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promoting your writing
Author Events 101: How to Profit from Promotion by Sharon Woodhouse
This article is your primer to developing an income stream from a variety of unique author events!
Friendly Podcasts for Book Promotion By Amanda Steel
Guesting on a podcast can be daunting for writers who are introverts. Here are some author-friendly podcasts.
Writing and Selling Books Ain’t for Sloths! – by Tom Douglas
Visions of sugarplums dance in the heads of novice writers. Hollywood has left them with the fantasy picture of authors being sent on lavish press tours where adoring fans line up at the signing table and where the writer is hounded by eager reporters…
Why Nobody Reads Press Releases Anymore
Buying press release services to announce getting published in a small magazine is a very bad idea.
If You’re Not Going to Promote Your Book, Why Did You Even WRITE It?
I am always stunned when authors flat refuse to promote their books. When I first hear this from an author (and, I do hear it a lot) I’m not sure if it’s ego, laziness, or apathy…
Expand Your Audience Through Affordable Video Book Promotion! – by Amanda Steel
When authors think about using a video to promote their books and their author brand, their first thought might be…
Diva Debbie Stops By for an Insult -or- NARCISSISTS NEED NOT APPLY!
My email was (horrors!) insulting and the dastardly diva sure showed me! She wrote back, saying she was…
Is It Time to Raise Your Rates for Your Repeat Clients? – by Ian Chandler
This is one of the trickier situations a freelance writer can deal with, and it’s a fairly common situation at that…
What’s a “Vertical” Publication? And, How Can You Get In On the Ground Floor? – by Shanon Lee
A “vertical” is when a new publication sprouts from a previous one. Get your feet in on the ground floor of these often well-funded new pubs!