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It’s My Birthday Month!

by Gina Ardito | Aug 8, 2015 | Afterlife Series, Facebook, Giveaway, Goodreads, Happy birthday, Twitter, Waiting in the Wings

From the time I first started dating him, my husband would celebrate his “birthday week” every year in April. My birthday is in August (the 20th for those of you considering shopping for me) and this year, I’m planning to celebrate all month...

Authors Behaving Badly

by Gina Ardito | Sep 5, 2014 | Amazon, Authors Behaving Badly, Facebook, Goodreads, Plagiarism, Quotations, Readers and Writers, Writers and Authors, Writing and authors

Sigh! It’s happening again. Every few months or so, something brings out the ugly author. Maybe it’s lunar. We creative types are often driven by the phases of the moon. Maybe it’s the solitude of our craft. We tend to immerse ourselves in our...

It’s a Giveaway!

by Gina Ardito | Nov 11, 2013 | Afterlife Series, Contest, Free stuff, Goodreads, In Your Dreams

I’m giving away two free copies of my newest paperback release, In Your Dreams, Book II of the Afterlife Series on Goodreads. All you have to do is click the widget on the side of my page ————-> to enter. How easy is that?But you...

An Open Letter to a Reader/Reviewer

by Gina Ardito | Nov 8, 2013 | Amazon, Goodreads, Open Letter, publishing secrets, Readers and Writers, Reviews

Dear Reader,You don’t know me and I don’t know you. You recently read one of my books and were kind enough to leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads or maybe both. And I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. You see, I found your review by...

Why Reviews Matter (and How to Help Your Favorite Author)

by Gina Ardito | Feb 28, 2013 | Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Books, Goodreads, Kobo, Reviews, Shelfari, Writing and authors

A lot of readers don’t realize how much authors appreciate reviews (yes…even the bad ones). If you’ve bought anything from Amazon, you’ve probably received that request to follow up with a review. It doesn’t matter if you bought coffee, a...

Friday Five: Five Favorite Books I Read in 2011

by Gina Ardito | Dec 30, 2011 | Books, Friday Five, Goodreads

I set myself a goal this year on my Goodreads page: to read 50 new books between January and December. (For the record, I read 57, which means I have to up the ante for 2012). Here are a few faves from this year’s reading list (with links to where to find them...

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