Our thanks to book publicist Claire McKinney of Claire McKinney Public Relations for this post! You have an MFA in Creative Writing from a respected program/university. You have been carefully crafting your book to create the best literary debut you
Our thanks to writer and educator Leona Hinton for this guest contribution! Another year has come and gone, and everyone has made their New Year’s resolutions. But as January comes to a close, the excitement can wear off, and so
Think “brand” and we often conjure up images of Coca Cola products or soap. But an author brand is just as vital to your marketing efforts, and your author branding begins even before you publish your first book. Here, a
Our thanks to author Carrie Rubin for this guest post! “It seems to be a pattern that if there is a normal word and an unconventional word, you pick the unconventional one. Sometimes that puts another speed bump in the
On the heels of Sunday’s post, Author Marketing Mastery #4: Include A Reader’s Guide In Your Book! I wanted to share some fun I recently experienced during a wild weekend with book clubbers from across the country. This is about
Book club questions, often also called a Reader’s Guide, aren’t just for your website. They can be a critical addition to the end pages of your book, immediately putting the subliminal thought in a reader’s head that this is a
Our thanks to Syril Levin Kline, Author of “Shakespeare’s Changeling: A Fault Against The Dead” for this guest contribution on conjuring realistic characters. It seemed strange and yet familiar – taking a break from writing to enjoy a walk in