by Nicki Yowell | Dec 4, 2024 | Marketing, Publishing, Tips
by Ali Shaw, Executive Editor What can I do to market my upcoming book? I receive this question a lot. Book marketing can have countless approaches, and I think the idea of reaching out to a dedicated book publicity firm—knowing that they often charge in the realm of...
by Nicki Yowell | Oct 30, 2024 | Book Design, Publishing, Tips
Dear Indigo, I’m trying to format my book for printing. I wrote it in Word (or Pages) and inserted photos and captions along the way. It started off fine, but the more I get into it, if I try to make any changes to the text or the photos, sometimes the photo jumps all...
by Nicki Yowell | Oct 4, 2024 | Publishing, Tips, Writing
By Nicki Yowell, Office & Communication Specialist It’s another one of “those days.” You know the kind I mean. It’s an unremarkable Tuesday, and I feel the bleak blahs coming on and a deadline peering over my shoulder. But fear not, brain, it’s a creativity ritual...
by Nicki Yowell | May 2, 2024 | Marketing, Publishing, Tips
By Ali Shaw, Executive Editor In publishing, we talk about book proposals. These are typically for nonfiction books and are basically project proposals that we write in order to pitch the idea to agents and publishers. They help the publishers evaluate the book idea,...
by Nicki Yowell | Apr 3, 2024 | Fiction, Tips, Writing
Guest Post by Paula Judith Johnson Characters are the heart and soul of fiction, the driving force that captivates readers and draws them into the world of your story. To craft memorable characters, rather than just giving them names and physical descriptions, it is...
by Nicki Yowell | Feb 29, 2024 | Publishing, Tips, Writing
When I’m in a rut, creative or otherwise, the obvious solution usually seems to be: get out, go for a walk. A tie-on of the tennis shoes is definitely one of my pet magic tricks for conjuring up a page or two. The time-tested strategy of a new perspective or a change...
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