by TheWinterwolf | Sep 14, 2016 | Author's Life, Marketing Tips, Resources
If you’re an author who has recently signed a contract with a publisher, then chances are you’ve heard the term “book launch” thrown around once or twice. No, this isn’t a second book marketing campaign, but rather your...
by TheWinterwolf | Sep 7, 2016 | Author's Life, Resources, Writing Tips and Tools
There’s an old line about stories that’s been attributed to many great writers (Leo Tolstoy, anyone?), but really only got started with educator John Gardner when he wrote, “As subject, use either a trip or the arrival of a stranger (some disruption...
by TheWinterwolf | Sep 2, 2016 | Publishing Tips
You have an awesome story. Everyone you tell the concept to stares at you with wide eyes. “I would read the heck out of that,” they say. The other, more common reply: ‘I would so read that…if I could be bothered to read. I’m just not a reader, though.’ It’s a sentence...
by TheWinterwolf | Sep 1, 2016 | Author's Life, Marketing Tips, Resources
Writing isn’t easy. Besides going through the exhausting act of trying to pen that swirling mass of complicated plotlines and character backstory onto paper, you’ve got a number of other details to keep you up at night: a fitting title, the perfect author bio,...
by TheWinterwolf | Aug 29, 2016 | Writing Tips and Tools
An author knows that for every new social media site that pops up, there’s another new profile that has to be built. In fact, we’re living in what has been dubbed “The Golden Age of social media” since 2001, and with new media being launched...