Tips for a Successful Book Launch Team
© 2021 Karen Sargent Launching a book is hard. I’m almost always on somebody’s Facebook launch team because I want to help my author friends find my reader friends. Here are a…
How to Build a Stable Author Platform Faster
© 2020 Patricia Durgin At a conference recently, a stranger asked, “Aren’t you Patricia Durgin? Your programs are so helpful. Thank you.” Service initiated those kind words.Are you serving your audience?…
Why Writers Need Websites
© 2020 Rhonda Dragomir “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself…and of course, the Boogie Man.” This mashup quote by comedian Pat Paulsen underscores a fear of…
3 Ways to Improve Your Author Facebook Page
© 2020 Shel Harrington A common mistake writers make when we set up an author Facebook page is making it all about us. Our potential readers find posts about our…
What the #@#@#@?
© 2019 Corabel Shofner Writers of a certain age panic when told we must develop a social media “presence.” Okay, we learned Facebook, but no, Facebook is not where it’s at…
5 Ways Getting an Agent Is like Dating
© 2019 Bob Hostetler At a recent writers’ conference, I enjoyed my first “speed dating” experience. Maybe I should clarify. “Yes, you should,” my wife says. In these “speed dating”…
Leveraging a Newsletter
© 2018 Tracy Crump The Write Life (TWL) turns ten this month. Marylane and I started with just nine subscribers who attended our first workshop on writing for Chicken Soup for…
The High Concept Novel
© 2018 DiAnn Mills Are you a novelist striving for a high concept story? Have you heard the term and not fully understood what it means? Worse yet, has an…
Gotcha! Catchy Headlines Cause Readers to Slow Down, Take a Look
© 2017 Beth Gooch You’ve put the finishing touches on a blog post or an article, but your work isn’t complete until you’ve topped it with a headline that tempts…
How to Create a One Sheet
© 2017 Bethany Jett When I first heard that I had to take a one sheet to a writers conference, I thought, “A one sheet of what?” My book was…