Acknowledging and Building Author Confidence Going Forward From:
Has the invisibility cloak of lack of confidence ever enveloped you as an author?
The year 1987 was a big publishing year for meâthree books were published by three different New York publishing houses. All books did well and continued to add to my education as a publisher to be in my own right ⦠something that didnât happen until the year 2000.
It turned out that all three books did well. One was
The Confidence Factor: Cosmic Gooses Lay Golden Eggs. The survey within it was underwritten by a Fortune 500 companyâBristol Myers Squibb. As the spokesperson for one of its products, I crisscrossed the country doing media, talking about where confidence came from based on the findings of 6,000 respondents, and polishing my media and spea
Would you like to have a sponsor for your event? How about a partner to support you and your book? Or, one that just likes to cross-promote you?Ideas are here in this episode of the weekly AuthorU-Your Guide to Book Publishing podcast with Dr. Judith Briles and her guest, Philippa
Essential tips for childrenâs authors to get their books into schools From:
Jane Wood, author of
Schools: A Niche Market for Authors joins Dr. Judith Briles for a lively and informative hour of how to get your books into schools; who to contact; strategies to get schools to buy your books for all classrooms; along with tips to engage students from the get-go.
You will take away:
How to determine if a book reinforces a schoolâs curricula.
When itâs time to develop additional educational resources for a book.
Learn the two most important resources to contact at the schools.
Independent authors donât just toss their works online anymore. They are increasingly learning to act as publishers when they decide how to design and print their books. And like publishers, they need to make sure their products are the best they can be.
Joelâs
The Book Blueprint examines each part of the book, explaining its logic and structure, which in turn influences each part of the bookâs design. He brought together all the writing on this subject.
I will miss working with Joel. Having his voice and sage advice a click away through several of my podcasts was sad⦠and fun⦠as I listened to several of them on Sunday. I hope you will, too.
Hey Authors ⦠Has Your Blog Gone Limp?
Are you ready to keep your blogs ALIVE for an entire year? Yup ⦠I mean, not to have to wonder WHAT you are going to be writing this week ⦠or next?
Have you ever had one of those days when you just couldnât think what your blog was going to be? Canât think of a thing ⦠not a single thing ⦠to blog about? Ideas just donât gel. The words are stuck. Your creativity spark is on dim. Your fingers canât move. Are you thinking:
Help! My Blog Has Fallen and It Canât Get Up!