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…
Customized products for marketing businesses have been around for a long time. The problem was you had to bulk order. I don’t have the budget for that. Do you? Maybe you don’t even think of yourself as a business, but as an author you are in the business of selling your books. Unless one book…
When you open MS Word, you probably just start typing without giving much thought to the settings of that document. But those settings may not be the ideal for a novel manuscript. For example, all manuscripts should be double spaced, but Word’s default document is single spaced. Therefore learning about styles and templates will allow
All the gurus say it: “Include a quality image with your blog post.” And with the rapidly growing popularity of Pinterest, many authors have created a Pinterest business account. They pin attention grabbing, irresistible graphics that drive traffic to their blogs, market their books, and build their platform. I agree, but I am neither artistic nor versed in…
Our Friday Feature author interview today is with Cynthia T. Toney. Her book, Bird Face, released February 2014 and is garnering nothing but 4- and 5-star reviews on Amazon. Let’s dive in. Debra: How did you choose the publishers you queried for your book? Cynthia: I looked for publishers that didn’t always follow trends in…
Should I write my novel in first person or third (or get totally wild and use second person)? Am I limited to a single character, or can I use multiple point of view (POV) characters? Who should my novel’s POV character be? You want to write a story readers can’t put down, but how do…