Welcome to the Author Marketing Experts Blog Carnival. This week we’ve got insights on writing, and social media. Thank you to this week’s contributors!

Writing

Chrys Fey submitted How to Create a Heroine of Steel posted at Write with Fey, saying, “In your story, make the heroine’s role important. Give her big things to do. Don’t just have her fall in love with the hero, or rely on him to save her. Make her as physically strong and as smart as the hero.”

Social media

Erica Verrillo submitted Platform, Shmatform: Social Media – How Numbers Lie posted at Publishing … And Other Forms of Insanity, saying, “We live in an age where online popularity has the ridiculous ability to control major business decisions or determine someone’s career. Yet, there’s never been a time when big numbers can be inflated so easily and deceptively.”

That concludes this week’s carnival. Our weekly roundup offers the best book marketing, self-publishing, writing, and general publishing industry tips to guide authors, would-be authors, publishers and others on their book journey. Submit a post to our weekly carnival by using this link: http://amarketingexpert.com/submit-ame-blog-carnival/