Monthly Archives: January 2013

PR Tips, Part 2: How to Prepare for an Interview

Last week we discussed five tips for landing an author interview. Once you’ve done the hard work of building your contact list, sending out press releases and building your author platform, it’s important to prepare yourself for the moment your efforts pay off and an interview opportunity presents itself.  Here are five tips to make…

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Writing Tip & Prompt: Don’t Overwrite

On Fridays, we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Don’t Overwrite Remember, you don’t necessarily need a paragraph describing the bus or a character’s kitchen, unless you’re absolutely sure such descriptions are necessary…

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PR Tips, Part 1: How to Land an Interview

Marketing is sharing what you love with people who want to hear about it. But, it can be tough to find your niche. Follow these five tips on how to land an interview, and you just might find marketing isn’t as daunting as it may seem. Don’t always think bigger is better.  Sometimes what God…

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Writing Tip & Prompt: Slow down

On Fridays we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Slow down There is a common saying, “Haste makes waste.” Many writers try so hard to finish a paragraph or chapter that they inadvertently…

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Why App Publishing is Right For Your Children’s Book

You wrote a children’s book? We have an app for that. The percentage of children who have read an e-book has almost doubled since 2010, to 46 percent. Times are changing and thanks to e-readers, the book publishing industry is too. E-books are able to be read on your computer, e-reader, smartphone or tablet, making…

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Writing Tip & Prompt: Smooth Transitions

On Fridays, we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Smooth Transitions Never write to a stopping point. Always begin the next section before you quit for the day. Keeping a consistent tone from…

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2011 Women of Faith Writing Contest Winner, Amy Sorrells on Traditional Publishing

“Every time you post a status update, it says you’re editing,” a friend on Facebook recently joked with me. She’s right. At the same time Women of Faith announced I won their 2012 writing contest last March, my literary agent was negotiating a traditional publishing contract with David C. Cook. Since then, life has been…

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Writing Tip & Prompt: Edit, Edit, Edit

On Fridays, we like to share writing tips and tricks with our readers. We hope this section will encourage and inspire you to continually improve as a writer. Writing Tip – Edit, Edit, Edit Eliminate your weakest links…through revision. Any chapter from your book should be good all by itself. Let no weak link chapter (or…

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New Year, New You – Write that Book

With every new year comes a fresh start, and what better time to start writing your book than now. Between writing your book, editing it and finding a publisher, writing can be overwhelming and stressful. The key to reaching your writing goals this year is to make it an achievable task that fits into your…

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