I had the chance to interview bestselling author Heather Burch at a regional writers conference. She writes Young Adult and Adult novels, and she is the most organized author I have had the opportunity to learn from in my career. If you want some expert advice and insight, this woman Read more…
I recently went to my second regional writers conference since starting my professional writing career. These gatherings are specifically for authors, editors, agents, and publishers. The goal of conferences is to help writers make connections and learn more about the publishing industry. The ones I attended were done as a Read more…
After a year of running my website, I’ve learned a few tricks, and I’d like to share one with you today. When you have a website where you get comments from the public, there is always spam comments. While some of these are easy to spot, I’ve almost been fooled Read more…
I wanted to title this post All The Little Pesky Things You Have To Do When Running A Business That You Don’t Think About Until You Do It, but I thought that title would be too long. That’s the essence of this week’s post though. I’m sure, as I get Read more…
Last week I shared about my process to register a LLC, and this week I will cover three more steps to take once you are officially a business owner. These will allow you to do financial transactions, and they are super easy. This is advice for those living in the Read more…
You have a finished book, and you’re ready to pitch it to agents or publish it yourself. Congrats! But before you do that, you may need to think about finances and how you want to get paid. You can sell it yourself, but that opens you up to possible lawsuits Read more…
I’ve covered the aspects and tips of writing book blurbs for readers, and now I want to give a little advice for composing synopses for editors and agents. These professionals will need more than just an emotional reaction to your story. If you’re trying to pitch to them for the Read more…
As I mentioned last week, the point of the book blurb is to elicit an emotional reaction and make people want to read more. We already talked about the five main parts of a blurb, and this week I want to focus on tips to strengthen the reader’s emotional response. Read more…
There are several ways to get people to read your book. The title, cover art, and book reviews quotes are just a few ways to hook the readers. One of the best ways to get them to open the book is the blurb you put on the back cover. These Read more…
This week I’ve learned some insider information about publishing houses: the hierarchy of authors and how to climb it. There seems to be six levels of authors in a publishing house: newbie, proven, midlist, lead, super lead, and apex. Let’s take a closer look at each. 1. Newbie Author A Read more…