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Because writing the book is only the beginning.
Beyond the Spotlight: Did You Know These Celebrities Are Serious Authors?
When someone mentions a celebrity author, it’s easy to assume they’re talking about a memoir filled with behind-the-scenes stories or a tell-all autobiography. While those certainly have their place, many well-known entertainers have quietly built impressive careers…
Can You Judge a Book by Its Cover? Your Readers Probably Do
We’ve all heard the old saying: Don’t judge a book by its cover. It’s wonderful advice when we’re talking about people. When we’re talking about actual books? I’m not so sure. Walk through a bookstore and notice what makes you stop. Scroll through Amazon and pay…
Why It’s Important to Submit Your Book to Literary Awards
If you’ve published a book, you’ve already done the hard part. But once that book is out in the world, a new question comes into play: how do you get it noticed? One of the most underused and most effective tools in an author’s marketing toolkit is the literary book…
Beyond the Book with Todd Michael
Writing Through the Hard Things—and Finding Your Way Back Some authors write about what they know. Others write about what they have survived, questioned, carried, and ultimately learned to understand. Todd Michael does both. As a Filipino American memoirist and…
Authors Don’t Have to Write Together to Collaborate
13 Ways to Build Relationships, Reach New Readers, and Create Opportunities Together When authors hear the word collaboration, many immediately think about co-authoring a book or contributing a chapter to an anthology. Those are certainly forms of collaboration. But…