“I guarantee a debut novelist WITH a marketing plan is much more impressive than a debut novelist without.” ~Amanda Luedeke, literary agent Melissa Tagg here. Before we get started today, …
The Next Generation of “Critique” Partnerships.
I’m starting a campaign. Time for a “second wave” critique partnership model. “Rachel, what do you mean? I love my critique partners.” I know! Keeping loving them. Love them well! …
Can you write a book in a month? How to accept the NaNoWriMo Challenge?
Can you write a book in a month? YES! We had a conversation about this last Thursday during the MBT OPEN HOUSE webinar. Writing a book in a month is …
Outdated Blogging Myths Debunked
I’m on a lot of writer lists, and I read a lot of really questionable advice from well-meaning folks. But recently I read some advice that just about set my hair on fire.
The person giving the questionable advice stated that no one should ever use BlogSpot or WordPress in their blog address. They said that if someone did, it would be almost impossible to break into the highest levels of SEO discoverability. They went on to say the reason for this is that there are millions of Blogger (BlogSpot) and WordPress blogs, so SEO doesn’t consider them professional, no matter how often the site is update.
This advice is so wrong—on so many levels—I almost don’t know where to start.
When an Author’s Backstory Sparks a Story Idea
At the very first My Book Therapy (MBT) Storycrafters Retreat in 2010, Susie May Warren had the attendees complete a seemingly simple – and insignificant – exercise on page nine of our workbooks.
I kept that workbook, the one with the working title of my manuscript scribbled inside the front cover: Wish You Were Here. Thanks to that weekend and how it changed my life and my writing, Wish You Were Here became a “real book” in 2012.
And I refer back to that seemingly insignificant exercise on page nine time and time again.