Social media can be confusing, but book marketing from the couch is easy once you learn how. Discover how to grow your Facebook author page from zero to thousands of followers. Learn how to reach readers on Instagram and Twitter. Have fun connecting with your audience from the privacy of your own home! Start …
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Exciting Opportunity for Writers!
Jennifer Anne Davis, YA author of Cage of Deceit, The True Reign series and the Order of the Krigers series, and Jennifer Bardsley, Genesis Girl author and "The YA Gal," are teaming up to create a free mentor group for aspiring MG and YA writers. Twice The Jennifers will be a private, closed, Facebook group that …
How many people see posts on a Facebook page?
One of the best parts of anticipating my 2016 YA debut is connecting with future readers. A big way I do this is via my Facebook page, The YA Gal. I've written in the past about all the hard work I've put into building up my Facebook page in hopes that it helps other writers. (See: Tips …
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YA Guy and The YA Gal talk books
Did you know there is also a YA Guy? No, we are not Internet-married, but I do consider Joshua David Bellin to be my agency sibling since we are both authors represented by the fabulous Liza Fleissig of the Liza Royce Agency. Josh's first book, Survival Colony 9, is a thrilling cli-fi read that's Ashfall meets …
What makes a book “good?”
Reading and Writing are tied together like puzzle pieces. If something is boring to write (like a thank you card) it will also be boring to read. That's why it's so important to think about what makes reading and writing exciting. This post contains the outline for a writing lesson I did with my son's …
Ten Revising Tips for Writers
Here are the top ten revising rules I live by as a writer: Avoid adverbs whenever possible. Adverbs can signal weak verbs. Do a "find and search" for commonly overused words such as: just, even, that, really, going to, or whatever your pet-problem-words happen to be. Unless you are writing for young children, limit speaker tags …
Understanding Story Arcs
There's nothing like crawling around the kitchen floor--marker in hand--to understand a book's true structure. In my case, I map out arcs for every character. What's an "arc"? Good question, because it's a bit confusing. Sometimes you'll hear "ARC" and it means "Advance Review Copy" for a book that has not yet been published. Other times, …
