By Amy Bright @AmyBrightwriter You’re involved in world building even if you aren’t writing sci-fi/fantasy, the genres we usually associate with the term “world building.” Your fictional universes may parallel our “real world,” but they’re always written through your mind and heart.  For many authors, being a “sub-creator” is a…

by Ane Mulligan  @AneMulligan In 2014, I took a marketing course at a conference. Presented by three multi-published Southern authors, Janice Thompson, Kathleen Y'Barbo, and Anita Higman, the class taught me a lot about marketing. But the one idea that really struck a chord within me was creating a tribe.…

by Blythe Daniel @ByltheDaniel Will you join my launch team? We hear this phrase and we ask it ourselves. It can feel like we’re asking something very weighted and vulnerable.. and yet, it can be hard to ask others to help us promote our book when it’s go time. Here's…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin For many years, several times a week, publishers and authors send new books which arrive in my mailbox. To libraries, I’ve given away so many books that a church in Kentucky was able to gain accreditation for their school and it amounted to thousands of books.…

by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28 Blogging becomes a relay race when you join a writer’s group of like-minded writers. Instead of racing alone to share the next blog post in time, you have teammates—other bloggers who can become your guest writers. Then you don’t have to always blog alone—you have a…

By Lynette Eason @LynetteEason Hi everyone, Lynette Eason here to let you know about the brainstorming class we’re having at the conference. You may have seen the description on the website. If not, here it is with a slight tweak. The class is THREE days, not four. Prerequisite: Two published…