Tag Archive | author
#MondayBlogs: Guest Post Showing VS Telling
Originally posted on Shannon A. Thompson:
Intro: I am very excited about today’s guest blogger. Since recently signing with Clean Teen Publishing, it has been an absolute delight getting to know my new family, and so, I am introducing one of those wonderfully supportive and talented authors, Jennifer Anne Davis. She is sharing fantastic writing…
Building Your Author Platform: Setting Up Your Home Base
Originally posted on Kate M. Colby:
The first steps in building your author platform are understanding what, when, and why and choosing the pen name you want to use. Once those steps are completed, you can take action. My suggestion is to begin by setting up your “home base” on the web: your author website.…
Cover Reveal: Minutes Before Sunset by Shannon A. Thompson
Originally posted on Legends of Windemere:
Minutes Before Sunset by Shannon A. Thompson Minutes Before Sunset, book 1 of The Timely Death Trilogy Awarded Goodreads’ Book of the Month in July 2012 Releases July 28, 2015 – Second edition by Clean Teen Publishing, new cover and new interior! Current Rating on Goodreads: 146 ratings, 4.3…
Amazon, Ebooks, and Advertising
Originally posted on Publishing Insights:
There has been a lot of mixed reactions toward Amazon putting advertisements on Kindle, especially when it was first launched in 2011. Today I wish to bring this issue back into the spotlight and invite you to re-examine it together. In the article Why Advertising Could Become Amazon’s Knockout Punch, Joe Wikert attributes…
3 Secrets to School Visit Success
Originally posted on WRITERS' RUMPUS:
Schools visits are magical…most of the time. My very first school visit started with technology issues. After struggling for half an hour, I decided to give my presentation without slides. At that point, of course, the presentation suddenly started working! Talk about stressful. But in the end, it’s your connection with…
Author incomes – when does the money come in?
Originally posted on writerlywitterings:
This is a quick post to answer the question I have been asked several times recently, which is: how soon are authors paid for their work? Oh, boy, I remember the day Marion Donaldson called me to confirm that Headline wanted to buy my first book, and that she wanted another…
Building Your Author Platform: How to Choose Your Pen Name
Originally posted on Kate M. Colby:
Once you have decided to start building your author platform, the first thing you need to do is select the pen name under which you plan to publish. This is an extremely important decision, and for some authors, it will be more difficult than others. Your pen name is…
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