Getting Noticed
Ever feel like a needle in a haystack? Perhaps more accurate, a needle in a huge pile of other needles. We write, we publish, we go to conventions and yet somehow reaching readers seems to become more...
View ArticleConvention Panels for Newbies
Most professional authors have attended conventions as a fan before they were bitten by their muse. Some attend to sell books, sit on panels, and even do a reading or two. I’ve been asked numerous...
View ArticleAll About Attitude
A guest post by John D. Payne I was single for a long time, and not by choice. I was sick of dating by the time I was 21, but wasn’t married until 36. It took me 15 years to get noticed at a party by a...
View ArticleConvention Selling Tips
Let me start off with the caveat that I am not an expert merchandiser. Everything I’m going to talk about below comes from a few years of hand-selling my books at conventions. I know people who can do...
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A guest post by Sean Golden. You’ve done it. You’ve finally finished your first novel. After months or years of tears, sweat and blood, your baby is about to meet the world. But if you are...
View ArticleRodeos and Popcorn
We’ve all heard the statistics of the odds of getting published as a writer. The stat most often thrown around is less than one percent of stories submitted for publication are ever actually accepted...
View ArticleThe Extroverted Introvert – Faking It Until It Becomes Real
All stories require at least two participants: the storyteller and the audience. While this is obvious in the performances of bards, campfire storytellers, and stage actors, I would argue that writers...
View ArticleExpanding Your Convention Horizons
When I re-started my writing career after a long hiatus, I had to figure out how to get back into the convention circuit. My base of operations shifted from upstate New York to the Denver area, so I...
View ArticleHow to Get Noticed on Kobo
A guest post by Mark Leslie Lefebvre. You’ve heard it before, you’ll hear it again. Maybe this time you’ll remove yourself from the attachment you have with your beautifully bouncing “baby” of a book...
View ArticleConnecting
Most of us are not so egocentric that we write strictly for our own pleasure. We want our work to connect to readers. We want to know that we are touching someone; that our work creates a resonance in...
View ArticleMake Friends, Be Useful, Get Noticed!
A guest post by K.J. Russell. The best assets a writer will ever have are their colleagues. Fellow writers, editors, proofreaders and organizers are going to help your writing reach readers in a way...
View ArticleI Hope You Noticed
What are the ways writers get noticed? Good hair, great covers, blind luck? Of course, there’s more to it than that and our posts this month were excellent at showing us the best ways to get our works...
View ArticleFinding Inspiration in the Writing Life
Writing is hard, lonely, and often underappreciated work. Authors spend years, if not decades, practicing and perfecting our craft with the hopes of someday being deemed “publishable.” Each year,...
View ArticleFan to Writer: An Online Meeting with Rowling Herself
A Guest Post by J.J. Bennett Back in 2001, I had knee surgery. Looking back now, I’d say that it changed my life. It was December and a friend suggested I read the Harry Potter books to pass the time...
View ArticleCommonalities in our Journey
A Guest Post by Abby Goldsmith When Nathan Barra asked me to write a guest post about why I write fiction, I hesitated. It’s a good question, and one that I haven’t pondered in years. I’ve been stuck...
View ArticleTurning Experiences into Method Acting
A Guest Post from Emily Godhand Back in February of this year I was able to attend to Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta’s “SuperStars Writing Seminar” on a scholarship from Wattpad. This was a...
View ArticleInspiration
I had a lot of trouble deciding which inspiration to write about. My whole life is full of inspiration, from bedtime stories, to family TV time, writing exercises in school. The list goes on. It took a...
View ArticleMy Last Thought
A Guest Post by Darin Calhoun April 2002, I was driving to work on the 210 Freeway, just passing Irwindale, when I glanced at my rear view mirror and saw a white, Scully, Semi-Truck. My Last thought...
View ArticleOn Motivation and the Quest for “It”
A Guest Post by Kary English Somewhere between 25 and 30 years ago, I gave up on writing. I was fresh out of high school, and my dream career was to be a fantasy writer. I’d written two or three short...
View ArticleIs Google Play Going Crazy, or is Fate Finally Smiling on Me?
A guest post by Rachel Ann Nunes. So you may have heard about how one of my books was plagiarized and the horrendous costs involved in the litigation to protect my books and myself from harassment. The...
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