed into it so hope this is useful...fingers crossed

URL

Swedish following

For the very first time since I started blogging, it's not UK or USA as the top views but Sweden.
Thanks for the follow and support ... Tack

Landmark... 19,000 Blog views

Wow... 19,000 Page views of my blog.
People from all over the world have engaged.
19,000 people who have potentially heard of my books.
19,000 possibilities of sharing,  feedback and enjoyment.
Let's target 20,000 by next month....

Thank you all

Celebrity Endorsement

Dies a retweet from a famous personality constitute Endorsement of a product?
I have had several retweeted entries on my blog and on twitter.

The have included @glenn_hughes,  @TVSanjeev among others.

It's helpful and flattering but is it Endorsement?

Your opinions would be valued.

Blog on the go

Smart phone technology is so advanced,  one can blog on the go...
Just off to the gym and in keeping with my pledge to post daily,  have started to write this on my way to some torturous exercise... 
I'm on call this week so must make the best of every moment!
Good evening by the way...

Blogging Activity

I am relatively new to blogging and think it's brilliant.
I've checked the distribution of visitors and it's refreshing to see the variety of countries that visit. 

The sources are expected a lot of the time.. Google, Facebook, Twitter etc... 
Then there are sights I'd never heard of before...

The link between posts and activity is very succinct...  and immediate.

It's also enjoyable and although I've not had much feedback... (hint hint..,) It's a means of communication with the world. 

I hope to learn more from blogging and hope to connect with you all.

I need some guidance,  am I doing the right thing,  do I need to change my approach,  can I be more targeted?

Blogtastic... :-)