How to Recruit a Successful Book Launch Team
© 2022 Karen Sargent If you have a book to launch, you need a book launch team. You alone can tell your 1,000 Facebook friends about your book, or your…
Podcasting—A Beautiful Experience
© 2022 Amanda Schaefer If you had told me five years ago that I would be the podcast host of a global podcast, I wouldn't have believed you. Five years…
Digital Rights at Stake in the Internet Archive Lawsuit
©© 2022 Tom James 2022 Tom James Hachette v. Internet Archive is an important case to watch because it will ultimately determine the scope of authors’ and publishers’ exclusive digital rights…
Should I Start a Podcast?
©2022 Amy Earls Three important factors can determine whether you should start a podcast: need, passion, and vision. Before I started podcasting, I couldn't find podcasts for Christian teens. I…
Branding Your Author Image
© 2022 Katie R. Dale Imagine how powerful it would be to develop, own, and market your brand. You already have the capacity for it, and I'll let you in…
6 Tips to Sound Your Best as a Podcast Guest
© 2022 Laura Christianson I was interviewing a guest for The Professional Writer podcast when the sound of a blender on high speed flooded my headphones.I paused the recording. “Can you hear…
Use Canva to Create Your Own Graphics
© 2021 Josephine Massaro Maybe you ask or pay others to create graphic work for you. I have used several sites to create my own but never Canva. That is…
Speaking Online? Invest in the Right Equipment
© 2021 Mark Prasek Writing often leads to speaking, and nowadays that means online. Just as you want your writing to be topnotch, you’ll want your speaking engagements to reflect…
The Little Things
© 2020 Kay DiBianca I thought novel-writing would be easy. After all, my grades in English class had always been good, and I was a voracious reader. How hard could…
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…