In the Northern hemisphere, the days are getting shorter, the temperature is dropping, and in the US, we’ve turned our clocks back an hour to Standard Time. For many of us, this can be a difficult transition. We have to re-adjust our sleep schedules, and …
Standard Time is Back: How Authors Can Make the Most It Read More »
Can’t get it out of my head: I wasn’t planning to write this post, but it kept writing itself in my head. In fact, I was trying to ignore it by searching through my list of potential topics for this week’s post in a folder …
Everyone needs to have an “Inspiration File” for those days when you need a little extra something to get the creative juices flowing. Whether it’s writing a book, creating social media posts, developing a business, putting your new brand into place, or figuring out how …
2020 has been an “interesting” year. Someone posted on social media recently that they wished they could leapfrog over several months to Christmas and forget about the pandemic and the looming election for a while. I understand that sentiment and I know I’m not alone …
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I am surprised at the amount of feedback I received following last week’s Savvy Sunday News, which tells me it struck a nerve. The post was called Good Manners/ Basic Netiquette/or How to Look Like a Pro, and if you missed it, you can read …
Quid Pro Quo: What to Do When the Other Person Doesn’t Get It Read More »
I had a situation this week that prompted me to cover this topic in Savvy Sunday News. Last Monday, I received an email from an acquaintance I met at a conference a few years ago. She listed the names of 5 different authors and asked …
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Book reviews. We all want them, and we want them to be good. Securing them is more challenging than you may think (and if you’re been through this process, then you know), and more than that, what others say in a review is out of …
When I was in radio broadcasting, once a week I had to suffer through something called an “air check session.” This was an hour of sitting down with the program director and going through one of my radio shows step by step, break by break, …
You Can’t Give Too Much Away in Book Publicity and Marketing It’s easy to fall into: Fear. As human beings we can be very creative in what we will worry about, but sometimes it just simply isn’t necessary. And it isn’t good for your health …
Video is becoming more and more popular all the time. Whether you’re creating a book trailer (which we talked about here), or you’re designing video snippets geared toward capturing the interest of your potential readers, there are a few things you should ask yourself before …
Questions to Ask Yourself BEFORE Creating Video for Your Book Read More »
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