Every aspiring nonfiction author needs a website. Even if you only plan to write for publications or you want to self-publish your work, you need a “home—or storefront—in cyberspace.” And you want that website to represent your work in a professional light as well as help you sell your skills and work. Although I’ve written extensively about websites and blogging,…
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Every author wants to reach more readers. And you can…by leveraging your content. In today’s guest post, Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress), a digital nomad and full-time writer and blogger, explains the importance of content marketing and provides some ideas for how you can use this strategy to sell books without being salesy. You’ve published a book and want to reach more…
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Book marketing can seem like an ominous task…and an expensive one. However, there are ways to market your book for free by harnessing the media for free publicity. Today, writer and editor Chris Well (@chriswellwriter) provides you with information on how and why to pursue media attention to help get you and your book in front of more potential readers….
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Your excuses won’t get you published, but your consistent and tenacious attempts to become a writer and published author will. Today, writer and acquisitions editor W. Terry Whalin (@TerryWhalin) discusses how he has managed to become prolific and productive as a writer and how you can do the same. For many years I’ve attended conferences. At these events, I often have…
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I bet, like most writers, you work on many different types of projects. For instance, you might write blog posts, articles, ebooks, books, reports, proposals, and workbooks. To complete these projects, you need a constant flow of writing ideas. You also may be quite organized with your projects. You plan them out and create long task lists to help you…
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