Welcome to Artist Entrepreneur Fridays, where we talk about the fun, wild and scary ride of succeeding as an artist entrepreneur of all stripes and types and mediums. Welcome back guest columnist, Aletta de Wal....
Creativity Tools and Tips / inspiration
by Beth Barany · Published June 29, 2011 · Last modified July 15, 2011
Welcome to a new guest columnist, psychologist and coach, Dr. Sabrina Schleicher, known as Dr. Sabrina to her clients and workshop participants. We met over at my online community for writers, We Write Books, a...
Welcome to the semi-regular series on artist entrepreneurship. Today we focus on writers specifically and on an important issue to be aware of in today’s electronic world — what you can or cannot post...
Welcome back guest columnist, Bobbye Terry, as she reveals why we need to axe our backstory. What do you think about backstory? ^*^ Ah, a round of applause for the backstory, all of that information that...
I’m right in the middle of writing a mystery/fantasy/romance/mainstream, whatever the genre (for me any of the above and often at the same time). Then, all of a sudden, halfway through a crucial scene, my brain turns off like the proverbial faucet. Not even a drip comes out.
book marketing / Book Promotion / Book Reviews / book sales
by Beth Barany · Published June 7, 2011 · Last modified July 15, 2011
Recommendation from someone I know The cover Saw on a bestseller list Reviews you’ve read in blogs/online forums Reviews you read in magazines/newspapers Prominent display in bookstore Fom a comment by Michelle Gagnon at...
I sat down the other day and started thinking about what the new trends will be in romantic fiction during the next couple of years. I made my list and thought it would be fun just to discuss the things I think may creep into romance and the literary mainstream. Some of this may make some of you laugh, but honestly, did any of us see zombies creeping into the pages of our romance books? Enough said.
With homage to Big Bird on Sesame Street, the letter “A” brings this post to you, for Art, Artist Statement, and Audience. Think of marketing your art as the ultimate and actual reality show – your art is the start and you are the spokesperson.
This is #6 in a series of articles on Spark Your Creativity Through the Numbers for Writers, posted on Saturdays, an ongoing series designed to inspire, motivate and get you writing up a storm! Tips shared here are inspired by my bestselling e-book, Overcome Writer’s Block: 10 Writing Sparks to Ignite Your Creativity.
Many authors just getting started in marketing their books think that Twitter is a confusing beast. But actually Twitter provides us with a wonderful platform to show off our writing skills 140 characters at...
Welcome to our bi-weekly posts from guest columnist, Bobbye Terry. This week she offers useful tips for us to treat our writing as a business.
Major confession time. I stopped blogging regularly a few days ago, and my traffic has been cut in half. And I started blogging more about a topic that is probably not that interesting to most of my readers: my new novel’s blog tour. So two major faux pas, but I’m just going to concentrate on the first one.
Hello fellow young adult authors: I’m doing a blog tour this summer to celebrate the upcoming print release of Henrietta The Dragon Slayer June 1. Today was my second stop here: http://cawilson.blogspot.com/2011/05/weclome-beth-barany.html Please join...
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