Tag Archive | Informative
What to Look for in a Book Publicist—Plus Tips for Going It Alone – by Tanya Hall…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Jane Friedman site: A successful book publicity campaign can bring in a level of media coverage that lands more clients, more brand cachet, more book sales, and additional media opportunities. That makes hiring an outside publicity firm a big decision, and knowing what to…
Why Write A Non-Fiction Book? – by Joanna Penn…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on The Creative Penn: Writing a book is hard work. You need a reason to carry you through the tough times. Why do you care about this subject so much that you want to invest the time, emotional energy, and maybe money, in order to…
22 Tips for Breaking Bread with Journalists – by Joan Stewart…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on The Book Designer: You’re in a panic. A reporter from your local newspaper heard about your new book and wants to meet you for lunch. You’ve done several telephone interviews with journalists, but you’ve never sat face-to-face with a reporter—let alone eaten with one.…
How to Intertwine Plot, Character, and Theme in Every Scene – by K.M. Weiland…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Helping Writers Become Authors: If plot, character, and theme are the foundational underpinnings of story itself, then they must be present in every scene as well, right? But that gets tricky. How can you make surethese elements are doing their job in every scene? And…
How To Do An Accurate Website Speed Test For Your Blog – by Derek Haines…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Just Publishing Advice: If your blog is slow, you will lose readers fast. It will also have a negative effect on your SEO. Here are 9 free website speed test tools for you to make sure your website or blog is delivering fast page…
Finding The Best Grammar Checker To Correct Your Writing – by Derek Haines…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Just Publishing Advice: My search for the best grammar checker I could find No matter what you write, you always need to check your text. However, it is not as simple as thinking that a quick spell check in Microsoft Word is going to…
Strategy And Business Plans For Authors With Johanna Rothman…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on The Creative Penn: Intro by Joanna Penn: Sometimes we get so bogged down in the minutiae of the writer’s life, that we forget to look where we’re going. So it’s time to take a step back as we hit the mid-year and review your…
You Yearn To Become An Author And Need To Know How To Start – by Derek Haines…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Just Publishing Advice: You can dream of becoming the next bestselling author, but let’s do a reality check first You can write, but that doesn’t make you a writer. You’re a writer, but that doesn’t make you an author. You wrote a book, but that…
FACEBOOK USERS – HERE IS AN ISSUE TO BE AWARE OF…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
I received the following message this morning, from Victoria Zigler, who is a registered blind writer and uses Facebook. Hi Chris, I wondered if you could post the following to make people aware of the issue: “I noticed recently that Facebook started having background options…
Should I Pay to Publish My Book? – by Melissa Bowersock…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Indies Unlimited site: Here at IU, we continually get questions from readers about publishers. Should they publish with them? Are they legit? There are so many of these outfits popping up all the time (and fading away), it’s hard to stay current on all…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 