Sasha’s Blog

A description of Sasha S.E. Joy’s journey as an author.

  • Reedsy “elephant in the room”

    So, in my eternal search for real advice and real help with marketing and book promotion, I joined Reedsy – which promises to team you up with experts in publication, editing, book design etc. And I am sure it works quite well, if you can find what you are looking for. Such as an editor,…

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  • A master of erotica

    If you have been wondering why I call myself “the Erotica Queen”, you probably haven’t read any of my books or stories. No matter. This post is not aimed just at my readers or potential readers, even. It is aimed at writers, as well as readers. Anyone that likes sex, really! Have you ever read…

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  • In short – no. Even if you have money to throw away – which I doubt – why would you want to waste it on paying someone thousands of dollars, for next to no return? Getting a book published and into print these days is quite easy, if you are willing to apply yourself. There…

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  • There are many books written about writing books. Some years ago, I bought one, called “How to write damn good fiction.” It wasn’t bad, as books go, but over the years I have added some of my own thoughts to this. While I could write a lengthy dissertation on the subject – I am a…

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  • Original fiction that excites

    In today’s day and age, we see a lot of rehashing of old tales by movie makers everywhere. Frankly, it has become too predictable and turned me off movies almost entirely. OK, I am also addicted to writing and prefer it to watching TV (which I haven’t turned on in a year), but you know…

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  • Also, why is it important to try and connect with our readers. This is something that comes up a lot on various forums with writers. A lot of writers are so intimidated with the idea of trying to sell their work, that they deliberately do not try. This does save them a lot of angst,…

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