GIVEAWAY – Enter for a chance to win a Barnes and Noble Gift Card. Two Winners!
This is the last giveaway I’ll be running for this year to celebrate the Holidays, NaNoWriMo and you awesome readers! The giveaway will start today, November 6th at 12:00 pm PST and will end on 11/30 at 12:00pm PST.
There will be two winners, and the prize is a $25 Barnes and Noble Gift card. In other words, it’ll be a book or two on me. Due to the nature of the prizes, it’ll be US only (Sorry!). Please see full rules on the Raflecopter link below. Please no giveaway accounts. This is meant for readers of this blog and lovers of books.
The winners will be contacted when the giveaway ends. The names should appear on the website within 48 hours after the winners replies back to me.
I wish you all good luck, and thank you for being awesome! Can’t wait to start a new year with you all.
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Although she started making books at the age of nine, Joan Marie Galat wasn’t published until 12 years old, when she became a paid weekly newspaper columnist. Today she is the award-winning author of more than a dozen books, with new titles scheduled for 2017 and 2018. Her newest title, published by Whitecap Books is Dot to Dot in the Sky, Stories of the Aurora.
The title has two jobs: it should be interesting enough to catch people’s attention and fit per the general topic of your book. It helps if it uses keywords that readers can search for when finding titles of subjects that your book mirrors. But that’s more for non-fiction. Your title helps market your book, so be sure that it fits the subject, and is interesting enough to garner a closer look.
Despite the old saying, many people do judge whether they are going to purchase a book by its cover. You will need to have a good, professional, and interesting cover to help sell your book. It should be a cover that appears professionally designed, uses the right color palettes, and has typography that catches the eye. Plus, it should be attractive both in small and large sizes so that it can sell whether seen on the screens of computers or mobile devices.
You may not consider your photo or short biography to be interesting enough to put on your book. Your readers will appreciate to know you a little more. Your bio should be one that establishes you as an authority, even if this is your first book. Plus, your photo should be professional. Do not go for a goofy or complex photo, but rather a simple, straightforward image that conveys your work.
Your book description needs to be clear and concise if you want to really hook the person into reading your work. It pays to use the services of a copy editor who can write a catching, powerful description that can pull people into your work. Writing a great pitch isn’t always easy, so it may be worth having an outside view on your work do it. In addition, having testimonials that speak to the quality and interest of your work helps substantially when it comes to sales.
Digital printing can help you save money by creating a book that has fewer pages. But, if you print your novel on letter-size pages with tight lines and small margins, it will be very hard to read. You are far better off spending more money and getting enough pages so that your book is easy to read.
Talented author, Kate Harvie is coming back with a new inspiring guest post on “How to know when to publish your book.” Kate is the Author of the upcoming Believe It and Behave It: How to restart, Reset, and Reframe your Life.
We live and breathe our book for months and sometimes even years. We pour our heart out on paper and sweat to ensure each word earn its place in the story. After countless revisions, the story takes its final form and the book is ready. Celebrate this accomplishment for a moment, because quite frankly you deserve it. If you decide to have your book traditionally published, then the time has come to query the fruit of your labor and seek out Literary Agents.
Good Afternoon everyone,
[/tweet_dis_img]When I first started writing, I had no clue what I was doing – I mean really NO clue! I had this great idea powered by great enthusiasm, but no real education on the matter. I threw myself in this writing endeavor to quickly realize I had to stop and correct my approach. I don’t regret anything because I learned a lot from these mistakes, but I also know I will take a very different approach for my next book. With that, I want share with you what I should have done, in hopes it will benefit you and save you lots of time and potentially some major headaches.