Let’s address the elephant in the room. We are authors, not web designers. Yet, most of us have or will have to set up and run our own website. We aren’t paid enough to hire a professional to do it. So, how do you make your website look professional while Read more…
Writing an author bio is one of the hardest things authors do for their websites. We write stories about other people and places, and we think our own life is boring. Unfortunately, the world wants to know who we are and we have to tell them. Fortunately, we are storytellers. Read more…
If you decide to have a blog on your website, there are numerous topics you can choose. Mostly, blogging will be something you have to figure out for yourself, but there are two things about every blog that can be taught. The first is headlines, and the second is pictures. Read more…
The last aspect of branding I want to discuss right now is fonts. Most people don’t think about it since typography is more subconscious than other branding, but it is important. People spend hours reading on their phones and computers, and they are subconsciously picking up signals from the text. Read more…
Choosing brand colors was without a doubt the hardest part of creating my brand. I thought it would be easy. Pick two primary colors and done. I was wrong. Do you know how many shades of red there are? More than you can count. I’ve compiled some tools that will Read more…
As authors, we don’t generally see our writing as a business. We write. We hope others read and enjoy. But, if you want to make a successful career of writing, you need to treat it as a business. That includes creating a brand that represents you and your works. This Read more…
Agent Amy Brewer from Metamorphosis Literary Agency is my last interview from the writers conference. She represents a wide range of books, from middle grade to book club reads to romance. She is outgoing, fun, and very easy to talk to—even if you’re a nervous author. If you get the Read more…
Holly Atkinson is a freelance editor, and her company is called Evil Eye Editing. She was gracious enough to do a last-minute interview with me at the end of the writing conference, and I am truly grateful. She had some good insight for authors on editing. She is also an Read more…
At the writers conference, I interviewed Ally Robertson, editor with The Wild Rose Press and suspense author. She is a wealth of information since she works on the editing side as well as the writing side. I learned so many tidbits on how to improve my manuscript from just a Read more…
Bestselling author Steven James was gracious enough to take the time to answer a few of my questions—even though he was the keynote speaker at the writers conference and had a ton on his plate. Steven is genuine and funny, and it was such a pleasure to meet him. He Read more…