Happy Halloween weekend!!! And now, even better, today begins National Novel Writing Month! As Halloween costumes get put away and we enjoy that extra hour of daylight savings that came with so many Halloween parties last night, it’s now time
When Your Self-Editing Can’t Get You There: Nine Helpful Resources
Our thanks to the Wise Ink blog team at Wise Ink Creative Publishing for this contribution, offering up nine helpful self-editing resources! We know the drill: you’ve completed your manuscript, looked it over, looked it over again, but your eyes
Famous Literary Watering Holes in New Orleans and Around the World!
It seemed appropriate, as I head to New Orleans and this year’s Words & Music Festival, (celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Pirates Alley Faulkner Society!) to share a fun infographic provided by editor Linda Craig, about famous literary watering
Self-Publishing 101: Front Matter and Back Matter—More Competitive Editorial Strategies for Making your Book Stand Out
Our thanks to book publicist Claire McKinney of Claire McKinney Public Relations for this post! In a previous post I talked about how to make sure your book isn’t discarded by a review or media outlet because it “looks” self-published.
Why Some Social Media Marketing Fails
Our thanks to author and communications expert Chris Syme for this guest post. We see social media marketing advice that is all over the map. Unethical sites promise boatloads of retweets and book sales if you give them nineteen dollars.
Four Tips to Writing a Death Scene That Won’t Kill Your Readership
Our thanks to author Sara Goff for this guest post! Readers aren’t likely to get excited about a death scene. You’re asking them to experience the protagonist’s despair, guilt-ridden relief, or callous pleasure, if that’s your story. The scene is
Need Help Getting Your Book Out? Special Offer to WWW from The Book Professor
Nancy Erickson, a.k.a. The Book Professor, has developed a program for non-fiction authors called “Get My Book Out”™ that offers a comprehensive collection of guided tools to get your book out of your head and into the hands of your