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21 Surprising Platform Ideas

June 24, 2021 //  by Mary DeMuth//  21 Comments

A couple months ago, I wrote about building your platform with intention and joy. If you’d like a refresher, read the post here.

Today I want to think outside the typical platform box and offer you some creative (possibly …

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Publishing Culture

June 16, 2021 //  by Janet Grant//  9 Comments

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about how important it is for an author to understand the culture of a publishing house or the culture of a literary agency. What do I mean by publishing culture?

I’m not …

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While you wait

While You Wait

June 7, 2021 //  by Cynthia Ruchti//  23 Comments

Blogger: Cynthia Ruchti

What’s waiting got to do with writing? Sure, the two words share many of the same letters, but writing is an action verb and waiting isn’t. Right?

While you waitWriting and waiting have a lot in common. Few beginning …

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Marketing is Turning Over Rocks

June 3, 2021 //  by Mary DeMuth//  16 Comments

When we were raising support for moving to France, we got some training to help us through the process. We learned that folks with less money tend to give more, and folks with lots of money tend to give nothing …

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Types of Literary Agents

May 26, 2021 //  by Janet Grant//  5 Comments

I wrote this blog post several years ago. Somethings remain the same over time, including the various types of literary agents a writer can choose from. Here’s the post:

Yesterday I had a conversation with Dee, a potential new client. …

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Don’t Blindly Chase Gurus

April 22, 2021 //  by Mary DeMuth//  25 Comments

Personal confession: I’ve been a guru chaser, particularly when I sense a weakness in myself. (Don’t know how to build that following? Pay this person to coach me–that’s what I did).

I’ve learned that my guru-chasing has cost me much. …

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How Book Buyers Decide What to Stock

March 24, 2021 //  by Janet Grant//  13 Comments

I find it helpful to read articles written for book buyers. Gaining insight into how they think about what to stock in their stores helps me to understand the supply chain. The more I understand what stores are choosing to …

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An Embarrassment of Riches

March 7, 2021 //  by Wendy Lawton//  17 Comments

An embarrassment of riches. You remember the supply and demand concept from your Econ 1A class, right? Scarcity and abundance drive each market. So, what has this to do with writing? Let me explain.

The Christian publishing industry has changed …

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How Readers Discover Books

March 3, 2021 //  by Janet Grant//  8 Comments

One of the biggest challenges for an author, a publisher AND readers consists of the increasing difficulty of matching a wannabe reader with the type of book he or she is looking to buy. A new survey recently was conducted …

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What is your marketing slingshot?

January 28, 2021 //  by Mary DeMuth//  26 Comments

Marketing your book is difficult, and it’s hard to discover your unique marketing pathway.

There’s a familiar Old Testament story about David and Saul that struck me. David is ready to face the giant Goliath, so he slips on the …

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