Once again, thanks to Shelli Johannes-Wells for another post in her continuing series on marketing for authors! Let’s say you have sold a book that comes out next summer. Now, what do you do? Nothing right? I mean, your publisher will handle all the marketing and publicity. Wrong. Did you […]
Yearly Archives: 2011
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As promised, I am now closed to queries for the holidays. I’ll reopen on January 9th. If you recently sent a query and have not yet received a response, I’ll be getting caught up in the next few days.Please wait until the 9th to resend any queries you think might […]
Once again, let’s welcome back Shelli Johannes-Wells for our continuing series on marketing for authors! A lot of people ask me about building an online platform. I personally don’t like the words marketing, networking, or platform. But they are buzzwords in this industry that gets people talking. So first, what […]
Welcome back to Shelli Johannes-Wells, who’s continuing her series on marketing. Enjoy! For today, let’s start with your basic branding. Branding begins way before you sell a book. What is branding? To me, branding is the thing that sets you apart from the rest. It is a personal statement about […]
As is my usual procedure, I’ll be closing to queries over the holidays so that I can spend time getting caught up on reading I’ve already requested, and so that I don’t come back to work in 2012 with a backlog already in place. With that said, the final day […]
Sorry for the delay in posting this! My Friday got away from me and suddenly, whoa! It’s Monday! Without any further delay, here’s J.K.’s query for your review. Dear Ms. Unfeasible, Finding her best friend dead in the river is bad enough. Becoming the killer’s next target is worse. Dealing […]
Thanks to everyone who read and contributed to Tuesday’s post on Marketing, our latest foray into the world of what happens AFTER the book deal is signed. For more on that, I’m grateful to Shelli Johannes-Wells who’s further contributing to the conversation with a series on marketing. Enjoy! Kate/Daphne has […]
We talk a lot here on the blog about attracting an agent, but for the lucky writers who find representation, that’s only the beginning. There’s still the dating game of trying to match a manuscript with an editor, and even after a contract is signed, there’s the long road to […]
I’m so thriller to share the book jacket for Trish Doller‘s long-awaited (and worth it!) debut novel Something Like Normal, which Bloomsbury will publish in June 2012. Are you ready for this awesome? I do highly recommend you check out Trish’s tumblr, especially if you like teases of her fabulous […]