Log for the Healthy Writers Club: Saturday, Dec. 8th: Walked in my neighborhood, using Week #4 on the Couch-to-5K training. In the hills; hard on my heel. Wednesday, Dec.19th: Capoiera: Even though I didn’t feel...
She had nothing to compare it with, as she’d lived an ordinary life until an hour ago, when she’d been pelted by Brussels sprouts, accidentally fought off a demon with a decorated stick, and was almost vacuumed up by a smelly, smoky monster. (Excerpt from Ambril’s Tale by Wndy D. Walter)
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...
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.
book marketing / Book Promotion
by Beth Barany · Published December 24, 2012 · Last modified April 16, 2015
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.
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.
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....
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.
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.
If your days were perfect, what would they be like?
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…
You want to strike a balance between being so generic that no one will read past page one, and giving readers an unsubstantiated infodump.
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...
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?
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