by admin | Mar 5, 2022 | Encouragement, Fiction, General, Mechanics/ Writing Craft
© 2022 Sharon René What are speculative and dystopian fiction? You may not be familiar with the genres, but you’ve probably read a dystopian book and didn’t know it.George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm, and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 are...
by admin | Feb 4, 2022 | Business Strategies, Encouragement, General, Marketing, Mechanics/ Writing Craft, Publishing Strategies, Social Media, Technology
© 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 on a secret: it’s part of your author-preneur style. You already published a website, books, articles,...
by admin | Jan 4, 2022 | Encouragement, General, Interviews, Marketing, Social Media, Speaking, Technology
© 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 that sound?”“Oh, that’s my husband making a smoothie,” my guest replied. When...
by admin | Dec 4, 2021 | Business Strategies, Copywriting, Encouragement, General, Mechanics/ Writing Craft, Nonfiction, Publishing Strategies, Research
© 2021 Jennifer Breeze When I was ten years old, I fell in love with writing poetry. The ability to use a few carefully chosen words to evoke emotion from my readers was a rewarding thrill. Unfortunately, I was told that there was no money to be made as a...
by admin | Nov 5, 2021 | Blogging, Business Strategies, Encouragement, Fiction, General, Marketing, Mechanics/ Writing Craft, Nonfiction, Photography, Publishing Strategies
© 2021 Toni Shiloh When we get the call to write, the thrill of putting words to paper can seem all consuming. Then when publication becomes a reality, writers discover there is more than just the story. Building Your Tribe is my take on how to navigate social media...
by admin | Oct 2, 2021 | Business Strategies, Encouragement, General, Marketing, Photography, Social Media
© 2021 Julie Lavender Have you considered using videos on social media to promote your next release?My parenting book, 365 Ways to Love Your Child: Turning Little Moments into Lasting Memories, released in October 2020. To market, I chose to employ videos to bring...