5 Tools to Get Your Novel Done
Many people think getting their novel done is all about having a cat do all the work for them, but actually cats have more writing handicaps than people realize. In this video you’ll learn...
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Video: How To Price Your Ebooks
Welcome to Q & A Wednesdays by Book Mentor, Ezra Barany. This week Ezra addresses how to price your ebooks. Good news! This week’s winner of a 30-minute complimentary consultation of your book with Ezra is:...
How to Market an Anthology or Compilation
Welcome to Q & A Wednesdays by Book Mentor, Ezra Barany. This week Ezra answers the question, How can you motivate people to market the compilation they are published in? Getting your book in a compilation...
Social Media For Fiction Authors: Show Up Everyday, Okay Regularly. Really.
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.
Social Media Tip for Authors #3: Do What You Love/Like/Enjoy
Many authors think they have to do everything in social media, but cringe when they think if using _______ . (Fill in the blank with Facebook or Twitter or blogging or another social media tool.) And that keeps us away from even experimenting. But actually you just need to get active in the one (or two) venues you enjoy. Because your passion shows through!
Top 10 Things Authors Need to Know About Contracts
The day has finally dawned! After all your hard work and endless rounds of submissions, you have a publisher that wants to publish your book. But when the publisher hands you the contract, should you just sign on the dotted line, or should you look it over first? If you did look it over, what would you be looking for?
What Makes for a Successful Social Media Presence for Fiction Authors?
What Makes for a Successful Social Media Presence for Fiction Authors? Vision Drive Passion Clear purpose Excitement — All ingredients to a successful social media campaign. It — your success — all depends on what you would like. And it all starts in knowing what you would like!
Social Media Tip for Authors #4: What Are Your Big Picture Goals?
Welcome to my Social Media for Author Tip Series, where I offer you tips to put into practice so that you can: Connect with your readers and get to know them Let them get...
Indie Author Feature: Creating Characters That Come Alive
We writers know our story circles around three things: plot, setting, and character. I’d like to talk about character. I know you have heard a dozen different ways to create characters, but how about one more time, only with a different take on them.
Social Media Tip for Authors #5: The 5-5-5 Rule
Today’s Tip #5: The 5-5-5 Rule Often my workshop attendees, clients and students ask me, “How much time should I spend on social networking?” “How’s five minutes a day?” I ask. “That’s all?”
Indie Authors: We Are Stronger Together
Just a quick shout out to all the cool online communities I’m part of that support my life as an indie author: Shewrites.com: If you do join — yes, it’s free — connect with...
Is Book Marketing Creative?
Um, yes. Book marketing is creative, imho (in my humble opinion). I’m preempting my semi-regular Saturday series on Spark Your Creativity Through Numbers to chat about creativity and marketing and then get to it!...
Author-Entrepreneur: Focus on What Matters
I don’t know about you guys, but I have been so distracted by all the conversations I’ve been having: on Facebook, on Twitter, on my online community for writers, We Write Books, through email,...
Indie Author Giveway and Intro: Ezra Barany’s The Torah Codes
Welcome to my series of Interviews with Indie Authors. Today I feature — quite proudly — the release of my husband’s suspense novel, The Torah Codes. In celebration of the day, we’re doing a...
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