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Mother and Author: Managing Your Time - podcast
Lisa Greenwald
It's always challenging to find the time to write. Author Lisa Greenwald shares how she balances the demands in her life. Check it out for ideas and inspiration on managing your own busy life so you can make time to write. Click here to play this audio...
over 9 years ago
Managing Your Writing Life
Time Management
Creating Realistic Dialogue - podcast
Cheryl McKay
Author and screenwriter Cheryl McKay shares some details of her personal process of developing dialogue and writing, including how it's not something she initially focuses on in her early writing. Cheryl also provides a surprising tip for writers to...
over 9 years ago
Fiction
Character Development
Confessions of a Full-Time Writer - video
Lisa Tucker
Author Melissa Tucker shares her thoughts on when a writer can quit his or her day job. She talks about how she writes but does other things related to the writing to earn an income.
over 9 years ago
Writing Jobs
Full-Time Writer
Know Your Strengths - video
Dan Gerstein
Dan Gerstein, president of Gotham Ghostwriters, discusses how to promote your writing skills and services by leveraging and growing your network and highlighting your areas of expertise. If you are trying to start a freelance writing career, you will...
over 9 years ago
Writing Jobs
Freelance Writer
Creating Realistic Dialogue - video
Cheryl McKay
Author and screenwriter Cheryl McKay shares some details of her personal process of developing dialogue and writing, including how it's not something she initially focuses on in her early writing. Cheryl also provides a surprising tip for writers to...
over 9 years ago
Fiction
Character Development
Mother and Author: Managing Your Time - video
Lisa Greenwald
It's always challenging to find the time to write. Author Lisa Greenwald shares how she balances the demands in her life. Check it out for ideas and inspiration on managing your own busy life so you can make time to write.
over 9 years ago
Managing Your Writing Life
Time Management
Why Authors Should Execute Goodreads Giveaways and How to Get Started - article
Author Learning Center
Whether you're a self-published author or published through a traditional press, you have to market your book if you want to achieve commercial success. One powerful marketing opportunity for authors is a Goodreads giveaway. Goodreads makes it easy for...
over 8 years ago
Book Reviews
Goodreads
How Authors Can Connect with Readers and Build a Fan Base
Author Learning Center
Many new authors publish books without thinking about how they will attract readers to their work. In a perfect world, you publish your book and readers flock to buy it without you having to do any marketing or selling to build that readership. The reality...
over 5 years ago
Marketing Plan
Building a Fan Base
How to Define the Target Audience for Your Memoir and Reach Potential Readers
Author Learning Center
You pour your heart and soul into writing your memoir. It's not fiction, it's your life. And you want your message to be heard. As you are capturing key moments from your life, a persistent question may start ringing in your head… who will read my memoir...
over 8 years ago
Marketing Plan
Building a Fan Base
From Page to Screen: Taking Your Story to Hollywood - podcast
Pen Densham
Hollywood producers often look to literature for their next big movie. The trick is getting their attention. Pen Densham, Hollywood producer, writer, and director, talks about how to sell your book to Hollywood and the right way to initiate contact...
over 9 years ago
Book to Screen
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