Back Porch Writer

Diane Cox is a native Georgian, but has lived all over the country. She is an entrepreneur and has always harbored a secret desire to write since high school, but somehow the words didn't come.

All the women in her family have always loved to drop off the main road and pursue some unpaved track (pig trail, as they call them in Georgia) to look for the undiscovered.

One day Diane realized that when she didn't find excitement on those side roads, she could create an imaginary world to satisfy that need.

She has been writing for six years, and has won a third prize for short story fiction from the Atlanta Writers Club.

Typewriter from Hell came alive in her mind and demanded to be published, although Diane has completed a first novel and is working on a second.

Diane hopes to continue to offer surprises to her readers and looks forward to building a fan base.

Resources mentioned during the show:

How to create perfect posts for the most popular social platforms (infographic)

 Using neuroscience for blogs

 8 powerful takeaways from eye-tracking studies

Join Kori and Gabriela in a lively chat about tradtional and indie publishing, and the reality of author earnings. 

This episode was originally scheduled to air on Easter (4-20-14).

Are you struggling with how and where to market your books? Are you tired of trying to figure out social media? Do you want a marketing approach that works long-term?

Marketing and promotion doesn't have to be expensive, but it does have to be consistent and constant. Kori has twenty-five free or inexpensive ways for you to market and promote your brand. Try all of them, or just a few!

 

Join the conversation!

Join Kori as she tackles the question of using social media to market your brand, Equal Pay Day in the US, and how authors really make their money.

Oh, and don't miss her update about the Orange Berry Book Blog tour. Did it work? WOuld she do it, again?

Anthony is a loving single father who grew up in a great household with both parents and wanted for nothing. Most things in his life were given to him rather than earned. His story isn't one of a rough childhood, but overcoming the demands of adulthood after the false sense of security of his childhood. "I had to retrain myself with the understanding that I had to work for what I wanted and have faith that God and our wonderful universe will provide what I need," Anthony says. 

His book titled, Life is Outstanding is available via amazon.com

Kori and children's book author, Julia Cook, chat about Julia's experiences with traditional publishing contracts. You can learn more about Julia at her website.

About Holly:

Holly has been a contributing editor at Ladies’ Home Journal and Parents magazines.  Her work has appeared in numerous well-respected publications.

About the book: Sleeping Tigers 

Jordan O'Malley has everything she ever wanted: a job she loves, a beautiful home, and a dependable boyfriend. When her life unravels after a breast cancer scare, Jordan decides to join her wildest childhood friend in San Francisco and track down her drifter brother, Cam, who harbors secrets of his own. When Cam suddenly flees the country, Jordan follows, determined to bring him home. Her journey takes her to the farthest reaches of majestic Nepal, where she encounters tests--and truths--about love and family that she never could have imagined. Funny, heartbreaking, and suspenseful, Sleeping Tigers reminds us all that sometimes it's better to follow your heart instead of a plan.

Voice actor, Katrina Lawson, joins Kori in a lively discussion about voice acting careers, ACX, and their current project. 

Stay informed! Tune in each Sunday at 5:30 p.m. CDT. Kori tells you who you missed, but shouldn't have, and who you don't want to miss.

Moodi Studios strives to makes the world a better place by helping people reawaken their inner-child. We reset the false ideology that growing up means leaving your imagination behind and that being child-like is an arch-nemesis you defeat with age.

About the book:

Joey [the Monster] thought it would all be easy. He would appear from under Sarah’s bed, sneak upon her slowly and scare the daylights out of her! But unfortunately, he was very wrong. Sarah not only stopped him from scaring her, she stopped him from scaring anyone ever again by telling Joey, “NO,” giving him clothes and taking him to her school to teach him MANNERS.

 

In their first picture book, Moodi Studios delivers an adorable tale about standing up for yourself and emerging with a friend.

About Katie:

Born and raised in Australia, Katie’s early years of day dreaming in the “bush”, and having her father tell her wild bedtime stories, inspired her passion for writing.

After graduating High School, she became a foreign exchange student where she met a young man who several years later she married. Now she lives in Arizona with her husband, daughter and their dog.

About the book: Kiya: Riase of a New Dynasty

Tut has grown into his position as Pharaoh, but he is a wild young man. Naomi fears for him, not only because of his recklessness, but because he has put his trust in Ay–the man determined to destroy Naomi—despite her and Horemheb advising against it.

Meanwhile, death and slavery hang over Naomi and her family. With fear of the booming Hebrew numbers causing talk of enslaving them, conscription is reinstated and Naomi fears for the lives of her other children. Especially since Ay’s children are now adults, and just as dangerous as their father. They threaten to take Itani, conspire against Tut, and pushing for power.

But Tut is in trouble. While Ay’s daughter draws Horemheb’s attention, and Naomi deals with the struggles of her family, everyone’s distraction could spell death for the young Pharaoh.