Authors- If you want more readers, start blogging. Go to a blog that your readers are likely to visit and comment on a post there.After your post, leave your entire electronic signature so readers can identify you. It should look something like this: Joe Writer, Author“The Best Book You Ever Read”joe.writer (at) hotmail.comwww.bestbook.comwww.bestbook.blogspot.com When you … Continue Reading
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While the task of writing is often a solitary pursuit, it is only half of the process. Like the proverbial tree in the forest, the acknowledgement of one’s writing is the reader. The reader completes the process. Knowing your audience is critical to your success. The first question I ask any new client is, “Who … Continue Reading
The 2008 Spur Awards were quietly announced by Western Writers of America last month. Several Texas authors were among this year’s Winners & Finalists, including: Mike Kearby (Breckenridge)Finalist, Best Western Juvenile FictionAmbush at Mustang Canyon Stephen Hardin (Victoria)Finalist, Best Western Historical NonfictionTexian Macabre: The Melancholy Tale of a Hanging in Early Houston Robert Utley (Georgetown)Winner, … Continue Reading
Writers, like painters, musicians and other artists are compelled to create. Writing is like breathing, it is necessary to survive. Storytelling and the sharing of information is what has allowed cultures and civilizations to thrive, it is innate to who we are as human beings. The printed word allowed books to accompany passengers on their … Continue Reading
I am often asked, “What does an editor do?” The type of editing support you may want to obtain depends upon where you are in the writing process. The Freelance Editorial Association(http://www.edsguild.org) has defined four types of editing: Developmental Editing. Any or all of the following:a.) working with a writer to develop a manuscript from initial … Continue Reading
The proposal is like a resume and sets the tone for the entire relationship between publisher and author. Each proposal is its own unique statement of who you are and what your project is about. However, there are some items that, in most cases, should be in your proposal in some form or another. A … Continue Reading
Prior to being published, new authors will frequently make mistakes that damage or even preclude their book’s marketability. Commonly, these errors include Poorly designed or stock cover art Unedited, under edited or unprofessionally edited text Under funded or lack of a book marketing budget Invisible or inadequate online presence for author and titles Lack of … Continue Reading
Prior to being published, new authors will frequently make mistakes that damage or even preclude their book’s marketability. Commonly, these errors include Poorly designed or stock cover art Unedited, under edited or unprofessionally edited text Under funded or lack of a book marketing budget Invisible or inadequate online presence for author and titles Lack of … Continue Reading
What is the difference between a successful writer and an aspiring one? The rewrite. Few if any writers have their material flow onto the page ready to publish. The idea, inspiration, energy should pour out without editorial interference. Then the craft of writing begins.We all know a piece of great writing when we read it. … Continue Reading