If I live to be a hundred and spend all day every day pursuing All The Things recommended for novel marketing, I would still fail. This is a sobering thought, equivalent to the first of the twelve steps.
I, Kerry Schafer, acknowledge that I am powerless to do All The Things.
By Jeanne C. Stein What is conflict? Why is it important in your writing? Those are redundant questions, aren’t they? In fact, you’ve heard them so many times, you’re sick of them. They are mentioned in every article, every class, every discussion on writing. Why? Because conflict is crucial to good story telling. A dictionary…
By Jeffe Kennedy A year ago, a gal I knew through Twitter pinged me and asked if I’d consider attending her conference as a featured author the following spring. She promised me Florida beaches in February, enthusiastic readers and great, organized programming. Wow – did she ever deliver! I just last night returned from the…
By Colleen Oakes The other day I was trying to explain to someone why I can’t write for just two hours. In two hours, I can do a lot of things. I can clean a house, take my toddler to the park, watch a movie. But I can’t write. Sure, I can put words on…
By Liesa Malik Three seconds is all you get. Three seconds to make the difference between a sale and a pass on your book. No matter how much time you as an author have put into your novel, or how carefully your work has been edited, artist Deirdre Wait of High Pines Creative knows you…