Our thanks to Carol Van Den Hende for this fifth in a series of posts to provide perspective on the business of writing, leveraging a marketing professional’s experience. In this installment, making the most out of attending a writers conference!
Author Marketing Mastery #6: Author Tip Sheets and Sell Sheets
Let’s talk today about author tip sheets and sell sheets. Why do you need one? What should it include? Even before your book heads to market, you’ll find this one page tool critical in your arsenal! We’ve provided a short
20 Best Writing and Editing Tools You Can’t Miss in 2016!
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
Author Marketing Mastery #4: Include A Reader’s Guide In Your Book!
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
Seven Steps to Conjuring Realistic Characters Into Your Novel
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
Finding The Courage To Be Yourself: What Writers Can Learn From David Bowie
Our thanks to publicist Lynda Bouchard for this guest contribution. And our thanks and admiration to David Bowie, an inspiration to so many… “I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.” – David
Stand Apart From the Competition – With a Writing Competition
On the heels of our discussions about covers, front matter and back matter contributing to an author’s marketing juice, we wanted to delve just a bit deeper into what winning a writing competition can offer your own author marketing efforts.