Twitter, Facebook, and other tools in the social media toolbox may seem overwhelming, especially if your goal is classic prose rather than 280-character tweets. If used strategically and efficiently, however, social media can raise your visibility...

Almost all new writers wonder if they need an agent to get their work published. Once your manuscript is complete, polished and ready for publication it’s important to ask yourself “what are my publishing goals?" If your goal is to get traditionally...

For many authors, writing sales copy about their book or about themselves can be a daunting, challenging task. Join marketing and publishing expert Amy Collins as she reviews the elements of writing effective marketing and sales copy for these five key...

Do you want to get your book on the shelves of bookstores or libraries? Bookstores and libraries are now buying more self-published and small press books than ever before. Join publishing and marketing expert Amy Collins as she reviews the tools and...

Getting started on Amazon and understanding all of the beneficial tools that are available can be an intimidating process for new authors. Join publishing and marketing expert Amy Collins as she reviews setting up a seller account and the publishing...

Once, trailers were reserved for feature films. No more. These days, the enterprising author’s toolkit includes short, powerful videos that serve as fantastic marketing tools for their work. But exactly how do you turn a novel or nonfiction book into...

Write everywhere about everything on anything you can find. Write. Just write. Don’t wait, write. Write from who you are. Write about what you do. Write when you want to, write when you don’t want to. Write now, write then. Write notes while...

Join Blue Heron Literary’s Amy Levenson and the Author Learning Center for our first ever live interview event! Over the course of an hour we talked to Amy about her life as a literary agent, what an agent does (and doesn’t do), and much more. Be sure...

The explosive independent (“Indie”) film market is the primary entry point for books seeking adaptation to film. Indie producers are much more accessible to new authors today than are studio buyers, and can be approached through representatives like...

It sounds incongruous, but even the smallest success can thrust an author into a place that feels quite uncomfortable. As a writer accustomed to the quiet, would you be ready for the glare of the spotlight? Could you afford not to be ready? This webinar...