Category Archives: Reader Interest

Identifying Your Reader

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Writing Coach

One key factor to any marketing strategy’s success is knowing who your audience is, and yet, this tends to be the main ingredient many of my author clients miss from their marketing process. In my other life, I run the … Continue reading →

Posted in Marketing, Promotion, Reader Interest, Resident Writing Coach, Social Networking | 7 Comments

Story Tropes: To Avoid or Not to Avoid?

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Writing Coach

Every genre and medium of storytelling uses tropes, common themes or story devices. For example, a popular trope in the romance genre is “enemies to lovers,” where the characters start as enemies before falling in love. Most articles we come across in … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Cliches, Emotion, Empathy, Experiments, Motivation, Plotting, Reader Interest, Resident Writing Coach, Show Don't Tell, Stereotypes, Story Ideas, Story Structure, Writing Craft, Writing Lessons | 9 Comments

Why You Should Be Excerpting Your Novel

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Guest Poster

Have you ever been flipping through a magazine and found an excerpt from a book, maybe one you’d never read? And did reading that short passage make you want to read more, prompting you to go looking for the book? … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Post, Publishing and Self Publishing, Reader Interest, Short Stories | 2 Comments

Predictions for Publishing Trends in Late 2020 and Beyond

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Guest Poster

I think we can all agree that 2020 has been decidedly weird. Despite our desires to the contrary, the weirdness persists, gouging grooves into our current reality that spell changes for the future of publishing. Savannah Cordova is here to … Continue reading →

Posted in Publishing and Self Publishing, Reader Interest | 3 Comments

Goal-Setting for Writers (During a Pandemic)

Posted on April 16, 2020 by ANGELA ACKERMAN

None of us enjoys uncertainty. And unfortunately, that’s what we have right now. A lot is happening outside the doors to our homes. Stress and worry have become part of our everyday. Life’s not easy at the moment and that … Continue reading →

Posted in Agents, Buying Books, Focus, Goal and Milestones, Goal Setting, Marketing, Motivational, Platform, Promotion, Publishing and Self Publishing, Reader Interest, Social Networking, The Business of Writing, Time Management, Uncategorized, Writer's Attitude, Writing Time | 12 Comments

5 Reasons to Consider Translating Your Work

Posted on March 25, 2020 by ANGELA ACKERMAN

Happy to welcome Savannah Cardova from Reedsy who has some good information to share on book translations. As many of you know, we have a foreign rights agent and have sold rights to publishers in different countries. While some books … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Rights, Guest Post, Marketing, Publishing and Self Publishing, Reader Interest, Sales Numbers & Helpful Data, The Business of Writing, Uncategorized | 7 Comments

Writing Retreats: How to Choose the Best One for You (+Giveaway!)

Posted on February 15, 2020 by ANGELA ACKERMAN

Hi everyone. Help me welcome author Sean Hillen who is going to help us better understand what makes a writing retreat worth the investment. And SPOILER ALERT, you definitely want to get in on the giveaway mentioned at the end … Continue reading →

Posted in Contests, Focus, Goal Setting, Guest Post, Motivational, Reader Interest, Time Management, Uncategorized, Writer's Attitude, Writing Time | 2 Comments