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How To Develop Relatable Villains - video
Anita Sanchez
Author Anita Sanchez offers suggestions for writing relatable dialogue that works to humanize your story's villain. Even villains have redeeming characteristics, and it's your mission as the author to draw them out and create a more compelling and...
over 9 years ago
Fiction
Character Development
How To Develop Relatable Villains - podcast
Anita Sanchez
Author Anita Sanchez offers suggestions for writing relatable dialogue that works to humanize your story's villain. Even villains have redeeming characteristics, and it's your mission as the author to draw them out and create a more compelling and...
over 9 years ago
Fiction
Character Development
Using Video to Market Books - video
Daylle Deanna Schwartz
Author Daylle Deanna Schwartz discusses the success she had when using a video as a marketing tool for her book and how she leveraged her first video to generate publicity, including being quoted in a New York Post article on the topic. She also shares...
over 9 years ago
Media
Online
Using Video to Market Books - podcast
Daylle Deanna Schwartz
Author Daylle Deanna Schwartz discusses the success she had when using a video as a marketing tool for her book and how she leveraged her first video to generate publicity, including being quoted in a New York Post article on the topic. She also shares...
over 9 years ago
Media
Online
Self Publishing and the Writing Process - video
Frances Frost
Author, Frances Frost, discusses her path to publishing her self-published book, "Life in Spades." This book took a winding path at the beginning because it was written in bits and pieces at first. However, with this particular fiction piece, it...
over 9 years ago
Self-Publishing
Advantages/Disadvantages
Self Publishing and the Writing Process - podcast
Frances Frost
Author, Frances Frost, discusses her path to publishing her self-published book, "Life in Spades." This book took a winding path at the beginning because it was written in bits and pieces at first. However, with this particular fiction piece, it...
over 9 years ago
Self-Publishing
Advantages/Disadvantages
How to Build a Power Author Brand and Achieve Success
A.G. Billig
In today's challenging book market, you either are a power author brand or a commodity. Marketing your books without having an author brand is like building a house without a solid foundation. It's not enough anymore to write a great book. You need to...
over 6 years ago
Marketing Plan
Building a Fan Base
Comparing the Publishing Journey Between Children’s Books and Young Adult Novels
Annie Sullivan
Author Annie Sullivan has found success with traditional publishing for her young adult novels, but the road to getting a children's picture book picked up by a traditional publisher has been a little more challenging. She's pitched a few children's...
over 3 years ago
Children's Books
Writing for Kids
How Authors Can Build Community - podcast
Jane Hodges
Writing is done in solitary, but that doesn’t mean it has to be lonely. Author and journalist Jane Hodges talks about the importance of building community as an author. When we’re ready to tell the world about what we’ve been working on, it’s easier...
over 9 years ago
Marketing Plan
Building a Fan Base
How Authors Can Build Community - video
Jane Hodges
Writing is done in solitary, but that doesn’t mean it has to be lonely. Author and journalist Jane Hodges talks about the importance of building community as an author. When we’re ready to tell the world about what we’ve been working on, it’s easier...
over 9 years ago
Marketing Plan
Building a Fan Base
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