Vincent B. Davis II, @vbdavisii Imagine walking into a bookstore. Recall the warm smell of roasting coffee beans, the quiet chatter of baristas and bookstore clerks. But what’s the first thing you see? Most of us take a moment to check out the displays at the front of a bookstore.…

By Amy Bright @AmyBrightwriter Marketing is the full-time job many novelists never expected to have! Marketing, in fact, can keep authors from moving forward as they fear they’ll have to spend precious time on their marketing content instead of their fiction or devotionals or other callings. Rather than looking at…

by Linda Gilden @LindaGilden Many writers feel  that once they put the last period on their manuscripts their jobs are finished. All they have to do is email it to the publisher.  But that is not quite the case. If you have written a book lately, you know that one…

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills A writer has a new release, and she is excited to promote the book. One of the means of creating awareness to readers is The publisher has provided many bookmarks or the writer has designed them. The writer is ready to distribute them to readers. But…

by Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted Toehold@tweetietoo.com. Appropriate email addresses are vital. I got your attention, didn’t I? When you read that email address you had to say, “What on earth?” Believe it or not, I say, “What on earth” all the time. You would be floored at the email addresses that…

@DiAnnMills Branding, blogging, and social media is a vital part of today’s writer’s career. Acquiring the techniques to grow our platforms can be daunting. We long to form a solid relationship with our readers, but where do we find them? How do we communicate our desire for a trusting relationship?…