Author Marketing
Writers: Did You Win? Find Out Now! (Week Two)
Did You Win Anything This Week? Week Two #NaNoProMo (National Novel Promotion Month) 2019 is off to a blazing start, with hundreds of commenters, shares, lots of interaction and fun. Most importantly, what have you learned that you didn’t know before, writers? Let’s review our expert’s posts from this last week and announce who won each…
Read MoreHow to Best Prepare for Book Marketing by Guest @CaballoFrances
Are You Ready for Book Marketing? Take This Quiz Book marketing involves so many steps. When people come to me, they erroneously think that all they need is social media marketing. Au contraire. Social media alone won’t cause your books to start flying off the proverbial bookshelf. So, take this quiz and see if you’re…
Read MoreHow to Make Your Book Marketing Plan a Success by Guest @MConnollyAuthor
When my agent sold my debut novel, Little Lovely Things, to my publisher, Sourcebooks, I had no idea what the next steps were. I had an eighteen month run up to publication which seemed beyond an eternity at the time. And my brain was, well, a little frozen by the whole experience. Thankfully, I functioned…
Read MoreThis Is How to Sell Your Book in 20 Seconds by Guest Sharon Goldinger
Could You Sell Your Book in Twenty Seconds? Picture this: You’re in an elevator, your book cupped in your hand, the title clearly visible to the other person in the elevator. While riding from floor 1 to floor 19, she asks, “What is From Fat to Fit about? You respond: “You’ll be inspired by the…
Read MoreWriters: Did You Win? Find Out Now! (#NaNoProMo Week One)
Did You Win Anything This Week? #NaNoProMo (National Novel Promotion Month) 2019 is off to a blazing start this year, with hundreds of commenters, shares, lots of interaction and fun. Most importantly, what have you learned that you didn’t know before, writers? Let’s review our expert’s posts from this last week and announce who won…
Read More20 Quick Book Marketing Ideas You Can Do Now! by guest @MixtusMedia
If there is one common thread that runs through every author it’s this: we don’t have enough time! For writing, for book marketing, for any of it (whatever it is). Sometimes when we see a huge task ahead of us, like book marketing, we tend to focus on it as a whole. And that can…
Read MorePitching: What You Need To Know Now by guest @bramsayauthor
Welcome to #NaNoProMo 2019! Let’s talk about your pitch today. The publishing world is a struggle. With agents receiving multiple submissions from multiple authors, it is easy for your manuscript to get lost in the author’s proverbial nightmare: the “slush pile.” As a publishing company and as professional book reviewers who request a pitch, often…
Read MoreA Novel Way of Speaking: Just For Writers by guest @PaulGeigerSpeak
Most authors will admit they write a lot better than they speak. (I happen to write the same way I speak – but I’m only developing one character here.) Most people, in general, don’t even like the sound of their own voice. Couple that with a little nervousness when being interviewed about your book and…
Read MoreFive Reasons Author Tribes Will Make you a Better Writer by guest @DoctorJAuthor
5 Reasons Author Tribes Will Make You a Better Writer When I started fiction writing, I knew nothing about the actual process much less all the other roles one must take on in the author world of publishing, public relations, and marketing. My innate sense for scoping out how to do things helped. Since not…
Read More7 Top Publisher Tips Authors Need To Be Awesome by guest @1JULIEANDERSON
Please welcome my amazing guest, author/publisher/supermodel Julie Anderson! Julie is a beautiful, kind, talented being through and through, and she is kind enough to share her tips today on how we can stand out and what’s important to help us do that. Pay attention, writer friends. Bookmark this one. Everyone is a writer. A Poet.…
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