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Publishing Journey - podcast
Meredith Maran
Author Meredith Maran has worked with nearly all types of publishers, including niche, small and large publishers. Because she is interested in promoting a message and writes politically edgy material, she favors the big houses. She explains how her...
over 9 years ago
Self-Publishing
Advantages/Disadvantages
Marketing for Dead-Broke Writers - Class 6: Blogging (Part 1) - recorded webinar
Joel Scott
This is session six of a ten part series designed to support your book marketing efforts. Each session is valuable on its own, but we recommend that you attend all 10 sessions to get the most comprehensive experience. In this session author Joel Scott...
over 9 years ago
Blogging
Tips
Marketing for Dead-Broke Writers - Class 6: Blogging (Part 2) - recorded webinar
Joel Scott
This is session six of a ten part series designed to support your book marketing efforts. Each session is valuable on its own, but we recommend that you attend all 10 sessions to get the most comprehensive experience. In this session author Joel Scott...
over 9 years ago
Blogging
Tips
An Author's Effective Marketing Strategy - podcast
Cindy Jones
Author Cindy Jones shares marketing strategies for authors, six ways she markets her book and her personal blogging habits. Pay particular attention to the way she speaks about the tasks that she's doing: All of them are driven from her own native...
over 9 years ago
Marketing Plan
Research
How Personal and Professional Experiences Can Influence Your Writing - video
Rolonda Watts
In her award-winning debut novel Destiny Lingers author Rolonda Watts was able to take experiences from her career as a journalist and investigative news reporter and weave them into the story line surrounding her main character, Destiny. By using...
over 8 years ago
I have an Idea!
Choosing Your Topic
How Personal and Professional Experiences Can Influence Your Writing - podcast
Rolonda Watts
In her award-winning debut novel Destiny Lingers author Rolonda Watts was able to take experiences from her career as a journalist and investigative news reporter and weave them into the story line surrounding her main character, Destiny. By using...
over 8 years ago
I have an Idea!
Choosing Your Topic
How Writing Groups and Cohorts Can Support Your Career
Russell Nohelty
Bestselling author and Wannabe Press founder Russell Nohelty has created an online Facebook group to provide a place for writers and authors to go to get support. Publishing is a tough business where only a select few survive, which creates a camaraderie...
over 5 years ago
Getting Feedback
Writing Groups
How Writing Helped Brian Platzer Deal With His Neurological Disorder
Brian Platzer
Author Brian Platzer's The Body Politic is inspired by our current political moment and his own personal struggles with a neurological disorder. Platzer explains how writing the novel gave him both a wider perspective on what he deals with everyday and...
over 6 years ago
Fiction
Reason for Writing
How to Derive Humor from Life and Integrate it into Your Writing
Devorah Cutler-Rubenstein
Humor is one of the trickiest elements to include in a piece of writing because it’s easy to sound stilted and uncomfortable. Devorah Cutler-Rubenstein, writer, producer, director, and career coach, explains the secret to being naturally funny. It...
over 7 years ago
Managing Your Writing Life
Education and Craft
How to Stay in High School Forever: Writing the Young Adult Novel - podcast
Janette Rallison
YA author Janette Rallison shares valuable details about what you need to know to write in this popular market. In her quick overview for what makes YA novel a YA novel, she lists the following things: a teen protagonist, issues teens care about, fast...
over 9 years ago
Fiction
Character Development
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