A Call for Messy Truths… LITFRIENDS Newsletter#3 This is the online version of our newsletter from Jack Walker Press, Amy Lou Jenkins, and FirstPerson Writing Mothers and Fathers and Messy Histories This Mothers and Fathers Day season has me thinking of my roots and family stories. If you’ve ever watched Skip Gates’ Finding Your Roots, …
A Call for Messy Truths… LITFRIENDS Newsletter#3 This is the online version of our newsletter from Jack Walker Press, Amy Lou Jenkins, and FirstPerson Writing Mothers and Fathers and Messy Histories This season of Mother’s and Father’s Day has me thinking of my roots and of family stories. If you’ve ever watched Skip Gates’ Finding …
Help a Book Out: Ten Things You Can Do to Spread the Word Karen McQuestion By Karen McQuestion Let’s say you’ve just finished reading a book so great you wonder why the author isn’t a household name. You’d love to help get the word out about this author and his/her book, but really, what can …
©by Laura Backes Maybe you’re one of those lucky writers whose head is bursting with ideas. Or perhaps you have one idea that’s been nagging you for weeks, always at the edge of your thoughts. Either way, you’re itching to begin writing. That’s good. But before you rush headlong into your story, stop and ask …
If someone asks you to write a blurb for a book, it’s a compliment. It wasn’t easy for them you ask you. No one wants to impose. Writers need blurbs. Your opinion and recommendation have been deemed valuable. A blurb is a bylined recommendation. It can be long or short, and even if it is …
We are thinking about titling our new anthology of literary nonfiction, which collects essays with the theme of transformation and inclusion. Some of the changes are big–death; some are impactful in less obvious ways–a shift in how we see the racial divides expressed in our family. This is a literary collection, and we need to …
by Pamela White Are you imagining divine recipes, luscious photographs? This is your first cookbook and you look forward to those big royalty checks. So what’s your marketing plan for this book? What are you doing to increase sales? New writers often think the publisher arranges for all publicity. Not true. As the writer, you …
What marketing works best? All marketing works. But you need to keep at it, even when you seem to be getting zero results. Let’s imagine a couple of scenarios. Writer A wants to be a fulltime …