Conference is just seven weeks away. Do you even need business cards? Now’s the time to decide and start designing them so you can take advantage of those great printing deals…and ensure that your card will work hard for you. Over the years, I’ve shared my business cards with editors and agents during appointments and…
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Rocky Mountain Writer #92
Heather Webb & Deep Revision “Deep Revision – Making the Good Even Better” is the title of a master class being taught by Heather Webb at the RMFW Colorado Gold conference in September. On the podcast, Heather talks about the topics she’ll cover in those four hours of in-depth learning. Heather also gives us a…
Writing Decisions That Affect Readers and my Reader/Writer Hats…
First, this article is for Working Writers WHO WANT TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES BY WRITING. My Reader Hat: I buy books that sound good, mostly romance (all sub-genres), fantasy (most genres), some mysteries and YA. Less often I download a sample. And I rarely read something NEW when I’m far behind deadline, as I was from…
Protecting Your Merchandising Rights in a Publishing Deal
In publishing, “merchandising” refers to the right(s) to create, market, and sell products (merchandise) based on a book or its characters and settings. A good example is Bertie Botts’ Every-Flavor Beans, which appear in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series and also on many convenience and candy store shelves. Since Rowling invented the candy in her…
Engaging Your Newsletter – Subscriber Quality Matters by Stephanie Reisner
We all know that building a newsletter email list is an essential part of an author’s marketing toolbox. Your list provides one thing your social media doesn’t. A direct line to your readers. See, Facebook and Twitter, they purposefully don’t show your posts to all of your page or feed subscribers. So unless your readers…