Writers, don’t forget to read books. Especially books in your genre that your readers would enjoy. You’re not wasting time. You’re studying! In fact, you can locate a particularly gifted writer in your genre. Get out different-colored highlighters and mark the dialogue, the words conveying emotion, the description, and so on. Figure out your particular […]
How to market a novel with spec-fic elements
Do you write novels set in the real world but containing some weirdnesses? Or have you thought about doing it? Adding time-travel, maybe, or heavenly messengers, or maybe a Raiders-of-the-Lost-Ark style plot? Here’s some advice from author and marketing guru James L. Rubart: don’t market it as speculative (defined as sci fi, fantasy, or otherwise […]
Write what the market wants? from author Jennifer Slattery
Writers, do you write what the market is looking for? Or do you go off in some other direction? Author Jennifer Slattery has some thoughts. Jennifer Slattery writes soul-stirring fiction for New Hope Publishers, a publishing house passionate about bringing God’s healing grace and truth to the hopeless. She also writes for Crosswalk.com, Internet Café […]
Sub-Genres – MYSTERY
Next up on our list of sub-genres is Mystery, a well-known and well-established genre. You will probably recognize most of the sub-genres and even be able to give examples of either books or TV series that fall under them. Caper Comic (Bumbling Detective) Courtroom Drama Cozy Mystery Crime Detective Forensic Hard Boiled Mystery Historical Mystery […]
Help with marketing: some links
Writers, here are some websites that may help you get the word out about your book. http://ereadernewstoday.com/bargain-kindle-books/ Putting your ebook on sale at Amazon for a couple of days? This site markets a limited number of books on sale for free or 99 cents each day to a large group of readers and takes a […]