Plan, Plunge, or Review: How do you prepare for the New Year?
Writers, I like to plunge ahead into my year, launching new projects, or continue old ones. One of the things I’m not inclined to do is look back at the year and review it. But I...
Writer's Fun Zone by Beth Barany
Chance Encounters in Your Fictional World: A Writing Game of Story Discovery by Wyatt Bessing
Over the holiday season, we all find it difficult to slow down and find time to write. When we do find the time, we have to resist the impulse to rush and fulfill word counts or time quotas without truly investing ourselves in the sensory and emotional work necessary for good writing.
How to Run a Blog Tour by Beth Barany
Many authors wonder how to get more visibility for their books. One way to do this is to run a blog tour. If you discover that you like blogging, and would like to build excitement about a new release or re-release, running a blog tour can help you build visibility to a new audience and make more sales.
Artist Entrepreneur: Q for Questions— The Artist’s Alphabet Guide to Writing About Your Art by Aletta de Wal
Quite simply because questions in the minds of your audience are the basis for all of your spoken and written marketing conversations. Think about the last purchase you made of something you’d never bought before and where there was a lot of choice and price range.
The Author Entrepreneurship Magazine Dec 2012 issue is here: Get yours today!
Welcome to the December 2012 issue of the Author Entrepreneurship Magazine! Changes are here! We are now the Author Entrepreneurship Magazine, to serve you better! I created this magazine to help authors create sustainable and successful careers....
Book Marketing & Publishing: The Tools We Need Are Here, Here’s 2
Marketing your fiction? Thinking about it? Need tools for publishing your book and are curious about the new tools out there. Here are 2 resources for you highlighted online this week.
Dealing with Winter Blues by Faith Van Horne
I feel like it’s all I can do to haul myself out of bed and do the minimum of day job work without pounding donuts all day.
A Wish List for Perfect Days by Michael Larsen
If your days were perfect, what would they be like?
Healthy Writers Club: Dealing with Life’s Curveballs
Inspired by Josh Clark’s article on the site, coolrunning.com, I’ve been doing a Couch-to-5K training since Oct 2012. Last week I finished WEEK #4, BUT skipped one day. I decided to do WEEK #4 again this week, but…
The Devil’s in the Details by Kay Keppler
You want to strike a balance between being so generic that no one will read past page one, and giving readers an unsubstantiated infodump.
Great Editing Questions to Ask Your Beta Readers
I’m do a series of articles on editing tips for novelists. The first post, “How to Edit Your Novel in 3 Steps” is here. I am enjoying — okay enamored by — Lisa Cron’s...
Attracting Reader Responses on Your Blog by Annmarie Miles
One sure fire way to know that there is engagement with your blog is when you start to get likes and comments on it. So how do we encourage folk to respond to our blog posts?
Books and Babies: Labors of Love by Michael Larsen
Parents who bring up children like this create a priceless legacy that will help sustain the country. Nothing is more important for our future than their gifts of love.
Healthy Writers Club: Being My Own Best Friend
Inspired by Josh Clark’s article on the site, coolrunning.com, I’ve been doing a Couch-to-5K training. I’m in WEEK #4, still being gentle with myself.
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