Have you ever felt like your head had been taken over, hollowed out and then filled with cotton wool? I have been going around in a
foggy daze for about a week. When life throws lots of big events your way it’s
hard to find time to write or even generate much energy to create anything. (My
cooking suffered as well.) This week we celebrated a family wedding and then
got the news that a revered book colleague had died. For several days I drifted
around the house never being able to settle. Life is a series of stories told
through heart beats.
Many writers will beat themselves up for not creating
something every day so it was with relief that I read Janice Hardy’s brilliant post why you shouldn’t write every day. Not only did it give me permission to
rest my mind but it made me feel more positive about getting back into the
writing grind.
Dan Blank took a close look at how Traditional Publishers marketed their books at Book Expo and drew some interesting conclusions for
Indie Publishers. You don’t really need a fifty foot banner to draw attention
to yourself.
How many of you listen to audio books? If you listen to
podcasts you are more likely to listen to audio books. Can you guess the
demographic that most listens to audio books? Publishing Perspectives has a great breakdown of the latest figures from this fast growing book market.
In a game changer for the audio book market which has been
dominated by ACX, (*coughAmazoncough*) Draft2Digital has rolled out an exciting new service and it’s worldwide and non exclusive!
Book Marketing Tools has a great interview with Mark Dawson on Facebook ads. (He is often referenced as the Facebook ad guru.)
Editor, Sue Copsey has a fabulous post on what she sees when she gets a manuscript. Voice and heart makes a Manuscript stand out.
Frances Caballo has an interesting article on The Book
Designer about the 5 necessary skills a writer must develop. While you are over
on Joel’s site check out the new book design templates he has recently added.
Kris Rusch continues her Branding series. She has
such interesting articles. This week she looks at brand image. You are what you
write, aren’t you?
5 ways to write a perfect first draft by Katie Weiland
examines the mental work your subconscious is doing. You may be writing a near
perfect first draft and not recognising it
In The Craft Section,
5 ways to hook your readers-Janice Hardy
Filter words and phrases to avoid- Kathy Steinemann- Bookmark
Indicating the passage of time – Jami Gold Bookmark
Story Genius- Joanna Penn and Lisa Cron- Bookmark
Tips for historical novelists- Lucienne Boyce
Develop your writing intuition- Angela Ackerman- Bookmark
In The Marketing Section,
How to choose kindle keywords- Bookmark
How to create and market your platform for free- Melissa Flicks- Bookmark
A tool to create Facebook viral videos - Bookmark
Grow your fan base with a bookclub- Digital Book World
Improve your query letter- Jane Friedman - Bookmark
To Finish,
Last week I gave you a link to the Alliance of Independent
Authors website where there is a load of great content from their Indie fringe conference. There are heaps of videos to sample. Alli have their own YouTube
channel so hop on over to see all the short Publishing 101 videos Paul Teague has
been putting up. Here is one to get you started.
R.I.P. John McIntyre: Book Ambassador and Hero
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Maureen
@craicer
Pic Flickr Creative Commons /David Locke (Totally cute dog.)
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