Hi Reader! When you think about the book you’re writing, how do you feel? Excited? Tense? Scared? All those feelings are normal. Books are big projects, and those projects have major emotional weight. And with all of that, the question of how to market the book you’re writing can add even more tension to the mix. Many of the authors I work with hate marketing. They see it as antithetical to writing a book. And they’re right... if it’s done poorly. Marketing is the bridge that forms a...

Hello Reader! We’re almost halfway through November. Christmas is right around the corner. I can feel it in every winter breeze and warm scarf. This week on the blog, we’re asking if it’s possible to publish a book by Christmas. Writing that blog post made me think about planning. For me, Christmas time starts with making Christmas pudding, which needs to sit for a month. Books also need time to rest. Like pudding, turning a manuscript into a book requires many hands. What are your plans for...

Hi Reader, For the first part of Connie Inglis's course, she gave us the prompt "Why I Write." She did more than that. She gave us an hour-and-a-half-long class and a gorgeous workbook filled with questions. You might need to enable images in your email to see this. Thumbnails of the first pages of the memoir workbook. I'd love to show you more, but I'm not allowed! I write for several reasons. In times like this, my primary goal is to convey an idea. That could be a fact, a feeling, or a...