Heart-Centered Book Marketing by Beth Barany
Heart-Centered Book Marketing by Beth Barany … By the time I was ready to publish my first novel, I knew I needed to start thinking about marketing too. But I was scared. I felt...
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by Beth Barany · Published June 13, 2018 · Last modified April 29, 2025
Heart-Centered Book Marketing by Beth Barany … By the time I was ready to publish my first novel, I knew I needed to start thinking about marketing too. But I was scared. I felt...
Scrivener is a popular writing tool that writers either love or hate. Here are three reasons why Scrivener is my must-have writing tool.
You know your writing is great, and you’ve nailed your social media strategy and referral program. Tick aaaand tick. What about your SEO strategy? Is organic search really relevant to you?
One of my students the other day asked me: “What is the most successful marketing I can do to sell my books?” The short answer is that “It depends.” The long answer, about 5...
#AMA for aspiring novelists with a writer’s coach! Post your questions here: https://authorsama.amafeed.com/ama-for-aspiring-novelists-with-a-writers-coach-im-an-award-winning-ya-506959 SCHEDULED to go live on June 11, 2018 9:00 PM EDT | 6:00 PM PDT In a nutshell: I’m an award-winning...
On Giving Your Writing A Proper Place in Time and Space … Confession: I only work on my own novel about one to three hours a day — the creative parts I mean, whether those...
You need an editor to make your writing shine, and the first red pen that touches your draft should be your own. Learn how to revise, and especially, learn how to delete. Read Strunk & White’s Elements of Style or some other book that shows you how to strip verbiage, and then apply what you’ve learned to your manuscript.
So, in an unexamined fit of self- improvement, I Googled blogging and yes, found a self-described expert. He offered membership in the master mind program, I could subscribe to his newsletter, I could sign up for a free online class, I could download white papers, I could buy his book.
Join us today as authorpreneur, ghostwriter, book, and creativity coach in training, Carol Malone, studies out the process for helping to get herself unstuck in her current WIP. She gives some advice on how to “Brainstorm” your novel’s storyline. Enjoy!
One of the hardest things for me to know is what I really think and feel. Not because I just don’t know. But because I think and feel so much and I’ve learned much...
Many writers think of grammar and punctuation rules as restrictions which restrain and constrain their creativity. In fact, grammar and punctuation are just like words and sentences. They are mutually agreed-upon ways for readers...
Have you tried writing a synopsis? Do you hate it? You’re not alone. The synopsis is probably the single most hated document for authors to write, but we do it because publishers and agents usually demand it.
I’m working on a book on the spiritual life of a fiction writer. Not in any particular order. You can read my work-in-progress here on this blog. I’m writing this book to explore the...
People often tell me how overwhelming the thought is of writing a book. All those pages. All those words. But no one writes a book in one day. It takes time because words across...
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