When you hear the words “fact” and “fiction,” I’m guessing you consider them mutually exclusive. I also bet you would wonder why I suggest to all my author clients that they conduct fact research before they write their books. Here’s the...

Something I think all writers struggle with during the writing process is striking a balance between dialogue and narrative. It’s something many of my coaching clients have come to me worried about. But the reality is, there’s no hard and fast...

Thinking of writing a novel series? Series are highly popular with publishers, agents, and readers because, after all, who doesn’t love to find a great new book then find out the characters and the story aren’t quite finished yet. But as writers,...

Have you ever thought about co-authoring a book? If you’re wise, you’re active in at least a couple online communities for writers, which allows us the opportunity to connect with writerly folk we might never have met in the “real world.” So,...

As authors, our ultimate goal when sending our writing out into the world, should not just be to sell as many books as possible or even for readers to simply love our work. What we should be aiming for is for the reader to not just enjoy our stories...

Welcome to season two of Write Your Best Book! This season, we’re shifting focus slightly. Last season, we sat down with some of the biggest/best influencers in the writing community. This season, we’re still discussing all the struggles every...

Y’all…Joanna Penn is in the house!! Need I say more? But seriously…who better to have as a guest host on our final episode of season one for this podcast than THE Joanna Penn, The Queen of all things creative! I’m sure you all know her as the...

What exactly is a marketing platform? As our guests host this week, James Blatch of The Self-Publishing Show, explains, it’s all the things you do to promote your book both before and after you publish it. Yes, that’s right. There are several...

If you’re anything like me (and most authors, to be honest), you’ve found yourself in this position before – you get all excited about your new book idea, you sit down and start typing away like a madman (or woman), and then after a few...

Many authors, I included, don’t realize there’s a difference between marketing and publicity. And publicity is a huge part of your book launch efforts, and we should all be doing our best to find moments in the spotlight when we can feature our...