As a writer how much thought do you give to public speaking? Lately, I’ve been giving this a lot of thought as one of the authors signed to my company has an immense fear of public speaking. While I do get a little nervous prior to an interview, once the interview starts I’m usually [...]

Authors, one of the first things you want to do when developing your marketing plan is determine your brand. What is a brand? The American Marketing Association (AMA) defines a brand as a “name, term, sign, symbol or design, or a combination of them intended to identify the goods and services of one seller or [...]

In an earlier post, I briefly touched on collaborating with other companies and upholding my brand. Since I launched my company and released my book there have been times where I collaborated with others to relinquish myself of having to handle certain tasks and other times where I collaborated to expand my brand. Collaborating and networking with other authors [...]

Republished by Blog Post Promoter I’m a sucker for a good book! Being a new author or someone I’ve never heard of has no bearing on whether or not I will read your book. Initially, I’m attracted to the cover. Colors that catch my attention and how the author or publishing company decided to visually [...]

Subscribe to The Life Of a Writer YouTube channel for regular updates! I enjoyed the interview I did with Girl Talk w/Shelby so much that I decided to continue on with the idea of following your dreams. As I told Shelby during my interview, I love hearing how others have achieved their dreams because it [...]

This post is a follow up to a really good discussion we had on yesterday – Are you scared to call yourself a writer? If you missed that post, make sure you read it and leave your opinion on when you should call yourself a writer. On the flip side, I’m interested in knowing when [...]

I’m just days away from releasing the eBook Marketing and Publicity for the author and my weekend was so busy trying to get everything ready! The weeks and days before a book launch can be really stressful, especially if you’re a self-published author and you’re handling all of the major and minor details yourself. But [...]