5 Ways You Can Gain More Opportunities By Just Being You 1. Be willing to share your truth with the world. People crave real stories and things they can relate to. Marina’s post has put people in tears.
“What you have is called PVC.” I looked up at my doctor and swallowed the choking breath of emotion. I had what? What was PVC? Did that mean I had a block of pipe growing inside my chest? Was that the reason my heart had been kicking up a nervous frenzy inside my chest the past three days?
I recommend authors look into hiring a book shepherd for a current or upcoming writing and publishing project. A book shepherd is someone whose expertise in books and publishing will help you throughout the entire book process. From cover art, editing, dealing with Amazon to locating a printer, a book shepherd will assist you from start to finish.
Is your life balanced, with equal parts movement, play, rest and work? If you’re a modern person, juggling writing, a day job, and a family, the response is probably, “Balance? What are you talking about?” I invite you to look at this mix in your life. Most likely, we need to move more, play more and rest more. This article will address the moving part.
book marketing / Book Promotion
by Beth Barany · Published August 3, 2012 · Last modified August 6, 2012
I’m reading SELL YOUR BOOK LIKE WILDFIRE by Rob Eagan and it’s decent. It’s more useful for nonfiction authors than fiction authors, IMHO. That disappoints me. I think fiction authors need more tailored support. (Yes, I’m working on it! My Twitter for Authors book is editorial as we speak. Can’t you see me working on it!)
Your characters do not act in a vacuum. They live somewhere—in a house, an ocean, a country, planet, period, zeitgeist, vacuum. Often they travel to somewhere else, or aspire to. They carry baggage—metaphorical as well as literal. They have history and a future, cultural attitudes and speech patterns.
Creativity Tools and Tips / inspiration
by Beth Barany · Published August 1, 2012 · Last modified July 30, 2012
As a writer, the question I am most often asked is, ‘Where do you get your ideas from?’ It’s an interesting question, and maybe not an easy one for authors to answer. Just how do books start? For me they nearly always start with something visual, and that was the case with a book I set in Italy: VILLA DANTE.
Romancing the reader is a widely held philosophy by romance writers to deliver what they promised to audiences. How does one go about romancing a reader varies, which is why you’ll find contrasting reviews about the same book.
We must take action to create our art. We must play at it, as a child approaches playing. I love this Madeleine L’Engle quote, and want to share with you how we can escape into our art. How to open the door into the sumptuous world of our own creativity.
Scan Twitter or Facebook streams, and you will see it over and over again, authors asking for people to support their book, to share it and promote it. Some will even write simply “Buy my book,” over and over again and wonder why nobody does. They are forgetting to add any kind of value to a potential reader’s life.
artist entrepreneur / Author Career / Author Entrepreneur
by Beth Barany · Published July 19, 2012 · Last modified July 31, 2012
Author Entrepreneur Magazine, July 2012 is out! This free online magazine is dedicated to helping authors create successful and sustainable careers. Read the magazine online or download the PDF.
A lot of the authors I talk to think book trailers don’t do anything. But the reality is that if the book trailer isn’t easy to find on YouTube, it will never be seen. This post will show you how to get a ton of viewers to find and watch your video.
Today I do something I’ve never done here at Writer’s Fun Zone: I feature a book review AND an author article, both about the new fun mystery, Theft By Chocolate by Luba Lesychyn. We’re also featuring a book giveaway for a copy of Luba’s book here on this blog, so comment below to enter. Lastly, you can enter Luba’s Grand Prize Giveaway for a $150 gift certificate for chocolate. Yes, I did say Chocolate!
I’m both an author and an editor, but I’m very aware of the very different demands of those two roles. As an author, I’m a firm believer that the closer to your material you are, the better. As an editor, you need a fresh pair of eyes to see the book as the reader will see it, without all the vivid abundance of character and setting which live in the author’s head and may never have made it into the book.
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