11 Tips For Regaining Traffic And Engagement After Facebook’s Algorithm Change
Many experts will say that quality content is important. Although it is true, quality is relative. Facebook will consider content worthy of visibility if it [Read More]
Month: June 2018
Audiobook Boom: Why Publish Audiobooks?
The amount of success you will experience in the audiobook market, depends on many different factors, such as the genre of audiobook you intend to [Read More]
Kindle Unlimited Book Stuffing Scam Earns Millions and Amazon Isn’t Stopping It
That’s what seems to be happening with a distasteful practice called “book stuffing” by some Kindle Unlimited authors. Kindle Unlimited is an Amazon program that [Read More]
595 Power Words That’ll Instantly Make You a Better Writer
“Power words” are the answer, and you can put them in place in a matter of minutes. This post gives you a reference lists of [Read More]
Amazon Comes Under Fire For Removal of Book Reviews
Amazon has come under fire for removing reviews from its online book listings, with some customers having had all their reviews removed or being blocked… [Read More]
Stephen King: Master of Almost All the Genres Except “LITERARY”
Imagine you’re in an airport boarding lounge, or the waiting room at virtually any train station or bus terminal in the Western world. Maybe you [Read More]
After 11 Years, This Mother’s Dream of Publishing a Book Comes True
Amy Makechnie couldn’t wait until nap time. She’d put her youngest daughter, Paige, down in the afternoons and sneak away to the computer. Then, for [Read More]
Susan Miles Gulbransen: What Does a Writers Conference Do for a Writing Career?
At my first Santa Barbara Writers Conference, the question was, “What do you do?” Writing has always been my love, but no way could I [Read More]
Gina Barreca: Get A Good Job And Other Tips For Writers
I have an old friend who is starting a course in creative writing. I thought he could use some advice and, because I store writing [Read More]
What’s Stopping You From Publishing?
One of the biggest hurdles writers say they must leap is their fear of an editor’s letter of rejection or a decision that the manuscript [Read More]
Why Authors Should Not Use Social Media
As an author, you’ve probably been told that being active on social media will help you sell your books. And maybe you’ve been doing all [Read More]
How Too Much Research Can Ruin Your Novel
It’s June of 1914, and Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, has arrived in Sarajevo with his wife, Sophie. We know what happens [Read More]
Book Marketing Announcements: The Authors Show Lineup For The Week Of June 4, 2018
Book Marketing serves as a resource for authors and allows members to engage in promotion and publicity for marketing purposes. The site offers no-charge marketing [Read More]
Wattpad Studios Names Lindsey Ramey Director Of Content Development Amid Video Push
Wattpad is continuing to build out its Studios team, which pacts with entertainment industry partners to develop user-generated stories into TV, film, digital video, and [Read More]
Opportunity for young writers
YOUNG writers have until 18 July, Mandela Day, to sumbit their essays for the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation’s essay writing competition. The top three winners stand [Read More]
The Best Books on Writing, According to Novelists, Poets, and Writing Professors
Welcome to Reading Lists, comprehensive book guides from the Strategist designed to make you an expert (or at least a fascinating dinner-party companion) in hyperspecific or [Read More]
Want to Publish a More Gripping Blog? Try These 3 Power-Writing Tips.
Too many blog commentaries and internet pieces sound the same, whether they talk about how to landscape your yard, lose weight, lease an apartment, conduct [Read More]
Surviving a Winter in the Rockies in the Name of Writing
Early on, I gave my allegiance to the mountains. Not just any mountains—the Rocky Mountains. I don’t know the name for the strange alchemy of [Read More]
How to Write a Book: 10 Ridiculously Simple Steps
Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.–Mark Twain As the bestselling author of five books, I can tell [Read More]
5 Things That Happen When You Start Calling Yourself a Writer
There can be very set ‘wrong’ and ‘right’ ways of being a writer – or so we’re led to believe. Historically, you’d need to have [Read More]