Book Marketing
5 Marketing Mistakes Writers Should Avoid (I’ve Made Them All!)
I know what the identity crisis, the fear of publicity, and the lack of expertise feels like when you’re shooting in the dark — because I’ve been there. I left corporate publishing when I was in my twenties, launched my own agency, and got so busy growing my business that I stopped doing the thing […]
Marketing Tips for Authors Who’d Rather Be Writing
You didn’t start writing to become a content creator. You started because you had something real to say, something that mattered. But now, it feels like the publishing world expects you to be a personal brand, a marketing machine, an overnight influencer. If you’re wondering whether marketing is really necessary to get a book deal, […]
Series: Things ChatGPT Can’t Tell You About Publishing (Part 3): How to Research Agents—and Write an Unforgettable Query Letter
In this ongoing series, we’re diving into the nuanced strategies and emotional intelligence required to pitch your book successfully, insights you can’t glean from ChatGPT. In Part I we tackled why grief-heavy pitches can fall flat, and in Part II we explored how to personalize a universal theme to make it irresistible. Now, in Part […]