by Anara Guard | Mar 9, 2020 | Articles, Writing
UPDATE: 1/21/20 Consider attending a writing conference this year! There are a variety of different kinds, ranging from critique workshops to massive conventions, from one-day sessions focused on a single topic to weeklong intensives with a rich agenda of panels,...
by JoAnne Franklin | Jul 8, 2019 | Articles, Book Reviews, Marketing, Self-Publishing, Setting Up For Sales, Writing
Yesterday, someone asked me to autograph my latest book. I refused because I had given them the book to review. I’m seeking reviews because reviews have now trumped rumor as the preferred way to sell novels. In other words, I’m not hiding the fact that I wrote a...
by keilah | Apr 11, 2019 | Articles, Writing
There’s nothing better than sitting down with a good book. Unless of course there’s a little edible to go along with it. Cannabis culture demands that there’s plenty of interesting literature not only to entertain us, but to educate us as well. Cannabis has always...
by Penny Sansevieri, Author Marketing Experts, Inc. | Mar 8, 2019 | Articles, Marketing, Setting Up For Sales, Social Media, Tips from the Pros, Writing
Today’s news cycle is unlike anything I’ve seen before. It seems like it never stops. While there has always been news, over the last several years I have heard frequently from reporters and producers at major shows that this news cycle is more chaotic than anything...
by BookSparks | Jan 18, 2018 | Articles, Marketing, Writing
Your book is publishing in 2018. NOW is the time to let people know about it. But now that you have spent all this time writing and perfecting it, how do you get your book the media coverage it deserves? First, it is important to set some realistic expectations. I...
by Heidi K. Rojek | Nov 6, 2017 | Articles, Writing
By Heather Cumiskey, author of I Like You Like This It’s easy to want to abandon your book or short story just as it’s getting hard. Like when your momentum suddenly stalls, characters get quiet, or that pestering voice in your head tells you that your writing...
