3 Essential Tips to Running Your Own Blog Tour [Updated]
As an author, it is important to get the word out about your book. Often, authors, together with their publisher or on their own, will set up a book tour in which they visit...
Writer's Fun Zone by Beth Barany
Six Games to Play With Reality and Your Readers by Wyatt Bessing
I dedicate this month’s column to Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who passed away this month at the age of 87. The master and popularizer of a narrative mode called magical realism, Marquez artfully blends the fantastic and the real into a tapestry from which both fantasy and reality are inextricable.
Ready to Quit? Five Steps to Do It Right by Margaret A. Nystrom, M.A.T.
Here are five steps to help get your mojo back, or to quit without the guilt.
3 Benefits of a Writing Group & a Contest
There are lots of benefits of being in a writing group and Ezra and I share 3 tips here! I actually don’t want to reveal the tips; I watch you to watch the video!...
Join Us for the Book Marketing Challenge – Here’s Your Free Access Pass
Are you an author, speaker, coach, or entrepreneur with a message to share? Would you like the inside scoop on the current book marketing trends and technologies? Are you interested in gaining exposure for...
Raising Your Story’s Stakes by Kay Keppler
As in a game, readers want to know what’s at stake. Is it life? Love? Friendship? Money? The ranch? The locket? Readers have to know what your hero or heroine will gain or lose in the story
Your Family Memoir Needs a Larger Context by Denis Ledoux
Please join me in welcoming memoir writer, Denis Ledoux, as he explains the pleasure associated with ghostwriting as an artist to create a living history that has style and deep, family meaning. Enjoy! ***...
What I wished I’d learned first by novelist, Carol Malone
Today we welcome back our adventurous novelist, Carol Malone. She’ll be telling us about her “Ah-Ha” moment and give us tips on how to find what workshops stimulate the writing process, and what books...
Novelists, A Key to Success
Novelist, here’s an important key to our success. We creatives have a tendency to always be looking ahead — to the next book, the next task — but when we do that, we may...
Winners Keep Score by Beth Barany
The Prize As a writer, the prize is our finished book. That’s how we are winners. Winning also means publishing our books and getting readers. Congratulations for showing up for yourself, your creativity, and...
Novelists, Gather Your Tools of Success
Authors, What are your tools for success? Author Success I’ve noticed that tools make a big difference in my life as a novelist. For me, these days, I need a working computer, plenty of...
Writers’ Self-Care Friday: What will you do?
Inspired by Right-Brainers in Business expert, Jennifer Lee’s self-care Fridays, I’m initiating Self-Care Friday for writers. Join me! What will you do today to take care of yourself and your creativity? Since I’m writing...
Right-Brain Business: Let’s Change the World
Are you a right-brain entrepreneur, heart-centered professional, or world changer ready to create a sustainable and profitable business? Do you long to make a meaningful difference while making good money? Want insider secrets from...
Your Next Step: Novelists, Define Your Success by Beth Barany
How do you define success? Author Success For me, I define it as getting to my writing regularly — you know, the butt in chair action, and where the work gets done. That’s the...
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