Friendly Advice from an Editor – READ THE @&*$#!! GUIDELINES!! – by Brian Whiddon
If you want to guarantee failure in your freelance writing career, don’t read this…
promoting your writing
“Is my book being trolled on Amazon by someone I know?”
If an author has any enemies (or suspected enemies), I recommend he or she remove those people from their social media friends’ lists, as well as their email lists long before marketing of a new book begins…
“Should my website’s URL be my name or my book’s title?”
“What do you recommend for authors when they are creating a…”
Top 10 Mistakes New Authors Make When Contacting Libraries By Angela Hoy
Read advice from a librarian about the common mistakes new authors make when approaching libraries.
6 Tips From Sales Professionals That Teach Writers How to Sell Themselves – by Lindsay Woolman
A little sales knowledge can take a freelance writer a long way.
What Gives Many Authors Nightmares? Feedback by TM Jacobs
While the thought can be terrifying, getting feedback makes you a good writer.
Post-Pandemic Positive: There are Now TWO Ways to Promote Your Book to Groups! – by Sandy Lindberg
How I sell my books virtually AND in person.
Invited to Speak but Don’t Know What to Say? Here are Tons of Ideas! By Laura Lee Perkins, MS
For inspiration on speaking topics think about everything that you, as a writer, do best.
Should You Pay to Appear on a Podcast?
I was very interested in one podcast series but the narrator’s voice had a twangy tone that reminded me of a screechingly bad note on my guitar…
“A literary agency wants to represent my 12-year-old self-published book. Legit or not?”
“Because I hear so many horror stories about companies like this agency scamming authors (and yes, they approached me first!), I’m…”