One year, as I was checking out Christmas presents at a local bookstore, I noticed a stack of paperweights near the register. “Bright” and “shiny” are always a temptation and …
Create an Awesome Marketing Plan—Part 2: Media and Speaking
Last week we began a series on creating an awesome marketing plan for your novel’s proposal. The goal is not only to wow agents and editors with your stellar marketing …
Weekly Spark: Blurred Lines
I’m a writer. While this statement is sometimes up for debate in my head, I put words to paper, which words eventually become books, studies and, most recently, fiction. Therefore, …
Create an Awesome Marketing Plan—Part 1: Intro
“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, …
Let’s work on your amazing story together!
Is this the year you get published? If you’re working on a story and know it’s time to dig deep, look at your story structure, your wordsmithing and the themes …