by Maggie Wallem Rowe Last month in this space, we talked about the problem of platform – will a publisher be interested in your work without a big one? (For a refresher, click here.) But before you even begin to build a platform, you need to establish your identity as…

by Edie Melson @EdieMelson Over and over, I’ve been asked when a writer should get active on social media. And the answer surprises many. The truth is, you need to have a solid social media platform BEFORE you ever get published. If you wait until you get a contract, you're…

by Blythe Daniel @BlytheDaniel I remember when I felt a part of an important tribe. I was 6 weeks pregnant with twins and my mom and I set foot in the Moms of Multiples kids sale in an enormous building with every piece of clothing, gadget, and gear you’d ever…

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…