Our thanks to writing coach Emily Johnson for this guest post! Everyone’s writing process needs our concentration, creativity, and inspiration. One might argue but writing is nothing without convenient conditions. Of course, most people believe their house is cozy; it’s
Have you ever built a vision board? If you haven’t, and need a break from the work-a-day of writing and author marketing, vision boards can be fun and useful tools to lend clarity to the vision you have for yourself
Our thanks to Carol Van Den Hende for this installment of the DIYMBA for Writers! This is the fourth in a series of posts to provide perspective on the business of writing, leveraging a marketing professional’s experience. Along my writing
Whether you’re published or unpublished, traditionally or indie or self-published, there are always new tools to help you tell more readers about your work, and sell more books! This weekend, as we celebrate Independence Day in the USA with fireworks
By Porter Anderson (On Twitter: @Porter_Anderson) Hear that cheer from the Left Coast? That might just be librarians gathered for the American Library Association’s (ALA) big Annual Conference & Exhibition. It opens today, Thursday (25th June) in San Francisco. And
An author is always pitching. Early on an author pitch may be to agents, editors and publishers. As we go on to market our work the pitches will be to reviewers, book stores, libraries and/or festivals where we can reach
If you read our series on professional book cover design, you know that these days, a book is indeed judged by its cover. Finding a great cover design can run upwards of $500, money well-spent of course, but still a