by: Shannon Redmon @shannon_redmon We all love to get packages under the tree with our names on the top. Secret treasures hidden underneath colorful wrapping and fluffy bows. Unfortunately, I can’t leave a package under your tree but I can provide a few gifts and treasures I wish I’d known…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin Many writers believe writing a book will make them famous. They believe getting their book into the market will make them well-known. This idea is a publishing myth. The reality is without the author’s promotion, something terrible happens—nothing. What are you doing to increase your connection…

by Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, Ed.D. @khutch0767 Don’t Fall Apart “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together” (Colossians 1:17 NIV). I recently received a string of rejection letters in rapid succession. Usually, they discourage me and can sometimes derail me for days as I experience crushing feelings of…

By W. Terry Whalin @terrywhalin In 2007, America’s Publicist Rick Frishman invited me to participate on the faculty of MegaBook Marketing University in Los Angeles, California. At that time, I was running a small literary agency and representing authors in Scottsdale, Arizona. Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of Chicken Soup for the…

by Katherine Hutchinson-Hayes, Ed.D. @khutch0767 Jamaica is a beautiful exotic island. I was blessed to grow up being able to visit my family there regularly. But since we stayed with family, we enjoyed the experience of living like a local, not a tourist. Some of these experiences meant it was unlikely…

by Alycia W. Morales @AlyciaMorales Have you taken yourself back to school with your self-editing methods? I often work with new writers who want to take their manuscripts to the next level, hoping to ace that query for an agent or catch that editor’s eye at the publishing house. And…