Rejection letters. Most writers dislike them. At least most of my writer friends do. Rejection letters are discouraging and leave a nasty feeling in the pit of your stomach. As the editorial director for CrossRiver Media, I can tell you I don’t like writing rejection letters anymore than I, as a writer, like getting them….
My life is a good example of what my guest Michelle Rayburn has to share today. We all have bad experiences and hurts in our lives. Whether we allow God to work in, through, and with them is up to us. At the age of 42 I started life over. And piece by piece God…
Social media. Love it or hate it. Utilizing it is a fact of life for authors. There are a multitude out there, with new ones emerging all the time. I understand how daunting it can be. Today I have a special guest post for you from Twitter expert Jo Linsdell. Jo is a best selling author,…
I met today’s Friday feature author Nshan Erganian through the local writers’ guild I belong to here in St. Joseph, Missouri. He’s a very interesting guy with quite a sense of humor. But I think you’ll discover that for yourselves as you read his interview. Q: What did you know going into this whole publishing…
Last week I had to complete the back cover copy for my upcoming book, Carried by Grace. The very next day I had two friends ask me about back cover copy. So I thought I would address that topic today.
You want to sell your books, right? But like many of us you don’t have the budget to hire a publicist or marketing expert. That means learning marketing skills for yourself. I know a whole lot more than I did when I first started freelancing, but I have a lot of room to grow, too….
We all know it’s important to take a break now and then no matter what line of work we do. But it’s even more important to refresh and re-energize ourselves when we’ve completed a big project. I recently completed the final draft of a manuscript and sent it off to writers and readers for feedback….
Today’s Friday Feature author interview is with Gloria Doty. Gloria has just returned from the Write-to-Publish writers’ conference in Wheaton, Illinois, where the conference organizers awarded her the 2014 Writer of the Year Award for her book Not Different Enough. (I highly recommend the Write-To-Publish conference; they have been helping writers on the road to…