15 Books to Improve Your Writing: From Idea to Final Draft
Here are just a few of the books that have made my editing colleagues and me better writers at every stage of the process.
How to Reshape Your Mindset Around Book Marketing
When you work hard and write hard for months or years, your book really deserves a chance to succeed. And the only way it’s going to get that chance is through a sound marketing strategy.
How Strong Influencer Relationships Can Grow Your Audience
So many authors spend endless hours trying to figure out how to grow their personal social following — only to find that, ultimately, social media doesn’t sell books very well at all.
A Great Big List of Sign-Up Incentive Ideas for Fiction and Nonfiction Authors
Taking a close look at what you value in a newsletter is one of the best ways to help you figure out what kind of sign-up you should offer to your subscribers and what your ongoing newsletter content should be.
The Day’s Not Over Yet
Good habits generally help you be more productive than flying by the seat of your pants, but a little flexibility never hurts.
What’s the Best Way to Build Your Email List?
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.
The Creative Process Is Not Solitary
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.
Discover Your ‘Tendency’ to Unlock Your Writing Productivity
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.
How to Refill Your Creative Cup
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.
Two Books to Help You Deal With Fear as an Author
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.
How to Turn the Author Platform You Have Into the Author Platform You Need
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.
How to Grow Your Author Platform While Doing NaNoWriMo
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.
Step One of Building Your 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.