Print book sales are up across nearly all formats and age groups. In some cases, the percent of increase is double digits. While juvenile non-fiction sales increased the most (can you say, “home schooling?”), juvenile fiction, YA and adult fiction and non-fiction book sales have also gone up by substantial amounts. While there is a…
Movie trailers and book trailers are designed to provide just enough imagery, animation, and sound to entice the viewer to watch the whole movie or read the book. But those who create movie trailers have a distinct advantage in that the imagery, animation, and sound they need for their trailer comes right from the movie…
Yes, I know it’s almost a year away. But time flies, as they say, and now is the time to start getting serious. Personally, I’ll start setting aside money now in an account dedicated to my writing career. If I can set aside $100 per month, I’ll have more than enough to go to Gold,…
Kay Bergstrom – Writer of the Year Finalist It started with a novel called Tongue-Tied, her first Harlequin Temptation title in September of 1984. Now, for Kay Bergstrom, it’s 87 books later – not including two 2 audio plays and 2 screenplay treatments and some short stories. Kay, who is one of three Writer of…
When I first started writing romance, I read many books by popular romance authors, trying to understand what made them popular. What was it about their books that appealed to readers? There were some whose success I simply didn’t understand. To me, their writing seemed average, their characters trite and boring, their plots predictable. It…