Good habits generally help you be more productive than flying by the seat of your pants, but a little flexibility never hurts.

The single best way to build your email list is to offer something of value to your potential subscribers. They sign up, they get a special gift from you that somehow makes their day (or even their life) a little bit better.

I’m going to be blunt here. If you’re sitting alone in a room day after day putting words on the page but never showing anyone because you don’t think the work is “ready,” you’re doing it wrong.

I recently discovered something that has made all the difference for me in terms of understand how different people meet or don’t meet their writing and marketing goals.

When you’re blocked creatively, it’s tempting to think you just need a break. The force of Resistance is very cunning and will use any tactic it can to get you to quit writing.

Fear doesn’t have to be a creativity killer. With some self-awareness and courage, we can push through and do our work in the face of fear.

These days, if you’re hoping to get a traditional publishing deal, especially for nonfiction, you need a platform. Your publisher wants to know you have a built-in audience.

No matter what your reason for doing NaNo, if you’re serious about your writing career and building an audience for your work, you can use your NaNo experience to help you grow author platform.

Here’s the thing, you need a marketing strategy, not just a set of random tactics. Any tactics you end up choosing should directly serve that strategy.