Please help me welcome Raimey Gallant to Writer’s Fun Zone as she shares with us “Selling Your Book to Agents and Publishers: Making Sure They Recognize Your Name Before Your Query Hits Their Inbox.” Enjoy!
Let’s welcome back monthly columnist, editor, and novelist, Kay Keppler, as she shares with us “Love Your Bad Guys!” Enjoy!
book marketing / Book Promotion
by Beth Barany · Published May 2, 2016 · Last modified January 30, 2023
Your book is ready to be published or will be soon — in the next three or six or twelve months. Actually you can’t start too early thinking about and planning your book launch....
In my live #askaWritingCoach chat this week, I shared book campaigns tips for self-publishing novelists. I answered questions and shared resources. And as I do each week, I gave away prizes to those people who...
book marketing / Book Promotion
by Beth Barany · Published April 22, 2016 · Last modified April 27, 2016
In my live #askaWritingCoach chat this week, I shared book launch tips for self-publishing novelists. I answered questions and shared resources. And as I do each week, I gave away prizes to those people...
Please welcome author and book coach in training Carol Malone. Today she’s sharing her article regarding personal book coaching verses writer education found on the web. Enjoy! *** I’ve been doing a lot of editing lately,...
When you sit down to create a novel, graphic novel, screenplay, or any other piece of writing, chances are you have a purpose in mind—an idea to get across, or just characters and a story to share with the world.
Each chapter will be an essay by a different author on what they’ve learned through inspiration to write fiction, through applying the universal truths of their lives to fiction, and other gnosis learned through the process of writing. Wherever this wisdom comes from, it all qualifies as long as it occurred in the author’s mind due to writing fiction.
Welcome to our guest columnist, David Strom. An author who puts funny into his superhero stories, as he shares with us “Writing What I Am Not.” Enjoy! *** Dirty Harry said, “A man’s got...
Are you trying to edit one novel while writing another? This is what many writers find themselves having to do. Maybe you recently finished a novel, during NaNo perhaps. Or you wrote one awhile back and shelved it. Regardless, unless you edit that manuscript several times over it won’t be ready for prime time.
Listen to learn how to set up your own book launch event.
Thanks to friend and romance author Carolina Montague for sharing this infographic with our romance writing community. Anatomy of a Kindle Owner from Written Word Media Sparked I’m sparked when I read this graphic...
Novelist, it’s about that time now… Your book is done, or you’re thinking about marketing yourself as an author, even though your book isn’t done yet. How do you talk about yourself? You just...
book marketing / Events / Webinar / Writing Tips
by Beth Barany · Published September 9, 2015 · Last modified December 15, 2015
To begin, let’s define some terms. You’re an author who needs to market. Marketing is about connecting with potential readers and sharing with them about your book. Let’s talk about mindset. Another word for...
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