Category: Becoming a Professional Writer

  • Building Your Writing Audience

    by Blythe Daniel @BlytheDaniel You probably have been asked this question that frequently comes up in publishing discussions: “What are you doing to build your audience?” Some people cringe at this question, others excitedly share how they are meeting people, talking with them about the interest in their writing, and…

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  • Escape the Catch-22 of Publishing

    By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin For many years, I’ve known about the Catch-22 of publishing. The Merrian-Webster dictionary defines Catch-22 as “a problematic situation for which the only solution is denied by a circumstance inherent in the problem or by a rule.” Several years ago in Spokane, I taught a workshop…

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  • Website Classes At BRMCWC

    By Katrina Glover You did it!  You’ve polished your query letter, perfected your pitch, printed out the specified-amount-of-pages from your first chapter and you are so ready to sit down with that editor / agent at the conference.  You’ve got this. You’ve thought of everything. …and then they ask about…

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  • Is Any Aspect of Publishing Easy?

    By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin In the last ten years, the publishing world has changed. In the past, self-publishing was the poor step-sister to traditional publishing. These self-made titles often looked poor and were not accepted in libraries or bookstores. As book production has improved, this attitude is shifting. There are…

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  • You’ve Got Your Topic: Now Let’s Build Your Tribe!

    by Blythe Daniel @BlytheDaniel I remember when I felt a part of an important tribe. I was 6 weeks pregnant with twins and my mom and I set foot in the Moms of Multiples kids sale in an enormous building with every piece of clothing, gadget, and gear you’d ever…

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  • Amazon Marketing Services For Writers

    Vincent B. Davis II, @vbdavisii Imagine walking into a bookstore. Recall the warm smell of roasting coffee beans, the quiet chatter of baristas and bookstore clerks. But what’s the first thing you see? Most of us take a moment to check out the displays at the front of a bookstore.…

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